Configure different store views on single website - magento

Question

I am trying to create three store views in single magento website.Named as US, UK and saudi arabia.

Each store view is differ from language and currency of other store views. But catalog and customers are same.

Some of the magento developers were told, Which is impossible to setup different languages and different currencies on different store views within same website. It is only possible to create different websites.

Simply my problem is, when US users visit my website, page content should be shown as English language and currency should be mentioned as US dollar. And when Saudi Arabia users visit my website, page content should be changed into Arabic language and currency should be changed into Saudi Riyal. IS it possible?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible.
To set the language for each store view, go to System->Configuration->General.
Now select each store view from the top left selector and change the field Locale from the section Locale Options to what you need (English Us for US and so on).

Now set up the currencies.

Go to System->Configuration->Currency Setup.
Do the following for each store view as you did in the previous step.
Set the field Allowed Currencies and Default Display Currency for each store view as you need it. USD for US website, and so on.

Now go to System->Manage Currency Rates and fill in an exchange rate for each currency you see there.