SSL off

[ivor]

I recently upgraded to 2.2 and now my client login links to a secure server, https: which i don't have. How do i change this back to normal? :(

[mikeuk]

Hi,

 

you need to go to your configuration file at \catalog\includes\configue.php

Make sure you back it up.

 

Find the line:

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://yourwebsite.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

(which is at the top define codes)

 

and make it as a http://yourwebsite.com.

 

done!

[ivor]

Thanks, I also just found that if i change the line SSL_Server to false it worked.

[ivor]

Hi Mikey,

Would you know how to setup different zones for shipping costs?

[mikeuk]

Hi Ivor,

 

OK 3rd time luck! IE didnt want to respond!

This is quite long.

ready?!!... here we go!

 

Goto your backend admin.

Click on Locations/Taxes : You should see 5 options;

- Countires

- Zones

- Tax Zones

- Tax Classes

- Tax Rates

 

** Click on Countries

- if you have not done so already set up the different Countries that you would be shipping to, by clicking on the "New Country" button. Add the name, e.g. England, ISO Code(2): EN, ISO Code(3): ENG and leave Address Format as "1" and click insert.

Add as many as required.

 

** Next goto Zones.

For UK, Zones are Counties e.g. London, Cornwall, Newcastle etc... To Add click on "New Zone". Add your Zones Name: e.g. London, give it a Zones Code: e.g. LON and assigned it to a country, e.g. England from the pull down menu. This list is taken from the above action. when done, click "Insert" and add some more!

 

** When you have added all your Zones(Counties), click on the Tax Tax Zones.

Firstly you need to assign your "Zone" name, so click on insert and add "UK Tax Zone" in the "Zone Name:" box on the right and give it a description(only for your benefit). When both boxes entered click "insert" to add to the list.

Repeat this for the Zones that you wish to tax differently.

 

When the Zone Names are done, next is to populate the Zone Names with the Countries associated. So highlight "UK Tax Zone" and click on the "details" button. You should now be taken to another screen where you should see the country and zone pull down menus on the right.

For the UK zone created, select UK from the "Country" pull down menu. Next select the "Zone" from the pull down menu. Here you have the option to select all Zones or individual ones. As its for UK select "All Zones"

Do the same for the other Zone Names created.

(Think of this section as clusters like on a hard disk. You have groups of areas where they are grouped together with information and are dealt by the computer systematically and for reference when a file is used.)

 

 

Dont worry about the actual tax/VAT rates yet, this comes soon, we just need to setup the labeling of each country/zone.

 

** Next... click on Tax Classes.

here you shouldnt need to hopefully need to do anything as "Taxable Goods" and "Non Taxable Goods" have been set-up originally on the osC installation.

 

** and lastly the Tax Rates...

Here we actually assign the tax values to each zone setup in each country.

so, click on "New Tax Rate" button and a new right hand menu should pop up. Select the "Tax Class Title", e.g. Taxable Goods or Non Taxable Goods.

Select the "Zone", e.g. UK Tax Zone

Give it a percentage rate for the "Tax Rate", e.g. 17.5

Next give it a description, e.g. UK 17,5% VAT.

and set priority to 1.

Lastly click "Insert" to accept tax rates for the zone.

 

Repeat for each Zone adding different tax rates for each one.

 

Phew!!................. :P

 

Right.. I hope this helps!!!!!

 

One thing, if you want products to have tax added when the customer goes to the check out, (dosent matter where they are located) , you need to makes sure that the backend data in column "v_tax_class_title" is listed as "Taxable Goods" (as mentioned above) so the system knows what to tax and what not.

 

Good luck!