[RELEASE v2.0.x] Country Flag Hack v2.0

[AJR]

Version 2.0 - September 6, 2001
====================================================
This is the second release of the Country Hack. I have
converted it to make it work with Bain's vBStats hack
that will be released sometime in the near future. Bain
and I have been working together because both the Country
Hack and vBStats Hack require all the flags. We didn't
want you to have to have double images with different
names (which would mean over 450 files in the flags
directory!)

By changing the flag names from their country code to
their country name, it is now possible to have the ALT
tag show the name of the country when you put your mouse
pointer over the flag image.

Thanks to Stasik for starting the Admin Control Panel
Addon. I modified it to use the same country list in
the modifyprofile_country, so adding countries or making
changes need only one template change and an upload of
the flag .gif file. I also made it so you can not only
edit the Country Flag in the CP user profile edit, but
also choose a flag when adding a user with the CP.

Those that have installed Country Hack
v1.0 and are upgrading, you will need to do all the
steps below except for steps 2 and 8 (no changes in these
steps from v1.0). For changes in the other steps, just
overwrite everything between the // Country Hack Start/End
comments in your php files from v1.0 with what is in the
steps below.

Changes from v1.0:
- Images have been changed from country codes to country names
- Flags will now have their ALT text as country name.
- Modified Hack to work with Bane's vbStats hack that will be released in the future.
- Added CP Addon by Stasik and modded it for new country names
- Changed country field in USER table from CHAR(2) to VARCHAR(50)
- Support for 226 countries

Known Problems:
- Countries with a dash (-) or comma (,) will not show up
automatically in as selected when you or the member edit
their profile (Congo, Korea, and Micronesia are the only 3)
Anyone know a fix please let me know.
- The 'modifyprofile_country' template needs to be changed
to a default original templatesetid of -1 (changed templates
have the templatesetid set to 2) or else the Admin CP addon
will not work (Any ideas why?). To do this, use phpMyAdmin
and run this query:
UPDATE template SET templatesetid="-1" where title="modifyprofile_country"
This will move the template from the custom to default templates
and will be found in the 'User Option Templates' group.

Any questions or comments can be posted here. Enjoy!

[express]

AJR

Thanks for the update.

Question, I am upgrading, in the new zip file I only see the small flags, I am using the large flags.Do you also have them somewhere laying around with full names like the small flags in your new zip file?

[AJR]

Large flags not available because...

Webhost... I do not have the large flag names converted because the vBStats Hack by Bane, when released, will require the small flags as the same name as the Country Hack.

If you want to use the large flags and don't plan on using the vBStats hack, rename the large flags that you have with the names from the modifyprofile_country template. If I get a chance I'll do it and post them, but it won't be for a day or two. If you are planning on using the vbstats hack, for now you can keep the names as country codes and just use the modifyprofile_country template from v1.0 text file... make sure to only grab from:

<select name="country">
.
.
.
</select></smallfont>

Do not at the <td><smallfont> or </td> before and after since they are being put into the other templates. The plus is you won't have the problem with the 3 countries that have - or ,. The only drawback to this is the ALT name will not be shown as the full country name. If anyone gets time to convert the large flags from country code to country name before I do, please post them here.

[aldamon]

Nevermind, my bad....

Great work! Excellent hack!

[redrat]

Great hack
Thanks a lot

[TheComputerGuy]

I get a dB error on the member.php file when I try to go edit my country

the error is saying that it is sending an email to me...just a slight problem as it says

[Typhon]

Greak hack!

This is a great hack... and it works like a charm on my site. I'm currently in the process of converting all the flags to a beveled 30x15 pixels, and I'll post the ZIP files when I get it done. Thanks!

[AJR]

What' the exact error message in the email?

Originally posted by TheComputerGuy
I get a dB error on the member.php file when I try to go edit my country

the error is saying that it is sending an email to me...just a slight problem as it says

And......what was the email that was sent to you (the db error)? That is the key to helping you with your problem.

[TheComputerGuy]

> Database error in vBulletin: Invalid SQL: SELECT country FROM user WHERE
userid=1
> mysql error: Unknown column 'country' in 'field list'
> mysql error number: 1054
> Date: Saturday 08th of September 2001 01:44:45 PM
> Script: /forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&find=lastposter&forumid=31
> Referer: http://www.moneytec.com/forums/index.php?s=

[AJR]

&quot;Unknown column COUNTRY&quot;

Originally posted by TheComputerGuy
> mysql error: Unknown column 'country' in 'field list'

It tells you the problem right in the error message. You didn't do STEP 1 in the country_flag_hack_20.txt file:

STEP 1:
======
In phpMyAdmin, you can run this query to create the country field:
ALTER TABLE user ADD country VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL


If the field 'country' is not there it can't save the country selection!

