Currency as Flags, not Dropdown Menu
Darryl has sent in a very interesting situation and it's one that I completely agree with;
Hi, I'd like to get rid of the currencies menu and instead have flags which relate to the currency, so Dollars would get a USA flag, Euros would get the euro flag and so on. Is this easy to do?
Well, it is simple to do! All that needs to be done is a quick change to the currencies page in your admin section, a change to the currencies class and a change to the currencies infobox code. I got all this done in about 5 minutes!
Here's a video showing the new system in action;
I have written about this before on one of my other blogs – here's what I had to say;
Some people like to use images. If that's you, then that's fine. Why not use images as an indicator of CURRENCY. After all, a USA Flag would be considered US Dollars. A French flag would use Euros's and so on. I have no doubt that some countries probably have more than 1 legal currency, but this is (to me) not the same problem as with LANGUAGE…
Here's some more reading;
- Flag as a symbol of language – stupidity or insult
- Indicating language choice: flags, text, both, neither
My Code
Once I have tested my code on MS2 and RC, I will upload it to the official osCommerce Contributions area. I'll post the link here once I do that.
Now available:
http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/5800
Comment by Gary — March 7, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
I've a problem: the box displays correctly without uploading an image, but I get a blank page starting from the box position if I upload an image.
I use Rc2a
Comment by Liuk — January 5, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Liuk – could be any number of things. If you need me to have a look, that's do-able – there's a cost attached to that obviously.
Comment by Gary — January 6, 2009 @ 12:58 pm