Hi guys - I’m looking for a currency converter to incorporate into one page on a site I’m building for a client.
I can’t see anything like this on the actions on the Freeway site, just wondered if anyone has ever written an action for this feature?
Thank you
Kevin
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On Oct 30, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Kevin Barrett wrote:
Hi guys - I’m looking for a currency converter to incorporate into
one page on a site I’m building for a client.I can’t see anything like this on the actions on the Freeway site,
just wondered if anyone has ever written an action for this feature?Thank you
Kevin
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SInce currency rates change every day, it’s doubtful that you could
Action-ize this, at least not without incorporating some sort of Web
service that knows where to look for the latest data.
What needs to happen here is that your page has to request the latest
data, and that means scripting, either of the JavaScript or PHP type.
I wrote a PHP function several years ago that looks up the day’s
currency exchange rates at the Bank of Canada, and then does the
magic to make conversion rates. But that just gets you the percentage
to use in your arithmetic. If you want to embed a converter widget in
your page, and allow your user to select various input currencies and
amounts, then you have additional JavaScript to write.
There are a number of “free” (ad supported) options out there –
Google is your friend – and those can usually be added by pasting
the code they give you into a Markup Item in Freeeway. Here’s one:
http://coinmill.com/webmaster_options.html
Walter
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