Hi,

Using Google Converter with Joomla! 1.0.13 Stable

Published the Module and when i press convert the star just spins and no results are shown, any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

If you see the spin, I think the module is working fine and the javascript loading ok. Otherwise you won't see the spin.

If the situation still persists, try go to the Google Finance page directly: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=CURRENCY%3AUSD

The currency converter is in the bottom right. Key in your currency and see if the conversion runs ok.

The module makes use of this page. So if this page doesn't load, the module will not load and it will keep spinning.

Try this first and let me know what you see.

Regards,
/kksou

Hi, I am just using GBP to EUR and it works fine on http://finance.google.com/finance?q=CURRENCY%3AGBP


was going to upload an image but can find the option to.

thanks

I was thinking it could be calling mod_googlecurrencyconverter_ajax.js the problem ?

Any thoughts?

Can you please try the Yahoo Currency Converter and see if it works?

Regards,
/kksou

Hi thanks, sry for getting back late, but just saw your notice about the yahoo converter. It would be awesome if you could get this working :)

I'm experiencing a similar problem (no response, even though I see the spin) with Google Currency converter. I'm using Joomla 1.5.x. I am having the same problem with Yahoo Currency converter, as well, and the problems seem related. Here are the details. Both work fine using the preview option either using localhost (I have the site mirrored locally on a Mac) or across the internet with my provider (which uses a Linux server). However, If I attempt to access the module as would the user across the internet, it initially hangs for several minutes, and then starts working fine. (Same problem with either the currency converter or stock quote). If I try again a few minutes after the initial attempt, both modules work fine. When one module fails, both will fail, and when one succeeds, both will succeed. I encounter the same problem regardless of whether I use fread() or curl(). This seems like a caching problem, but disabling the cache didn't work. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Hi,

Please turn on error_display in your php.ini. (Don't forget to restart your web server after doing so.)

You should be able to see some error messages.

Please tell me what's the error messages that you see.

Also,
1) you said "If I attempt to access the module as would the user across the internet," did you move your joomla to another host?
2) And what is the "preview" option that you mentioned?
3) You said the two modules run ok when you run it "across the internet with my provider (which uses a Linux server)" (in which case you're not using localhost). So what's the difference between this and other users accessing your site?)

Regards,
/kksou

Hi,
I am also having similar issues. I am not seeing any result, only spinning gif at the bottom of the module for both Yahoo and Google modules. It seems to work fine as can be seen from the demos and this really is exactly what I need. However, I cannot get things to work. The domain is http://www.polarstudents.com and to see the sith is visible with username/password of test/test.
I am not able to change the php.ini file as this is a site that is hosted by an outside source, and they do not allow direct changes to this file.
Thank you.
Jason

Jason wrote:
I am not able to change the php.ini file as this is a site that is hosted by an outside source, and they do not allow direct changes to this file.

Hi,

There are three methods to retrieve data from Yahoo Finance:
(1) using fread()
(2) using file_get_contents()
(3) using the cURL library

There are many hosts that turn off url access for fread() and file_get_contents(). To turn it on, you need to change the php.ini file.

If the cURL library is not installed by default, you'll also need to change the php.ini to load the cURL library.

There's nothing much you can do if you are not able to change the php.ini file...

Regards,
/kksou