AJ

[Dunny]

1 - Add to database-Table user, field named: country
properties: ( country varchar(50) NOT NULL )

In phpMyAdmin, you can run this query:
ALTER TABLE user ADD country VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL


any chance of making this step better for the simple people among us

[express]

Checking my installation and I have a question, look at this below the first instruction I can only find this line one time in user.php, it also mentions user.cp what is this, something doesn't look right in this section can you explain?

5 - Open admin/user.php

Find the FIRST line of this code (this shows up 2 times in user.cp):
      makeinputcode("Birthday<br>(Format yyyy-mm-dd)","birthday");

Below it add:
// Country Hack CP Addon by Stasik (modded by AJ)
      echo "<tr class='".getrowbg()."'><td>Country Flag</td><td nowrap>";
      eval("\$countrytext.= \"".gettemplate("modifyprofile_country")."\";");
      echo "$countrytext</td></tr>";
// Country Hack CP Addon End


Find the SECOND line of this code (this shows up 2 times in user.cp):
      makeinputcode("Birthday<br>(Format yyyy-mm-dd)","birthday");

Below it add:
// Country Hack CP Addon by Stasik (modded by AJ)
      $country=$user[country];
      $countryalt = str_replace("%20"," ",$country);
      $countrysel = str_replace("%20","_",$country);
      if($user[country] == ""){
        $ctrydefaultselected = "selected";
        $flag = "No flag selected yet.";
      } else {
          $ctryname = "ctry".$countrysel."selected";
          $$ctryname = "selected";
        $flag = "<img src=\"../images/flags/$user[country].gif\" alt=\"$countryalt\" border=\"0\">";
      }
      echo "<tr class='".getrowbg()."'><td>Flag<br>$flag</td><td nowrap>";
      eval("\$countrytext.= \"".gettemplate("modifyprofile_country")."\";");
      echo "$countrytext</td></tr>";
// Country Hack CP Addon End


Find:
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupid='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$styleid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addslashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showemail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".addslashes($usertitle)."',customtitle=$customtitle,joindate=$joindate,cookieuser=$cookieuser,nosessionhash=$nosessionhash,daysprune='$daysprune',lastvisit=$lastvisit,lastactivity=$lastactivity,lastpost=$lastpost,posts='$posts',timezoneoffset='$timezoneoffset',emailnotification=$emailnotification,receivepm='$receivepm',emailonpm='$emailonpm',ipaddress='".addslashes($aipaddress)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup=2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup') WHERE userid=$userid");

Replace it with:
// Country Hack CP Addon by Stasik (modded by AJ) Replace
//  $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupid='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$styleid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addslashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showemail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".addslashes($usertitle)."',customtitle=$customtitle,joindate=$joindate,cookieuser=$cookieuser,nosessionhash=$nosessionhash,daysprune='$daysprune',lastvisit=$lastvisit,lastactivity=$lastactivity,lastpost=$lastpost,posts='$posts',timezoneoffset='$timezoneoffset',emailnotification=$emailnotification,receivepm='$receivepm',emailonpm='$emailonpm',ipaddress='".addslashes($aipaddress)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup=2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup') WHERE userid=$userid");
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET birthday='$birthday',options='$options',usergroupid='$usergroupid',username='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ausername))."'$pwdinclude,email='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',styleid='$styleid',parentemail='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."',coppauser=$coppauser,homepage='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."',icq='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."',aim='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."',yahoo='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."',signature='".addslashes($signature)."',adminemail=$adminemail,showemail=$showemail,invisible=$invisible,usertitle='".addslashes($usertitle)."',customtitle=$customtitle,joindate=$joindate,cookieuser=$cookieuser,nosessionhash=$nosessionhash,daysprune='$daysprune',lastvisit=$lastvisit,lastactivity=$lastactivity,lastpost=$lastpost,posts='$posts',timezoneoffset='$timezoneoffset',country='$country',emailnotification=$emailnotification,receivepm='$receivepm',emailonpm='$emailonpm',ipaddress='".addslashes($aipaddress)."',pmpopup=IF(pmpopup=2 AND $pmpopup=1,pmpopup,'$pmpopup') WHERE userid=$userid");
// Country Hack CP Addon End 

[Dunny]

makeinputcode("Birthday<br>(Format yyyy-mm-dd)","birthday",$user[birthday],0);

i think the 2nd one looks like this mate...does anyone know how you do the first step exactly?

[express]

just go to your database for your forums. Find table named user open up find field name country and edit it change to VARCHAR (50) and save.

Anyone got the large flags renamed yet?

[Dunny]

can anyone really simplify the 1st step, I take it the person who owns the board has to do it?

I just have FTP access to install the hacks so Im completly lost and the board owner doesnt have a clue!

cheers