Input please..

[Snooper]

Would removing the bloated pull downs used at the account sign up and cart stages that are for Countries be difficult to do? I want to replace this with the customer putting there own country for example. I can not see what reason you would want to list so many in the first place.

Also, the address lines that are marked with an astrix can not be changed at the admin side. I would like to change the following lines

* Address Line 1
Address Line 3
* Suburb/City
* Country
* Sate/Province

To read
* Address Line 1
Address Line 2
* Address Line 3
* Country but as user input not pull down
* County/Province as a user input not a pull down

Ideas please??

[Martin]

Would removing the bloated pull downs used at the account sign up and cart stages that are for Countries be difficult to do? I want to replace this with the customer putting there own country for example. I can not see what reason you would want to list so many in the first place.

Just on this point alone you would break functionality for a slew of things including shipping module compatiblity... Many rely on the countryid variable to be able to determine which country can accept which shipping service, etc...

Also worth noting that end-users are notorious for inputting variations on a country name complete with typos, etc... so I wouldn't recommend it... If you were looking for simplification without breaking things then I'd go with replacing the select field with a autosuggest text field that sanity checks the input when submitted to ensure it is a valid country... Bear in mind it would be a pretty big hack for very little reward IMHO..

[Snooper]

Its nice to know how ISC is so owner friendly.. *he says with open sarcasm*

I hear what you say Martin and yes if it stops other site functions then it’s a no brainer messing here. But I cant help thinking how no brainer it was to have this bloated system in the first place. CMS should have included owner choice to this area.

If you read the list, are you realistically going to be getting customers from most of the places provided ?? I think not !!

[CharlieFoxtrot]

I just edited the DB and removed all the countries that I don't ship to. For completeness I could have also trimmed down the countrystates, but I didn't.

[Snooper]

The DB ??

I think that’s potentially a workable solution.. Is this via Myadmin or is it scripted and needs a cull ??

Errmmm.. An idots guide might be helpful !!

The country states reasoning makes sense. If you’re a not referencing a country then the system has no need to present countrystates option..

Ty C/fox

[CharlieFoxtrot]

I use Navicat for Mysql. It's a true blessing!

[Snooper]

I think you have just taken this conversation to a level that’s over my head *lol*

I assume you are suggesting to go to the actual database as would be set up by the install and remove the listing that way ??

Crumbs this might get messy.. Can I make a back up of the list in case things dont go the way Id like ??