How can i remove the dropdown option in country in checkout page in magento? I need to put only one country

Question

From the following files :

/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/customer/form/reg‌​ister.phtml /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/customer/form/add‌​ress.phtml /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/checkout/onepage/‌​billing.phtml and /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/checkout/onepage/‌​shipping.phtml

i did this trick converting php line

<?php echo $this->getCountryHtmlSelect() ?>

to html line

<select name="country_id" id="country" title="<?php echo $this->__('Country') ?>" class="validate-select">
    <option value="IN" selected="selected">India</option>
</select>

but not worked. In site showing one blank line and other line India.

I need only one line India or remove dropdown.

Answer 1

Its very simple
system > configuration > general > countries option > allowed countries. Just select the country you want.

Answer 2

I think you are making changes to wrong files. Magento 1.9 comes with default RWD theme. So you will need to put your selectbox code in below files.

app\design\frontend\rwd\default\template\persistent\checkout\onepage\billing.phtml

<select name="billing[country_id]" id="billing:country_id" title="<?php echo $this->__('Country') ?>" class="validate-select">
    <option value="IN" selected="selected">India</option>
</select>

app\design\frontend\rwd\default\template\checkout\onepage\shipping.phtml

<select name="shipping[country_id]" id="shipping:country_id" title="<?php echo $this->__('Country') ?>" class="validate-select">
    <option value="IN" selected="selected">India</option>
</select>

app\design\frontend\rwd\default\template\customer\address\edit.phtml app\design\frontend\rwd\default\template\persistent\customer\form\register.phtml

<select name="country_id" id="country" title="<?php echo $this->__('Country') ?>" class="validate-select">
    <option value="IN" selected="selected">India</option>
</select>