dumb question

ok, this may be dumb but it is late here...

when you are using multiple currencies, how do you keep them up to date?
do you check the exchange rate at intervals and adjust the currency set up accordingly?

Currency updates rely on you setting one currency as the DEFAULT. So if you are working with BRITISH POUNDS, this is the default and the value is set to 1.0000 (Use four zeroes for rounding purposes).

Then, in your currencies admin, UPDATE them (I usually do it daily). This gets the latest exchange rates from Oanda and / or Xe and they are applied relative to your default currency.

You can also apply a bankcharge offset (can't remember where the switch is - thinks its under Configuration > Shop, so you recover that bit your bank creams off the top. (I'D BETTER READ THE NEW BOOK AGAIN - AS SHOULD EVERY ZENNER!!!)

There's a mod out that will help you set auto-timed updates using CRON on your server, but unless you're familiar with this, don't try it just yet.

thanks
I have US as the default, I'll just updated them manually

Yeah, Schoolboy!

I have been searching for information on how to account for the "spread" in currency conversions and how we could put in a cushion value in the cart. I didn't know it was built in. Now, I do and I thank you. The book is on order and it is good to know it will be of help.

Anita

Anita... the currency conversion surcharge is only available in zen 1.3.6 and newer.

(upgrade to 1.3.7 if you feel the need to upgrade.)

schoolboy:

(upgrade to 1.3.7 if you feel the need to upgrade.)

Bad advice - :wink2:

Good advice=

upgrade to 1.3.7

:laugh:

Have followed the good advice, Ryk. We're building my new shopping cart with 1.3.7 Both myself and my webmaster, are impressed :thumbsup:

Anita

Ryk,

I forgot to mention your image handling tutorial has been a great help. I have had it close at hand these past few days as I prepare my images. I know I am not alone in offering my sincere thanks.

Anita

Glad to be of assistance.:smile:

Rick... here's a question I know you can answer...

The HOVER feature in IH2 works well in firefox, but in MSIE it will not display the hover image if the thumb is close to the bottom of the screen.

How do we fix this?

I notice on some of your sites, the hover works in MSIE in the same manner as it does in firefox.

I gather its a js issue ???

I have a cron job running to update the rates using the mod available in the downloads. Your hosting company should be able to give you pointers on getting the cron job going.

I can give you AN answer - but it's not a solution! :laugh: I don't recall ever having had any problems, but if it is a javascript issue (and I vaguely recall having seen something about this elsewhere) then all I can suggest is a search of the IH support thread.

Sorry I can't be more help.

afo:

I have a cron job running to update the rates using the mod available in the downloads. Your hosting company should be able to give you pointers on getting the cron job going.

Hello,

I'm hosting with Powweb and they allow me to run jobs from the OPS centre. If I point it to the currency.php file with the action code added like this:

/admin/currencies.php?page=1&cID=3&action=update

would that automatically update the currencies?

Another currency question, my site (caution, under construction) will be in Canadian Dollars but when I try to update the currency I get an error message that the code is wrong. Same for the EUR and USD (which was the default code). How can I get the currency to update properly?

Thanks,
Cat =^..^=