About
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I. Release Notes

Current Version: 7.1
Requirements: Ossn >= 7.1
GDPR affected: No, as long as you are not using the ipinfo.io service available at your Ossn admin panel via Configure -> CountrySelector
License: GNU General Public License v2

 

II. Purpose and Usage

This component adds a "Country" selector to your member's account settings page and the registration page.

Figure 1

If the Automatic location detection option has been enabled at the admin backend the location of the visitor will be detected and selected automatically. 

Figure 2

Option to search for members by country . Without searchkey ALL members will be listed in country-sorted order

Figure 3

 

III. Changes

V 7.1

  • added Hungarian language file
  • fixed labeling glitch with recent Premium Custom Profile Fields component

V 6.3

  • added to Ossn search page

V 6.2

  • fixed wrong or un-translated country names on the 'About' page of the CustomUserFields component

V 6.1

  • Ossn 6.x support
  • verified PHP 8 compatibility
  • new option to autodetect the location of the site visitor (needs to be enabled on admin backend)
  • removed Textarea Support dependency

 

Outdated Ossn 5.x releases

V 1.7

  • seamless integration with Create Account form (removed label - replaced by placeholder)
  • added Chinese language files

V 1.6

  • pre-requisites check added
  • language files update to 5.2
  • license update

V 1.5

  • German translation complete (thanks go to Holger A.)

V 1.4

  • country selector added to registration form
  • added missing language files

V 1.3

  • fix sort order of special characters like É, À, etc.

V 1.2

  • countries are sorted correctly now according to your chosen language
  • 3 glitches in language files corrected

V 1.1

  • displays the chosen country on the Premium 'Custom User Fields' About page as well as on the About page of the free 'aboutuser' component.

V 1.0

  • Initial Release