Hide Available Shipping Methods table until Shipping Estimator runs

**DivaVocals** · 2 Aug 2012, 02:56 AM

Client offers other flat rates along with UPS and doesn't want the Available Shipping Methods table to display on the
http: // yoursite(dot)com/index(dot)php? main_page=shopping_cart page until the shipping estimator rates are returned. Is this something easily achieved and does any one have a hint how to go about this??

**DivaVocals** · 21 Aug 2012, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Client offers other flat rates along with UPS and doesn't want the Available Shipping Methods table to display on the
http: // yoursite(dot)com/index(dot)php? main_page=shopping_cart page until the shipping estimator rates are returned. Is this something easily achieved and does any one have a hint how to go about this??

Hate to bump this, but I am stumped here.. Anyone got any ideas???

Here what the page looks like. Note that the Available Shipping Methods table displays.
Attachment 11004

After you enter the location and postal code information then the rest of the shipping rates display.
Attachment 11005

I want to know how NOT to display the entire Available Shipping Methods table until you enter the location and postal code information. This way all the available shipping methods are displayed together. (flat rates as well as UPS)

**lat9** · 22 Aug 2012, 12:55 PM

Give this a shot; it's a replacement for your /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_modules_shipping_estimator.php. There are two areas that were changed, just look for the //-bof and //-eof comments.

Code:

<?php
/**
 * Module Template - for shipping-estimator display
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2011 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_modules_shipping_estimator.php 18695 2011-05-04 05:24:19Z drbyte $
 */
?>
<div id="shippingEstimatorContent">
<?php echo zen_draw_form('estimator', zen_href_link($show_in, '', $request_type), 'post'); ?>
<?php echo zen_draw_hidden_field('scid', $selected_shipping['id']); ?>
<?php echo zen_draw_hidden_field('action', 'submit'); ?>
<?php
  if($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents()) {
    if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) {
?>
<h2><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_OPTIONS; ?></h2>


<?php if (!empty($totalsDisplay)) { ?>
<div class="cartTotalsDisplay important"><?php echo $totalsDisplay; ?></div>
<?php } ?>

<?php
    // only display addresses if more than 1
      if ($addresses->RecordCount() > 1){
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="seAddressPulldown"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ADDRESS; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('address_id', $addresses_array, $selected_address, 'onchange="return shipincart_submit();" id="seAddressPulldown"'); ?>
<?php
      }
?>

<div class="bold back" id="seShipTo"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_TO; ?></div>
<address class="back"><?php echo zen_address_format($order->delivery['format_id'], $order->delivery, 1, ' ', '<br />'); ?></address>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
    } else {
?>
<h2><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_OPTIONS; ?></h2>
<?php if (!empty($totalsDisplay)) { ?>
<div class="cartTotalsDisplay important"><?php echo $totalsDisplay; ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php
      if($_SESSION['cart']->get_content_type() != 'virtual'){
?>

