CountryFlags

[Steve]

Thanks vb!

[Shades.]

SMF 2.1.4
Country Flags 3.0

I got no errors installing on SMF 2.1.4 but when I go to admin ?action=admin;area=modsettings;sa=general I get the WSOD 500 error page.

Edit: It works on a clean 2.1.4 but not on my test copy of my site. Must be another mod interfering but I'm not getting any error message.

Thanks,
Shades

[Shades.]

SMF 2.1.4
Country Flags 3.0

I got no errors installing on SMF 2.1.4 but when I go to admin ?action=admin;area=modsettings;sa=general I get the WSOD 500 error page.

Edit: It works on a clean 2.1.4 but not on my test copy of my site. Must be another mod interfering but I'm not getting any error message.

Thanks,
Shades

Hmm...weird!   I uninstalled all mods on my test site then reinstalled them one by one but installed this Country Mod first and it works fine with no errors!

But still don't know what caused the WSOD!

[vbgamer45]

Probably some strange file edit issue.

[Shades.]

Any way for this to show flags on the members list too?

Thanks,
Shades

[durangod]

Hi, I installed your mod and i have a question..  How do i set US and Canada at the top (after 00) of the array when the drop down shows.  I changed the xml files and reinstalled but it still does not change their placement.  How do i do that ? 

Also your core files does not include a blank.gif image, so i made one.  What happens is that since there is no image it just shows a empty image border until you select a flag.  I could write some js to change from display none to display block but its easier just to make an image.  So i made a blank white blank.gif file and included it in the images.

I added it to my package zip and also copied it to the Themes/default/images/flags/  dir. 

Here is that image (it has a white background so it may not show up on this page)

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[Steve]

Here is that image

You do realize that:

The white flag was the official flag of the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan between September 1996 and October 1997. It is sometimes used as an unofficial variant of the current flag which includes the Shahada written in black on a white field.

[durangod]

Here is that image

You do realize that:

The white flag was the official flag of the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan between September 1996 and October 1997. It is sometimes used as an unofficial variant of the current flag which includes the Shahada written in black on a white field.

No i did not know that... OMG no way i am using that.... thank you so much for letting me know.  I will change it to a transparent image and repost it if anyone needs it.  I never thought a blank white flag would mean anything but maybe surrender or as they used to say parlay.  Thanks again ill change it.

[Steve]

No worries. I figured you'd want to know. 

[durangod]

Ok this one will work, its transparent so nothing shows up next to the dropdown box until you select your flag.

There is only one caveat - be sure you check the console or view source to see where the image needs to be. When i installed the plugin it all installed correctly however in the source for some reason its looking for the blank.gif file in the  Themes/Repulse/images  rather than Themes/Repulse/images/flags dir.    I am sure its the same if you just use the default theme out of the box.  So just check it and you might need to do (as i did) and just copy the blank.gif file to the correct dir.  Just remember that some themes also have a blank.png file so dont get them confused, leave the .png file alone.

Here is the before and after

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and the new blank.gif image remember its transparent

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Hope that helps 

PS  i was also able to get the US and Canada flags to show up first on the drop down list.  I guess i needed to remove all files and delete the files when i uninstalled then when i reinstalled with my edited xml files it shows correctly.  So all is well now, thanks

[durangod]

If you have customers (or if this has happened to you as admin testing) that seem to skip over the flag entry (if its required) then you may need to highlight it on the page somehow... here are two ideas just add a big border around it and give it some padding...  or give it the same background as the other imputs.  Change the colors for your theme...

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dl#country_flag.register_form {
    border: 0.438em ridge #781818;
    padding: 1em;
}


or you could just add the same background on it that the above inputs have like this.. I did not do the rounded corners but i dont think anyone will notice but me lol

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dl#country_flag.register_form {
    background-color: #121212;
    padding: 1em;
}



here is what it looks like before and after for all three (original, big border or same background)

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