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Currency converter for USD, GBP and EUR Virtuemart 1.0.15

Virtuemart XE Currency Convert is a virtuemart currency hack that allow you to convert between GBP, EUR and USD currencies by using the currency exchange rates as provided by www.XE.com. Changing the following files means that the whole shop will display prices in the selected currency. Requires Virtuemart 1.0.15. We have modified the original code to ensure that the exchange rate data can be read from the new XE site.
This hack is not installable in the conventional Joomla sense. Using an FTP tool, backup the existing files, rename them and replace them with these new files:

/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/class_xe_curr_conv.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/class_currency_display.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_product.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_checkout.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_order.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/account.order_details.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/shop.product_details.php
/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/templates/product_details/flypage.php
/public_html/components/com_virtuemart/virtuemart_parser.php
/public_html/includes/joomla.php

The zip also contains:

mod_xe_currency.zip  which has inside it:
/public_html/modules/mod_currency.php
/public_html/modules/mod_currency.xml

Extract the mod_xe_currency.zip file and use the standard Joomla module installation process to create a module in a prominent position.

 See it here in action live: http://www.goodwoodantiques.com

READ THIS: Be aware that the site where the currency feed is extracted from (www.xe.com) can change the format of its page from time to time (on average once every two years). This can have the adverse effect of changing the currency conversion rate. If this occurs then changes will need to be made. You can contact me and I will make the changes for you.  You can of course make the changes yourself, send them to me and I will be glad to share them with the world. The new version here will be kept updated as soon as I know of a change to the xe.com feed page. It is in your interests to let me know if things change!

If you want to be kept informed of any changes then contact me using the contact page.