Changing the currency drop down section??

[m1_2k]

How would I change the Currency drop down section, into displaying the currency signs instead, and not having a drop down box section what so ever.

 

A good example can be found on www.play.com, this is something to what I would like for my website.

 

If anyone knows how this can be done, please let me know.

 

M1_2k

[Guest]

You can edit/add currencies in admin>>localisation>>currencies... you can name them what you like :D

 

Matti

[m1_2k]

You can edit/add currencies in admin>>localisation>>currencies... you can name them what you like :D

 

Matti

Thank you for reply, but I didnt want to change what the currencys are Im wanting to get rid of the drop down box all together and have a choices in a picture form.

 

Please via my example, left hand side of the site www.play.com

 

If you can still help thatwould be great.

 

M1_2k

[joe7175]

Thank you for reply, but I didnt want to change what the currencys are Im wanting to get rid of the drop down box all together and have a choices in a picture form.

 

Please via my example, left hand side of the site www.play.com

 

If you can still help thatwould be great.

 

M1_2k

 

Hi. You can get rid of the currency dropdown and have images (like Play.Com) by using php to get the base address then simple adding the '?currency=' call after.

 

Place the code below where you want your new currency image:

 

<?php

 

$languages_string .= ' <a href="' . tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('language', 'currency')) . 'currency=USD' . $key, $request_type) . '">' . tep_image('/images/usflag.jpg') . '</a><br>';

 

echo $languages_string;

 

?>

 

Just change ('/images/usflag.jpg') to your image.

[joe7175]

Ideally, you should change the $languages_string to $currency_string - it was a bit lazy of me not to change this.

[joe7175]

You can also remove the '$key, $request_type' if you only intend to hardcode these images.

 

So the complete code would like this this:

 

<?php

 

$currency_string .= ' <a href="' . tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('language', 'currency')) . 'currency=USD') . '">' . tep_image('/images/usflag.jpg') . '</a><br>';

 

echo $currency_string;

 

?>

 

Change 'currency=XXX' where xxx is the code of the currency you require, and;

change '/images/usflag.jpg' to the location of the image you want for this currency.

 

If you use the '$key, $request_type' code as shown in my first post you can simply assign values to your images and just call this link once, rather than having to paste it for each currency and image you require.

 

For the shading effect, shown on play.com, just write a simple loop which picks up on the global currency variable and display a blacked out image or whatever.