state abbreviation

[island1]

In the showlistings.tpl i'm wondering if this:

 {if $sDisState == "Y"}
	     <td{if $entry.class<>""} class="{$entry.class}"{/if}>{$entry.state}</td>
	     {/if}

can be altered to reflect the State Abbreviation insted of the full state name.

I know the data is already stored, just don't know the "name".

Thanks.

[Lhotch]

Not sure I understand wht you are asking.

Are you saying you want to display the whole state name and not the abbreviation?

Since you have the designer edition you cant do anything at the code level so whats probably easiest would be for you to log into your sites admin, goto settings and "edit states", then edit each state and in the abbreviation field just put in the states full name.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Yes, the database table has both the full name and the abbreviation. The abbreviation field is called "abbrev" which is in the {$PREFIX}_state table.

The bigger question would be is the abbrev field available to the template?
It seems that the listings are from the users table which does not store the abbreviation only the full name. So to be able to do what you want you would have to modify several things in order have that available and display in that template. None of which can be done with the Designer version as Larry states.

-Mike