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How do you set up a currency converter in the Currency Converter app?

Follow these steps to configure the Hoppy Currency Converter:

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Written by Rashmi Verma
Updated over 3 weeks ago

✅ Step 1: Open the Hoppy Currency Converter app

1️⃣ From your Shopify admin, open the Hoppy Currency Converter.

2️⃣ Then, in the Application State:

🔹 Enable the app status by clicking on 'Turn On '. It will show Active.

🔹 Click on 'Enable on Theme Editor' to activate the Currency Converter app

3️⃣ Locate 'Hoppy Currency Converter' in the left-side panel, and click on 'Settings'.

✅ Step 2: Configure General Settings

4️⃣ Under the General tab-

  • Select Currencies🌐: Use the search dropdown to choose the currencies you want to offer on your site.

  • Auto Currency Switch🔄: Toggle this on to automatically display prices in the visitor's local currency based on their location.

  • Restrict Auto Currency Switch🚫: Enable this if you want to limit automatic switching to specific regions.

  • Show Currency Code💲: Choose whether to display the currency code alongside prices (e.g., USD 9.99) or not (e.g., $9.99).

✅ Step 3: Customize Design for Currency Converter

5️⃣ Navigate to the Design tab.

  • Under Flag Customization🏳️ :

    • Theme🎭: Select the flag style—Round, Circle, or Flat.

  • Under Select Customization🧩 :

    • Choose🖌️ between the Default or Modern Layer designs.

  • Under Display Modes🖼️ :

    • Show Flag🏳️ and Currency💱: Display both the flag and currency code.

    • Show Flag Only🏳️: Display only the flag.

    • Show Currency Only💱: Display only the currency code.

  • Additional Options🌙 :

    • Dark Mode🌑: Toggle dark mode for the converter.

    • Display Only Currency Codes🔢: Choose to display only currency codes without symbols.

6️⃣ For Styling of the Currency converter - Customize border style, background color, text color, and mouseover color to match your store's theme.

Step 4: Set Display Preferences

7️⃣ Navigate to the Display tab.

  • Under Desktop Position🖥️ :

    • Position Style📍: Choose from Floating, Header, or Custom Position.

    • Display Position📌 : Select the position on the screen—Top Right, Top Left, Bottom Right, or Bottom Left.

  • Under Mobile Position📱 :

    • Position Style📍: Choose from Floating, Header, or Custom Position.

    • Display Position📌: Select the position on the screen—Top Right, Top Left, Bottom Right, or Bottom Left.

  • Additional Display Options🧩 :

    • Show Original Price on Mouse Over🖱️: Enable this to display the original price when hovering over the converted price.

    • Custom Dropdown Currency List Placement🔽 : Toggle this to customize the placement of the currency dropdown list.

    • Currency Selector Box🧰 : Choose to show the currency selector on desktop and/or mobile devices.

Step 5: Save and Apply Changes

8️⃣ After configuring all settings, click Save to apply the changes.

9️⃣ Visit your storefront to ensure the currency converter appears and functions as intended.

Step 6: Additional Settings In Currency Converter

🔟 In the left side panel, you'll find additional options under the 'Hoppy ACurrency Converter' heading: 'Advanced'.

🔹 The 'Advanced' settings in the Hoppy Currency Converter app give you more control over how the currency converter behaves, looks, and integrates with your Shopify store.

🔹 To convert the currency properly , custom selectors need to be added in the advanced page

🔹 To find the custom price selectors from the theme, Right-click on the price storefront site and click on Inspect

🔹 Find the price and copy the class that has the price. For example, in this screenshot, the price has the class name of “price-item”

🔹 Paste it in the custom price selectors in the advanced page, starting with a dot (.) because it is a class name

🎉 All set! Your Hoppy Currency Converter is live and ready to enhance your customers' shopping experience. 🛍️

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