Payment Country with RC4

[springdot]

Hi guys

I notice that the payment amount when you are taken to PayPal is in US dollars - is there a way this can be changed to UK sterling??

This is with RC4 obviously!!

Cheers
James

[dcb]

for the moment there are no admin preferences for PayPal stuff other than the account, but you can edit and add PayPal parameters in templates/paypal.tpl

Just don't mess up with the Smarty code.

[springdot]

Hi dcb

Thanks for that - I suspected it was something to do with paypal.tpl

I have had a look on the paypal website at their help files, and can't find a list of options to send to them when opening the payment page - would you be able to post a link to something like that?

Failing that, would you be able to let me know what the option to take payment in GB pounds would be??

Would something like :

<input type="hidden" name="curency" value="GB">

do it??


Thanks
James

[dcb]

<input type="hidden" name="curency_code" value="GBP">

Also you can create from your PayPal account Buy Now buttons (without encryption) and see the code they generate.

[dcb]

Sorry, I missed an r

<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">

[springdot]

Brilliant, this works perfectly thank you!

[iluvm]

Hello,
Where in the payment.tpl do you insert the code

<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">

Thanks

[shepherd-girl]

I am wondering as well where on the code you add this....

I also see the $ sign in the code, its not just change it to a £?

[Kevuk2k]

Originally Posted by springdot

Hi guys

I notice that the payment amount when you are taken to PayPal is in US dollars - is there a way this can be changed to UK sterling??

This is with RC4 obviously!!

Cheers
James

It doesn't really matter whether it is $ if you are global directory as most people pay via $ and PayPal does not charge for conversion which it will do automatically. However I do see the point with regards to UK specific sites, it is quite offputting for UK Companies paying in $$ to advertise or link to a UK site. The $ factor might lead them to believe that the site is based out of the UK. Its all psychological I know but if I was a British Company I have a kind of allegance to my own people!

I'm sure eventually a mod will come out for this, I might pay for one myself but will only share with contributors for my view is if you are concerned about paypal then you must be thinking of and or making money so should pay at least something towards a facility that lets you do so better?

Kev

[iluvm]

To change your payment to UK sterling or Great Britain Pounds,
insert this code

<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">

in between lines 12 & 13 in the paypal.tpl
so should look like this, once inserted.

<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}{$smarty.const.DOC_ROO T}/payment.php?payed={$ID}">

Don't forget to change $ to £ in submit.tpl so people know they are paying pounds not dollars.

[shepherd-girl]

hi

Don't forget to change $ to £ in submit.tpl so people know they are paying pounds not dollars.

this part I cant find no matter what i do.. sorry, the other worked

[shepherd-girl]

Ok just saw that apparanlty its not accepting the sign £ when I typed it in at the payment tpl it came as ?

never mind, it shows in the payment but the other tricky part is that ppl might think its in $ and say hey thats not much lmao and then it is that sum in £

[iluvm]

To replace the "$" symbol with "£" you must use the html code for the £ symbol which is

&pound;

Hope this helps

[Neticus]

Thanks for the info iluvm
Can tick that off my to-do-list now.
cheers
Net

[clothahump]

Originally Posted by iluvm

To change your payment to UK sterling or Great Britain Pounds,
insert this code

in between lines 12 & 13 in the paypal.tpl
so should look like this, once inserted.


Don't forget to change $ to £ in submit.tpl so people know they are paying pounds not dollars.

Found this OK but no sign of the $ in submit.tpl, any help would be much appreciated.

[go2pub]

Originally Posted by clothahump

Found this OK but no sign of the $ in submit.tpl, any help would be much appreciated.

It's around line 31, change the line
From:

<td>${$price.featured}</td>

To:

<td>&pound;{$price.featured}</td>

You should also remember to change the sign in payment.tpl

From:

<td class="field">${$price.$LINK_TYPE}/{$payment_um.$um}</td>

To:

 <td class="field">&pound;{$price.$LINK_TYPE}/{$payment_um.$um}</td>