horror_guy Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 Hello, My cart is almost ready to go live, except for the canada post shipping module. I read in the module documentation that I would need to create a Shipping Profile with Canada Post first before installing it. I have emailed them for 2 weeks and haven't got a reply. Do I need the shipping profile for the shipping module to work properly? Thanks, Mark Quote
TerryK Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 Try phoning them -- they have a toll-free number listed on their web site. I believe you have to get a user ID and IP address from them before you can start testing. (I didn't go through the whole process with them because their module can only spit out charges in Canadian funds and my store is in US dollars.) Terry Quote Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. *
horror_guy Posted May 19, 2004 Author Posted May 19, 2004 Ack, I sell products on my site in both currencies, Canadian and US funds even though im located in Canada. Should I try and find a different shipping module or would it just be better to just to use CDN funds? Mark Quote
horror_guy Posted May 19, 2004 Author Posted May 19, 2004 Just use US funds I mean not CDN as US currency seems to be the standard on the net. What shipping module are you using Terry? Mark Quote
TerryK Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 (edited) I'm using a modified version of the Canadian province.php contrib, combined with some of the features of zones.php for Canadian addresses: one for regular mail or expedited parcel, then duplicated a second one for shipping by XpressPost. With my modifications, calculations are weight-based only. (I needed the ability to calculate shipping costs for packages over my maximum weight of 5kg, which the Canadian provinces contrib wasn't able to do. When packages went over the maximum weight, it just left the shipping cost at the 5kg shipping amount, which wasn't acceptable to me... ) For US, I set up one table-based shipping option, also based on weight. For international orders, I set up two table-based shipping options: one for air mail, one for surface. To set my prices for all areas, I obtained a copy of Canada Post's price list, then manually worked out approximate shipping prices to all areas from BC (where I'm located) on the various weight jumps up to 5kg, then converted the Canadian dollar amounts to US dollars for my site. Much labor went into that task, let me tell you!! I'm happy to report, though, that all the effort was worth it -- each of them is now working as it should. (Yay!) :) HTH, Terry Edited May 19, 2004 by TerryK Quote Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. *
horror_guy Posted May 19, 2004 Author Posted May 19, 2004 Whoa Terry, Yeah, that sure sounds like alot of work involved into getting that running. I would like to find a shipping module that is easy to install and get going (im not a programmer or developer) and calculate shipping costs in Canada, the US, and internationally based on weight. Any ideas? Mark Quote
TerryK Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 Hi Mark, Unless you use the Canada Post or UPS/Fedex modules, it's up to you to enter the weights and costs. There are no other automated contrib's that I'm aware of. The table-based shipping code for US and International really weren't all that hard to install. It was just a matter of copying the table.php file, renaming it and changing some names within the module and language files for the new filename. Instructions have been posted in this forum on how to do that within the last couple of days. For my zone/region based modifications, that took quite a bit of work, but if you're willing to set your maximum package weight to some high number and include the calculations for them, you could easily use the province.php shipping contrib. I got tired of doing the math. :) HTH, Terry Quote Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. *
TerryK Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 BTW, I'd never touched PHP before I started with osC back in December. Once you dig in and read through the code, it's not really as hard as it first appears (except when you break something!) so backups are a must. Terry Quote Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. *
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