Displaying “Select Your Currency” block

By Hellothemes Support

29 November, 2010

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Displaying “Select Your Currency” block

The Core of Magento has already a file currency.phtml in app/design/frontend/base/default/template/directory   This block should show up if you select more than one currency in your admin-panel (System > Configuration >Currency Setup ) and then configure them in (System > Manage Currency Rates ) but there are situations where after configure this, the block still not showing up.

So, first of all, after configure the currency in the admin-panel, add this line of code in your catalog.xml (\app\design\frontend\default\yourtheme\layout\catalog.xml):

In the <!– Mage_Catalog –> section, under <reference name=”right”> or <reference name=”left”> (depends of your Theme) add this:

<block type=”directory/currency” name=”currency” template=”directory/currency.phtml”/>

If your “Select Your Currency” block still not showing, you should do the following:

Create a currency.phtml file in the following directory:

\app\design\frontend\default\yourtheme\template\directory\currency.phtml

If you don’t have a “directory” folder, so create it!

The new currency.phtml has to be filled with this code:

<?php
/**
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*
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*
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* that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE_AFL.txt.
* It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
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*
* Do not edit or add to this file if you wish to upgrade Magento to newer
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*
* @category    design
* @package     base_default
* @copyright   Copyright (c) 2010 Magento Inc. (http://www.magentocommerce.com)
* @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php  Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
*/
?>
<?php
/**
* Currency switcher
*
* @see Mage_Directory_Block_Currency
*/
?>
<?php if($this->getCurrencyCount()>1): ?>
<div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<select name=”currency” title=”<?php echo $this->__(‘Select Your Currency’) ?>” onchange=”setLocation(this.value)”>
<?php foreach ($this->getCurrencies() as $_code => $_name): ?>
<option value=”<?php echo $this->getSwitchCurrencyUrl($_code) ?>”<?php if($_code==$this->getCurrentCurrencyCode()): ?> selected=”selected”<?php endif; ?>>
<?php echo $_name ?> – <?php echo $_code ?>
</option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Then, you have to give it style, going to your styles.css, add or modify this:

.block-currency .head {
background-image:url(“../images/select_your_currency.gif”);
background-position:0 0;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}