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Outdated Ossn 5.x releases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