Creating new website and need help from Irish people...

snoopsrobinsas

Hi,

I am currently in the UK.

I am having a website developed…


Can all people in Ireland help me out by going to:

http://www.devmet.com/demo/grand_paintings/


And let me know what country appears in the drop down box?

Technically the country should be automatically selected to the country you are in.

Unfortunately I can’t quickly pop back to Ireland to test it.

If you’re in Ireland can you go on the above link and let me know what country is displayed?

Really would appreciate it.

Ashley

zonEEE

Yep Ireland

enda1

You should never use IP address geotracking for location determination.
Let people put whatever county they want.

Just because you "can" do it doesn't mean you should.

People may be abroad, going through a proxy, TOR network, internet cafe etc. etc.

snoopsrobinsas

Thanks for getting back.

The user can select their country if the IP recognition is incorrect. (Over rule the default IP recognition)

Thanks again.

Fergal C

Shows "Ireland" for me also.

jhegarty

enda1 wrote: »

You should never use IP address geotracking for location determination.
Let people put whatever county they want.

Just because you "can" do it doesn't mean you should.

People may be abroad, going through a proxy, TOR network, internet cafe etc. etc.

I agree , but it's fine to use it as a default.

Op , Ireland for me too.

spartacus93

enda1 wrote: »

You should never use IP address geotracking for location determination.
Let people put whatever county they want.

Just because you "can" do it doesn't mean you should.

People may be abroad, going through a proxy, TOR network, internet cafe etc. etc.

I don't see at as an issue as long as they're not forced to select it.

For the vast majority of people it will just save them an extra step.

Ireland for me too...

DubTony

enda1 wrote: »

You should never use IP address geotracking for location determination.
Let people put whatever county they want.

Just because you "can" do it doesn't mean you should.

People may be abroad, going through a proxy, TOR network, internet cafe etc. etc.

No harm in this at all. It's easy to change but saves most people from having to select it in the first place. I definitely appreciate it when putting in my details. IMO every site should use it.

snoopsrobinsas

Thanks for all your responses, the script seems to work from what you all have said More confirmations are very welcome...

tombull82

At home it shows up as Ireland for me but in work it defaults to United States. I'm working in Dublin but for a Large multinational.. so prob makes sense..