[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Zones incorrect for Malta ## - **[paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile")** - [![paced's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/5786-paced) Less More - Posts: 8 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 9 months ago [\#39110](#39110) by [paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile") *[Zones incorrect for Malta](/forum/3-bug-report/39110-zones-incorrect-for-malta#39110 "Hi, For Malta, the States are not technically correct. Villages and Towns have been used as States. There are two Islands: Malta and Gozo. Country is Malta, but Gozo is a Region - also important as there are a few town names in each island which are identical. e.g. Rabat, Malta and Rabat Gozo, Mgarr Malta, Mgarr Gozo, Zebbug, Malta, Zebbug, Gozo So, either the States need to be reduced simply to: Malta Gozo Or The Gozo town names are suffixed as follows: Gharb, Gozo San Lawrenz, Gozo Ghasri, Gozo Zebbug, Gozo Marsalforn, Gozo Victoria, Gozo (also known as Rabat, Gozo) Fontana, Gozo Xaghra, Gozo Nadur, Gozo Qala, Gozo Ghajnsielem, Gozo Mgarr, Gozo Sannat, Gozo Munxar,Gozo Xlendi, Gozo I think that's all the entries. The ones in bold are the biggest issue as they are towns in both islands. However, surely it would be simpler to have 3 tables: Countries, States, Cities, linked with country code and country-state codes respectively? then the states for Malta can simply be: Malta and Gozo Also, some names with incorrect spelling: Gaxaq - should be Ghaxaq Xagra - should be Xaghra Melliea - should be Mellieha Xgajra - should be Xghajra These would need to be changed in the product. Thoughts?")* was created by *[paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile")* Hi, For Malta, the States are not technically correct. Villages and Towns have been used as States. There are two Islands: Malta and Gozo. Country is Malta, but Gozo is a Region - also important as there are a few town names in each island which are identical. e.g. Rabat, Malta and Rabat Gozo, Mgarr Malta, Mgarr Gozo, Zebbug, Malta, Zebbug, Gozo So, either the States need to be reduced simply to: Malta Gozo Or The Gozo town names are suffixed as follows: Gharb, Gozo San Lawrenz, Gozo Ghasri, Gozo **Zebbug, Gozo** Marsalforn, Gozo Victoria, Gozo (also known as **Rabat, Gozo**) Fontana, Gozo Xaghra, Gozo Nadur, Gozo Qala, Gozo Ghajnsielem, Gozo **Mgarr, Gozo** Sannat, Gozo Munxar,Gozo Xlendi, Gozo I think that's all the entries. The ones in bold are the biggest issue as they are towns in both islands. However, surely it would be simpler to have 3 tables: Countries, States, Cities, linked with country code and country-state codes respectively? then the states for Malta can simply be: Malta and Gozo Also, some names with incorrect spelling: Gaxaq - should be Ghaxaq Xagra - should be Xaghra Melliea - should be Mellieha Xgajra - should be Xghajra These would need to be changed in the product. Thoughts? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zOTExMC16b25lcy1pbmNvcnJlY3QtZm9yLW1hbHRhP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) 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: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 9 months ago [\#39206](#39206) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Zones incorrect for Malta](/forum/3-bug-report/39110-zones-incorrect-for-malta#39206 "Hi, For Malta, the States are not technically correct. Villages and Towns have been used as States. There are two Islands: Malta and Gozo. Country is Malta, but Gozo is a Region - also important as there are a few town names in each island which are identical. e.g. Rabat, Malta and Rabat Gozo, Mgarr Malta, Mgarr Gozo, Zebbug, Malta, Zebbug, Gozo So, either the States need to be reduced simply to: Malta Gozo Or The Gozo town names are suffixed as follows: Gharb, Gozo San Lawrenz, Gozo Ghasri, Gozo Zebbug, Gozo Marsalforn, Gozo Victoria, Gozo (also known as Rabat, Gozo) Fontana, Gozo Xaghra, Gozo Nadur, Gozo Qala, Gozo Ghajnsielem, Gozo Mgarr, Gozo Sannat, Gozo Munxar,Gozo Xlendi, Gozo I think that's all the entries. The ones in bold are the biggest issue as they are towns in both islands. However, surely it would be simpler to have 3 tables: Countries, States, Cities, linked with country code and country-state codes respectively? then the states for Malta can simply be: Malta and Gozo Also, some names with incorrect spelling: Gaxaq - should be Ghaxaq Xagra - should be Xaghra Melliea - should be Mellieha Xgajra - should be Xghajra These would need to be changed in the product. Thoughts?")* Hi, I think that the malta "states" are based on the local councils list: [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local\_councils\_of\_Malta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta) The real question is: Is that useful to anyone ? Can the taxes vary based on the council of the buyer ? Can the shipping vary based on the council of the buyer ? Is the council useful in malta addresses or not (if the city field is fine to define the location of someone, then it wouldn't be necessary) ? If the answer to all three questions is no, then we would indeed remove all the states of malta and maybe only have the two islands as "states" or nothing like it's the case for other "small" countries. Let me know what you think. (in any case, you can change the zones to what you need them to be via the menu System->Zones). