Currency / exchange rates issues

[Paulw01]

Hi there,

Have looked through forum on this subject, seems some others having this "sort of" problem.
Currency options configured for prestashop and paypal to use - us dollars / Euros / GBP.
My default currency GBP.
When clicking the different currencies Euros is same as GBP ?
Do I need to update currency on a daily basis and how ?

I checked out "go currency" to check exchange rates
1 British Pound(s) = 1.15669 Euro(s)
1 EUR = 0.864535 GBP
1 GBP = 1.15669 EUR

1 British Pound(s) = 1.62206 US Dollar(s)
1 USD = 0.6165 GBP
1 GBP = 1.62206 USD

Exchange rates are incorrect, is there an automated way to do this for version 1.1 ?

Should I just not bother or accept extra currencies with presta and paypal and just go with GBP ?

thanks
Paul

[Paulw01]

Me again.
Well Ive updated the exchange rates, I assume I'll do this manually everyday ?
Paul

[Radu]

you can create a simple script that updates currency table (conversion_rate field)

you can take the rates from any place you like.

however presta already has a similar feature: admin->Currencies, Currency rates section (bottom of the page), press Update currency rates

you can modify how presta updates the currencies as you like anyway if you don't like the generated exchange rates.


good luck!