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B D
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May 10, 2016 at 9:02 am
Hi,
Any updates on the multiple currencies feature? This is a really big issue for us right now! Any short term plans to have this developed?
Thank you!
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B D
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May 10, 2016 at 9:04 am
Also, any ideas around this? i.e. currency switching instead of multiple currencies per event.
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Josh
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May 10, 2016 at 10:00 am
One way to add multiple currency info is you use a plugin like this one to show the currency conversions right on the event page:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/artiss-currency-converter/
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B D
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May 10, 2016 at 10:46 am
Sorry, I should clarify. Our client has events around the world. If the event is in the US it should be in US dollars and if it’s in Canada it should be in Canadian dollars.
If this isn’t possible, is there a third-party plugin you could recommend, hooks we should look at, etc?
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Josh
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May 10, 2016 at 11:59 am
You could look at setting up a site for US events where the currency will be in US dollars, then another site for Canada where the currency will be in Canadian dollars.
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B D
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May 11, 2016 at 12:21 pm
But wouldn’t we have issues with membership, logins, seminars registrations in multiple websites, etc since we now have X # of websites?
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Josh
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May 11, 2016 at 12:48 pm
I don’t know. Would someone from Canada be attending one of the seminars in the US?
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B D
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May 11, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Yup they will and have. These are global events and people from around the world attend sometimes. Also, we have membership pages that should be accessible to all countries.
I know this has been a requested feature by a few people so I’m sure I’m missing something here. But I’ve been poking around the code and found that I can replace all $org_options[‘currency_symbol’] instances with the currency for the specific event. Then I would need to replace the currency_code in \plugins\event-espresso\gateways\paypal\paypal_vars.php.
Could this mess things up? i.e. admin reporting, calculations, etc. I know I definitely won’t be able to update the plugin anymore… 🙁
There must a solution! 🙂
Thank you so much Josh!
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B D
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May 11, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Oh, we’re only using PayPal right now FYI.
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Josh
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May 11, 2016 at 5:40 pm
The current solution is use a separate site for each currency. Alternatively PayPal will make the currency conversion if all the events are on the same site and you want to collect funds using different currencies.
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