[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Counties in the UK not correct ## - **[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")** - [![Skellem's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/1868-skellem) Less More - Posts: 4 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 7 months ago [\#12798](#12798) by [Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") *[Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#12798 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* was created by *[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")* Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86359 - Thank you received: 14296 - - 15 years 7 months ago [\#12800](#12800) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#12800 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* You can modify all the zones via the menu System->Zones in your backend. For the default country and state, you can go in the menu Display->Custom fields to edit the fields default value. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")** - [![Skellem's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/1868-skellem) Less More - Posts: 4 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 7 months ago [\#12801](#12801) by [Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") Replied by *[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#12801 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Many thanks, I have found everything I need to change. Is it possible that you guys update the counties for your next release? I have noticed quite a few errors in there. Cheers, Gunter. 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Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Sure. Could you tell us what they are ? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")** - [![Skellem's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/1868-skellem) Less More - Posts: 4 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 7 months ago [\#12803](#12803) by [Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile") Replied by *[Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#12803 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Of course! I will send you a pm with details tomorrow. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86359 - Thank you received: 14296 - - 15 years 7 months ago [\#12806](#12806) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#12806 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Thanks. 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Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Edit: I have just replaced the old list with something more up to date. Below should be spot on. --- Nicolas, I can't pm you, so here is the list below. As far as I can see, it is pretty accurate: Argyll and Bute Bath & NE Som Bedfordshire Berkshire Blaenau Gwent Borders Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Cheshire Conwy Cornwall County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Durham County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone Cumbria Denbighshire Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dumbarton and Clydebank Dumfries & Galloway Dyfed East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire East Riding of Yorkshire East Sussex Edinburgh Essex Fife Flintshire Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Grampian Greater Manchester Gwent Gwynedd Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Inverclyde Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex Merseyside Norfolk North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire North West Highlands North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Pembrokeshire Powys Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Shropshire Somerset South Ayrshire South Gloucestershire South Lanarkshire South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tayside Torfaen Tyne & Wear Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Last edit: 15 years 7 months ago by [Skellem](/forum/user/1868-skellem "View Skellem's Profile"). 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Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Thank you for the list. We will update it for next version. 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Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* The updated counties list for the UK are not show up (buiness 1.5.2): Berkshire Borders Buckinghamshire Londonderry Tyrone Dumbarton Dyfed Glamorgan Grampian Greater Manchester Gwent Middlesex Merseryside North West Highlands South Yorkshire Tayside Tyne and Wear West Midlands West Yorkshire They are entered in the #__hikashop_zone_link table but there is nothing for them in the #__hikashop_zone table. They are in the update.php file so I presume something has gone wrong with the update. 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Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Okay resolved the problem by substituting in the helper.php file INSERT IGNORE for REPLACE and running the update again. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86359 - Thank you received: 14296 - - 15 years 4 months ago [\#19987](#19987) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Counties in the UK not correct](/forum/3-bug-report/12798-counties-in-the-uk-not-correct#19987 "Hi Guys, I have noticed some discrepancies in the counties in the UK, in the address dropdown field when registering. ie some counties are missing, and then some towns are listed as counties. Can someone please tell me where this info is stored, so that I can change it. Secondly, when registering and adding your address, the default country that comes up is France. Is there anywhere that I change this, so that it defaults to the UK?? Many thanks, Gunter.")* Yes, for updates we don't force the new data as some users might be fine with the old data. Another easy solution is just to remove the entries in both the jos_hikashop_zone and jos_hikashop_zone_link tables via phpmyadmin and install again the package via the joomla manager. That will put back all the zones with the proper UK counties. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8xMjc5OC1jb3VudGllcy1pbi10aGUtdWstbm90LWNvcnJlY3Q/bGFuZz1mciZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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