Deleting Extra Countries and Zones

[minuteman1970]

Hello,
I would like to delete all countries except the USA. I was about to begin doing it via the OSc Admin screen, and noticed that some countries (Spain, Austria, etc..) have zones assigned to them.

What is the proper way to remove these extra countries without corrupting the DB?

Should I delete the zones first, then the extra countries?

Thanks.

[MindTwist]

I really see no point in deleting them. If I were you, I would just make it default to USA when signing up, or remove the country selection drop down all toguether on signup/address creation.

[minuteman1970]

Good tip. However, I was unable to find where you can indicate a default country for new customer signups. Also, how & where would I remove the country selection drop down?
Thanks.

[MindTwist]

Edit /includes/languages/english.php (or whatever language you need) and find:

// LINE ADDED: Country-State Selector
define ('DEFAULT_COUNTRY', '195');

195 is my default country, Spain. You can find out your country number on your database, table "countries".

I would not be able to tell you by mind where/how to remove the country selection drop down, since I am sure it might be there on more than one place (sign up, creating a new shipping address, etc). There might even be a setting on admin/configuration to disable the country selecion dropdown, I really do not know for sure, I never thought on disabling, I just made it default to Spain.

I currently ship to few countries, the ones I do not ship to on checkout just get some warning that the shipping costs can not be calculated automatically, and that we will get in touch.

[minuteman1970]

After taking a look, I see that my system already defaults to the USA. The /includes/languages/english.php file also contains this section:
define('ENTRY_COUNTRY', 'Country:');

I will try to comment that line out, to see if it removes the country option.