Google Currency Converter - How to change number of decimal places for the converted currency?
Written by kksou   
Friday, 04 May 2012

This is in response to asscore's question - How to change number of places after the decimal for the Google Currency Converter module.

By default, Google returns the converted currency in 4 decimal places. To change to 2 decimal places, all we need to do is to grab the value of the converted currency and use the standard PHP number_format() function to format it to 2 decimal places.

 
Running plugins in your component
Written by kksou   
Monday, 23 April 2012

Plugins such as the DirectPHP plugin, Include Content Item plugin and googleMaps plugin are what we called content plugins.

As the name suggests, a content plugin is for use specifically within a Joomla article, which is managed by the com_content component.

Can you run these plugins in your other components?

 
googleSearch component - a large gap appeared after the search result
Written by kksou   
Friday, 20 April 2012

If you are using the googleSearch (CSE) component, chances are that you find a large gap appeared after the search result.

 
Yahoo Currency Converter - Please update to latest version
Written by kksou   
Friday, 06 April 2012

If you are using the Yahoo Currency Converter, please make sure you immediately update the module to the latest version.

Yahoo recently changed its website again that allows us to retrieve the currency conversion rate. So the old version no longer works now.

Details here: New Release - Yahoo Currency Converter v2.5.7

Download here: Yahoo Currency Converter - AJAX version v2.5.7

 
New Release - Yahoo Currency Converter v2.5.7
Written by kksou   
Friday, 06 April 2012

The Yahoo Currency Converter module has just been updated: v1.0.7 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.7 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.7 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.7 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.7 (for Joomla 2.5)

New Updates

Yahoo recently changed its website again that allows us to retrieve the currency conversion rate.

The latest version also handles the following 2 cases:

  • 25,000 will now be correctly handled as 25000
  • Any empty spaces after a number will be automatically trimmed and handled correctly

Download here: Yahoo Currency Converter - AJAX version v2.5.7

 
New Release - Google Currency Converter v2.5.9
Written by kksou   
Thursday, 05 April 2012

The Google Currency Converter module has just been updated: v1.0.9 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.9 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.9 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.9 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.9 (for Joomla 2.5)

New Updates

The latest version can now handle the following 2 cases:

  • 25,000 will now be correctly handled as 25000
  • Any empty spaces after a number will be automatically trimmed and handled correctly

Download here: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/financial/currency-a-exchange/5795

 
googleDirections - To Here - plugin Tutorial 08: Specifying Stopover Points
Written by kksou   
Wednesday, 28 March 2012

This is part 8 of a series of tutorial for the googleDirections - To Here - plugin.

You can add one or more stopover points (Google calls them waypoints) from Point A to Point B.

 
googleMaps plugin Tutorial 05: KML Files
Written by kksou   
Saturday, 24 March 2012

This is part 5 of a series of tutorial for the googleMaps plugin.

KML files allow you to do things such as displaying multiple markers or customized markers in your google maps.

KML Elements Supported in Google Maps

Not all KML elements are supported in Google Maps. Please refer to the following 2 documents for details:

 
New Release - googleMaps plugin v2.5.19
Written by kksou   
Saturday, 24 March 2012

The googleMaps plugin has just been updated: v1.0.19 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.19 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.19 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.19 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.19 (for Joomla 2.5)

New Features

Thanks to persistence and many rounds of testing by Eric L, the googleMaps plugin now supports zoom and InfoWindow with KML files!

Download here: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/maps-a-weather/maps-a-locations/maps/8213

Tutorials here: googleMaps plugin Tutorial 05: KML Files

 

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