Country

[globalinsites]

Isn't there an option to have a profile field with a dropdown menu with all the countries so a user can select the country in which he/she lives? I know that there is the location profile field but people can write anything they wish into the location profile field and in the way the want to (some will perhaps enter only their city or provence, some will enter for example NL or Holland instead of The Netherlands, etc. I think it would be prettier to have a country drop down menu. But it's not a standard option I think? I would think that most vB users would want this. I'm surprised it isn't there, perhaps I just havent found it yet, I hope

I can't find a plugin or hack for it on vBulletin.org either

[Steve Machol]

No, there is no such option. This would require a plugin.

[globalinsites]

Okay. You don't happen to know if such a plugin exists? I haven't been able to find it.

[Steve Machol]

No I don't. You may have to request one.

[adwade]

Required State/Country w/o a Plugin...

I was looking for the same thing and ended up creating my own. I don't think this would qualify as a HACK, so I'll just post the details of what I did here...

1)Create a new Single-Selection Menu custom profile field called State/Country
2)In your Options box, copy/paste the states/countries I have in the attached ZIP file below
3)Set Default to Yes, but no First Blank Option
4)Set Field Required to Yes, Always
5)Set Field Editable by User to Only at registeration

I figure if someone messes up their selection, they can PM me to manually change it for them. If you leave it editable after they register, you may have users changing it for no good reason(s).

Anyway, it's how 'I' solved the problem as best as I could.

Note: I created the State/Country listing from several similar lists I tripped across on the internet. After merging three or four of them and removing the duplicates and checking the current (vs. historical) names of the countries it's what I managed to come up with.

(Moderator(s), feel free to move this thread if this makes it better qualified for another section of the board. )

[globalinsites]

Thanks man. That's great!

One question though: did you do this in vB 3.6.2 and did you add a Mulitple Selection Menu? Cause I don't see how I can do this:

3)Set Default to *Yes, but no First Blank Option*.

I don't think that a Mulitple Selection Menu would create a dropdown menu but it would list all the lines that are entered in the Options box.

However, when I try to add a Multiple-Line Text Box then I don't see an Options box. So I'm not sure which type of profile field I need to add.

I am in Add New User Profile Field by the way, perhaps I need to look elsewhere to add a custom profile field?

[adwade]

Thanks man. That's great!

One question though: did you do this in vB 3.6.2 and did you add a Mulitple Selection Menu? Cause I don't see how I can do this:

3)Set Default to *Yes, but no First Blank Option*.

I don't think that a Mulitple Selection Menu would create a dropdown menu but it would list all the lines that are entered in the Options box.

I did it in vB v3.6.0 and no, it's not a Multiple Selection, it's a Single-Selection Menu instead.

However, when I try to add a Multiple-Line Text Box then I don't see an Options box. So I'm not sure which type of profile field I need to add.

I'm attaching a screenprint of my AdminCP, while editing this field so you can better see the setup.

I am in Add New User Profile Field by the way, perhaps I need to look elsewhere to add a custom profile field?

Yep, that's where you need to be alright! Sounds like you're very close to having it fixed up.

EDIT: Note, in my screenprint 'Set Field Editable by User to Only at registeration is set to Yes instead of Only at registeration as I've been playing around with it some and had forgotten to resave it last time.

[globalinsites]

Ohhh a Single-Selection Menu... It all makes sense now, lol. I just added it and it works great. Thanks sooo much.

I put United States in front of all the States and named the field Country/State so that users who aren't from the US won't think that their country is not in the list.

I was about to start using the old country flag hack before you replied but I prefer this option, because it's not a hack. The less hacks on my sites the better! My goal is to not use hacks at all. Let's see if I will reach my goal... hehe

Thanks again

[adwade]

You're plenty welcome. Actually, I'm still sorta in shock that I was able to provide ANYone help here. I know oh-so-little of all this stuff, but have enjoyed learning about vB so far. And with all the MODs/HACKs available...well I'm like a kid in a candy store.

Not sure of your application, but FYI we're a bicycling group and my site is intended to help riders find others in their own areas. As such, I went one step futher and added (yet) another custom field that even futher details someone's location: I called it 'Region' and the drop down box has North, South, East, West, Mid-State/Country, NorthEast, NorthWest, SouthEast, SouthWest. That almost pins someone's location down to with 100mi or so, for most states allowing riders to know if anyone else is close by to ride with.

[dbtp]

I did it in vB v3.6.0 and no, it's not a Multiple Selection, it's a Single-Selection Menu instead.

I'm attaching a screenprint of my AdminCP, while editing this field so you can better see the setup.

Yep, that's where you need to be alright! Sounds like you're very close to having it fixed up.

EDIT: Note, in my screenprint 'Set Field Editable by User to Only at registeration is set to Yes instead of Only at registeration as I've been playing around with it some and had forgotten to resave it last time.

I am looking at the above instructions, but they seem to be a little dated. The image you have attached here is not identical to the admin cp that I am using. I would like to set this up on my forums if possible, but I am a little confused on how to go about setting it up. I am currently using 3.6.8

[Steve Machol]

Please start yourt own thread. Thank you.

[adwade]

Please start yourt own thread. Thank you.

Done, see here now.