Video Tutorial - Currency Converter Module VPCart 9

Video Tutorial - Currency Converter Module VPCart 9

In VPCart 9.0, we have added new module "Currency Converter". This feature is available in Modules Manager administration.

This powerful module has the ability to auto update and display currency according to the current exchange rates inside VPCart backend. The source of exchange rates is loading from https://www.exchangerate-api.com

How To Use This Module

    The Currency Converter settings can be located by going to your administration menu: Modules > Modules Manager > locate the module name "currencyconverter"
    click Edit button as shown in the video
    Please take note you do not need to click the Setup icon if you already have this module ready. Simply click the Edit icon to configure settings.
    Enable? Set this to Yes to enable Currency Converter.
    You will need to sign up an account with https://www.exchangerate-api.com/app/signup before you can use this.K
    The Free Plan from the above provider allow merchants to use until 1000 API call/month for free.
    XML Type: The transport method that used for sending and retrieving data with exchange rate server. Default value is auto.
    API Key: Enter your API Key here after you have signed up a Free Plan with exchangerate-api.com

Update Currency Page

    Click the "Configure" link to manual run the Currency Converter. You should see status message "Currency tables updated successfully." After clicking it.
    Note: You do not need to frequently click this "Configure" link to execute the Currency Converter.
    When your server?s Application Pool is restarted, VPCart will autorun the currency converter. This will update all of your existing currency exchanges to latest rates.
    In case you do not yet clicking the "Configure" link for a day, within 24 hours VPCart will auto run the currency converter for you.

Thank you for watching and we hope you have found this tutorial useful.

User Manual Reference

For more information, you can also refer to our VPCart 9 User Guide at

https://helpnotes.vpcart.com/userguide900


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Date Created:
11/19/2018
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