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zOTExMC16b25lcy1pbmNvcnJlY3QtZm9yLW1hbHRhP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile")** - [![paced's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/5786-paced) Less More - Posts: 8 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 9 months ago [\#39207](#39207) by [paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile") Replied by *[paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Zones incorrect for Malta](/forum/3-bug-report/39110-zones-incorrect-for-malta#39207 "Hi, For Malta, the States are not technically correct. Villages and Towns have been used as States. There are two Islands: Malta and Gozo. Country is Malta, but Gozo is a Region - also important as there are a few town names in each island which are identical. e.g. Rabat, Malta and Rabat Gozo, Mgarr Malta, Mgarr Gozo, Zebbug, Malta, Zebbug, Gozo So, either the States need to be reduced simply to: Malta Gozo Or The Gozo town names are suffixed as follows: Gharb, Gozo San Lawrenz, Gozo Ghasri, Gozo Zebbug, Gozo Marsalforn, Gozo Victoria, Gozo (also known as Rabat, Gozo) Fontana, Gozo Xaghra, Gozo Nadur, Gozo Qala, Gozo Ghajnsielem, Gozo Mgarr, Gozo Sannat, Gozo Munxar,Gozo Xlendi, Gozo I think that's all the entries. The ones in bold are the biggest issue as they are towns in both islands. However, surely it would be simpler to have 3 tables: Countries, States, Cities, linked with country code and country-state codes respectively? then the states for Malta can simply be: Malta and Gozo Also, some names with incorrect spelling: Gaxaq - should be Ghaxaq Xagra - should be Xaghra Melliea - should be Mellieha Xgajra - should be Xghajra These would need to be changed in the product. Thoughts?")* Hi Nicolas, Each council in Malta and Gozo is essentially representing a Town or Village. There are no Council taxes in Malta. So essentially the answer is No to all 3 points. The primary issue is GOZO, which is a separate Island, which 'Could' affect shipping costs, not in my clients case, but certainly for others, particularly abroad. So on that basis, I suggest you use GOZO and MALTA as the States. Ideally, someone would either select a Blank State (i.e. their address is in Malta), or Select GOZO (their address is in Gozo) as this better reflects the real situation, otherwise 'Malta' gets repeated twice in an address. Is this possible? It would need to be optional. Have you thought of implementing Cities as being selectable in future? Or is the intention to let people type these into a text field on registration (as currently)? I know I can change the zones myself for now, but these would get wiped with upgrades, etc, so the changes would need to be implemented in the product as standard. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zOTExMC16b25lcy1pbmNvcnJlY3QtZm9yLW1hbHRhP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) 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: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 9 months ago [\#39208](#39208) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Zones incorrect for Malta](/forum/3-bug-report/39110-zones-incorrect-for-malta#39208 "Hi, For Malta, the States are not technically correct. Villages and Towns have been used as States. There are two Islands: Malta and Gozo. Country is Malta, but Gozo is a Region - also important as there are a few town names in each island which are identical. e.g. Rabat, Malta and Rabat Gozo, Mgarr Malta, Mgarr Gozo, Zebbug, Malta, Zebbug, Gozo So, either the States need to be reduced simply to: Malta Gozo Or The Gozo town names are suffixed as follows: Gharb, Gozo San Lawrenz, Gozo Ghasri, Gozo Zebbug, Gozo Marsalforn, Gozo Victoria, Gozo (also known as Rabat, Gozo) Fontana, Gozo Xaghra, Gozo Nadur, Gozo Qala, Gozo Ghajnsielem, Gozo Mgarr, Gozo Sannat, Gozo Munxar,Gozo Xlendi, Gozo I think that's all the entries. The ones in bold are the biggest issue as they are towns in both islands. However, surely it would be simpler to have 3 tables: Countries, States, Cities, linked with country code and country-state codes respectively? then the states for Malta can simply be: Malta and Gozo Also, some names with incorrect spelling: Gaxaq - should be Ghaxaq Xagra - should be Xaghra Melliea - should be Mellieha Xgajra - should be Xghajra These would need to be changed in the product. Thoughts?")* Indeed, if we put malta and gozo as states, malta would appear twice in the address, once for the country and once for the state. Having a blank state is possible. It's a bit strange for the customers but I don't see a problem with that. Not having that selection would be just a matter of unpublishing the zone, so not really a problem. I think that we're gonna go with that. You can unpublish the current states and create new states for what you need. As long as you don't delete the states, they won't be inserted back during the update and the update doesn't remove any state. So you can do this and update without any problems. The following user(s) said Thank You: [paced](/forum/user/5786-paced "View paced's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzMtYnVnLXJlcG9ydC8zOTExMC16b25lcy1pbmNvcnJlY3QtZm9yLW1hbHRhP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? 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