ozpost shipping module

**lat9** · 29 Mar 2015, 06:31 PM

Rod, I have no idea what transpired but when I re-checked the template-override directory, the shipping-estimator file has now been updated.

Does the distribution file that will be available in the Plugins list the file-related changes that are made? I keep a copy of all the site's files locally and I really don't want to have to go through directory-by-directory to find out what files have been changed in the update.

**RodG** · 29 Mar 2015, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by lat9

Does the distribution file that will be available in the Plugins list the file-related changes that are made?

Yes and no.

Yes, one of the files does list all of the files that the module updates.
No, there isn't a file that details what changes have been made to any of the files listed.

Originally Posted by lat9

I keep a copy of all the site's files locally and I really don't want to have to go through directory-by-directory to find out what files have been changed in the update.

With almost all of the ozpost updates, the only changes have been to the 'main' ozpost.php file.

Where the installer needs to modify any core code it creates a backup called filename.php_ozpRestore, so to quickly find the changed files just search for the *_ozpRestore files.

Cheers
RodG

**lat9** · 29 Mar 2015, 07:42 PM

Another question: Shipping weights.

I've got a product that is defined with a weight of 0. The ozPost Weight factor is kilos, the "Tare Weight" is 500:+90,1000:20,2000:15,10000:+2000. the "Action on 0 Weight" is default, the default weight is 2900.

When I estimate shipping, the weight of the product is shown as 4.9kg. Where did that number come from?

**RodG** · 30 Mar 2015, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by lat9

Another question: Shipping weights.
I've got a product that is defined with a weight of 0. The ozPost Weight factor is kilos,

0kg or 0gm, its all the same :-)

Originally Posted by lat9

the "Tare Weight" is 500:+90,1000:20,2000:15,10000:+2000.

These are applied to the parcel, not the individual items.

Originally Posted by lat9

the "Action on 0 Weight" is default, the default weight is 2900.

Uhuh.

Originally Posted by lat9

When I estimate shipping, the weight of the product is shown as 4.9kg. Where did that number come from?

The defined product weight is '0' so the 'Action on Zero Weight' is applied, giving this item a weight of 2900gm and a tare weight of 15% = +435gm = 3.335Kg...

Nope. That's not it. Perhaps something has gone amiss with the tare calculations, and they are seeing the assigned weight as 2900kg, and therefore giving a tare weight of 2kg... At least that will explain the 4.9kg.

Enabling the debug should indicate the tare weight being applied, as well as whether its a fixed amount or a percentage, so it shouldn't be hard to verify this suspicion.

Cheers
RodG

**lat9** · 30 Mar 2015, 06:37 PM

Rod, I've copied and pasted the debug-information HTML, confirming your suspicions regarding the tare weight:

Code:

Weight	  2900g 	Items	 1	Weight	 4900g
Dimensions	  29 x 25 x 2.5 	 29 x 25 x 2.5
Cube / Weight	  1812.5cc / 0.453125kg 	 1812.5cc / 0.453125kg
Calculated: Length=29.20cm, Width=25.20cm, Height=2.70cm, Weight=4900g, NumBoxes=1
Using a tare weight of +2000gms

**RodG** · 31 Mar 2015, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by lat9

Rod, I've copied and pasted the debug-information HTML, confirming your suspicions regarding the tare weight:

Code:

Weight      2900g     Items     1    Weight     4900g
Dimensions      29 x 25 x 2.5      29 x 25 x 2.5
Cube / Weight      1812.5cc / 0.453125kg      1812.5cc / 0.453125kg
Calculated: Length=29.20cm, Width=25.20cm, Height=2.70cm, Weight=4900g, NumBoxes=1
Using a tare weight of +2000gms

So, after a lot of testing and checking, I couldn't find anything wrong with the code, and it turns out that these are the correct results to be expected.

With the "Tare Weight" Setting of 500:+90,1000:20,2000:15,10000:+2000

Parcels up to 500gm have 90gm added
Parcels 501gm - 1000gm have 20% added
Parcels 1001gm - 2000gm have 15% added
Parcels 2001gm - 10000gm (and over) have 2000gm added

So with your zero weight product, using the default weight of 2.9kg plus 2kg tare = 4.9kg

Cheers
RodG

**lat9** · 31 Mar 2015, 11:45 PM

Thanks, RodG, for doing the math! I was being lazy ...

**nigelt74** · 6 Apr 2015, 11:22 PM

Hi Rod

This may be a bit convulouted, but i am trying to give all info I can to hopefully see if you can spot where I have gone wrong

We have just moved servers (to iinet hosting) and ozpost dropped dead taking out the cart page and the admin shipping modules page so i couldn't disable it
What i have done
I used the highly unscientific method of deleting one by one the shipping module files out of /includes/modules/shipping as soon as i deleted the ozpost one the admin shipping modules page appeared again (obviously sans ozpost),
I then tried uploading a fresh set of ozpost files (both module and language) matching the version(3.5.2?) that was already there. the admin/modules/shipping page broke again.
I deleted these and uploaded the latest version (3.6.5) files of ozpost, and eureka the admin page worked however the cart kept hanging and not working.
so next through the /admin/modules/shipping page I did an uninstall reinstall (making sure the settings were saved) and now it is working in the cart
However in admin if I click the "test ozpost server" I just end up with a broken /admin/modules/shipping page, no info is returned from the ozpost server

/admin/modules.php?set=shipping&module=ozpost&action=test

How would i test to see what is going on

**nigelt74** · 7 Apr 2015, 12:11 AM

Should add, this is something to do with my server as i tested in another clients zencart (they also use ozpost) and the ": Click here to test the ozpost Servers" worked perfectly on their site, I guess i have to work out if it is something in my admin that is blocking it or something else

**RodG** · 7 Apr 2015, 12:49 PM