Change Master Currency ?

[Guest]

Hi all,

 

I am trying to change the master currency to GBP (British Pounds) I have done it for the catalog but i cant find a way to do it for the admin section and order info comes up using US$. Can anyone offer some advice ??

 

I can see that all currencies are valued against the US$ and since i am only using 3 currencies, GBP, USD and EURO i can change the exchange rate to be pounds by editing the code, however does anyone know of an easier way. Also i have not yet found how to change the master currency in the admin section.

 

All advice appreciated, many thanks.

 

;)

[peterr]

Hi,

 

Just go to http://www.yourdomainname.com/admin/currencies.php , select "GBP" and give it a value of 1.0000

 

Once you update that, you will notice it is now the default. Press the 'update currencies' button, and you will see the latest rates.

 

Peter

[Guest]

Hi Peter,

 

Many thanks for your advice, however it has not worked. I am using version 2.1, should I upgrade ?

 

i went to currency -> GB Pounds -> edit ->

 

Title: GB Pounds

Code: GBP

Symbol left: ?

Symbol right:

decimal Point: .

Thousand Points: 1

Decimal Places: 2

 

I put the value in the decimal points section and the result after update is 1 , also after update it reported that $30 was worth ?20.74 when in fact $30 is worth ?16.67 today.

 

Any ideas where I have went wrong ?

[Guest]

PS also the master currency is still US$ in the admin section, when i look at customers orders total.

[Guest]

Did you created a new default currency?

In the edit did you put 1.0000000 as the value and then click on update currencies button ?

and in the catalog/includes/languages/english.php around line 36

 

// if USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_CURRENCY is true, use the following currency, instead of the applications default currency (used w$

 

define('LANGUAGE_CURRENCY', 'USD');

Change it to whatever you need

 

HTH

The_Bear