<label class="inputLabel" for="country"><?php echo ENTRY_COUNTRY; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_get_country_list('zone_country_id', $selected_country, 'id="country" onchange="update_zone(this.form);"'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<label class="inputLabel" for="stateZone" id="zoneLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_STATE; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('zone_id', zen_prepare_country_zones_pull_down($selected_country), $state_zone_id, 'id="stateZone"');?>
<br class="clearBoth" id="stBreak" />
<label class="inputLabel" for="state" id="stateLabel"><?php echo $state_field_label; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('state', $selectedState, zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_state', '40') . ' id="state"') .'&nbsp;<span class="alert" id="stText">&nbsp;</span>'; ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<?php
        if(CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ZIP_REQUIRED == "true"){
?>
<label class="inputLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_POST_CODE; ?></label>
<?php echo  zen_draw_input_field('zip_code', $zip_code, 'size="7"'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
        }
?>
<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo  zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_UPDATE, BUTTON_UPDATE_ALT); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
      }
    }
    if($_SESSION['cart']->get_content_type() == 'virtual'){
?>
<?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_FREE_TEXT .  ' ' . CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ALL_DOWNLOADS; ?>
<?php
    }elseif ($free_shipping==1) {
?>
<?php echo sprintf(FREE_SHIPPING_DESCRIPTION, $currencies->format(MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER)); ?>
<?php
    }else{
//-bof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (1 of 2)
      if ($selected_country == 0 || ($selectedState == '' && $state_zone_id == 0) || $zip_code == '') {
	    if (!defined(TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES)) define ('TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES', 'Please select your country, state and zipcode so that we can can retrieve an accurate shipping estimate.');
	    echo '<p>' . TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES . '</p>';
	  } else {
//-eof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (1 of 2)
?>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing ="2">
<?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id'] < 1 ){ ?>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" class="seDisplayedAddressLabel">
        <?php echo CART_SHIPPING_QUOTE_CRITERIA; ?><br />
        <?php echo '<span class="seDisplayedAddressInfo">' . zen_get_zone_name($selected_country, $state_zone_id, '') . ($selectedState != '' ? ' ' . $selectedState : '') . ' ' . $order->delivery['postcode'] . ' ' . zen_get_country_name($order->delivery['country_id']) . '</span>'; ?>
      </td>
    </tr>
<?php } ?>
     <tr>
       <th scope="col" id="seProductsHeading"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_TEXT; ?></th>
       <th scope="col" id="seTotalHeading"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_RATES; ?></th>
     </tr>
<?php
      for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($quotes); $i<$n; $i++) {
        if(sizeof($quotes[$i]['methods'])==1){
          // simple shipping method
          $thisquoteid = $quotes[$i]['id'].'_'.$quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['id'];
?>
     <tr class="<?php echo $extra; ?>">
<?php
          if($quotes[$i]['error']){
?>
         <td colspan="2"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['error']; ?>)</td>
       </tr>
<?php
          }else{
            if($selected_shipping['id'] == $thisquoteid){
?>
         <td class="bold"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['title']; ?>)</td>
         <td class="cartTotalDisplay bold"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }else{
?>
          <td><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['title']; ?>)</td>
          <td class="cartTotalDisplay"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }
          }
        } else {
          // shipping method with sub methods (multipickup)
          for ($j=0, $n2=sizeof($quotes[$i]['methods']); $j<$n2; $j++) {
            $thisquoteid = $quotes[$i]['id'].'_'.$quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['id'];
?>
    <tr class="<?php echo $extra; ?>">
<?php
            if($quotes[$i]['error']){
?>
         <td colspan="2"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['error']; ?>)</td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }else{
              if($selected_shipping['id'] == $thisquoteid){
?>
         <td class="bold"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['title']; ?>)</td>
         <td class="cartTotalDisplay bold"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
              }else{
?>
        <td><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['title']; ?>)</td>
        <td class="cartTotalDisplay"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
      </tr>
<?php
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
?>
</table>
<?php
   }
//-bof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (2 of 2)
   }
//-eof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (2 of 2)
  }
?>
</form>
</div>

**DivaVocals** · 22 Aug 2012, 01:52 PM

You are awesome!!!! This worked perfectly!!! thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by lat9

Give this a shot; it's a replacement for your /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_modules_shipping_estimator.php. There are two areas that were changed, just look for the //-bof and //-eof comments.

Code:

<?php
/**
 * Module Template - for shipping-estimator display
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2011 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_modules_shipping_estimator.php 18695 2011-05-04 05:24:19Z drbyte $
 */
?>
<div id="shippingEstimatorContent">
<?php echo zen_draw_form('estimator', zen_href_link($show_in, '', $request_type), 'post'); ?>
<?php echo zen_draw_hidden_field('scid', $selected_shipping['id']); ?>
<?php echo zen_draw_hidden_field('action', 'submit'); ?>
<?php
  if($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents()) {
    if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) {
?>
<h2><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_OPTIONS; ?></h2>


<?php if (!empty($totalsDisplay)) { ?>
<div class="cartTotalsDisplay important"><?php echo $totalsDisplay; ?></div>
<?php } ?>

<?php
    // only display addresses if more than 1
      if ($addresses->RecordCount() > 1){
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="seAddressPulldown"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ADDRESS; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('address_id', $addresses_array, $selected_address, 'onchange="return shipincart_submit();" id="seAddressPulldown"'); ?>
<?php
      }
?>

<div class="bold back" id="seShipTo"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_TO; ?></div>
<address class="back"><?php echo zen_address_format($order->delivery['format_id'], $order->delivery, 1, ' ', '<br />'); ?></address>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
    } else {
?>
<h2><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_OPTIONS; ?></h2>
<?php if (!empty($totalsDisplay)) { ?>
<div class="cartTotalsDisplay important"><?php echo $totalsDisplay; ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php
      if($_SESSION['cart']->get_content_type() != 'virtual'){
?>

<label class="inputLabel" for="country"><?php echo ENTRY_COUNTRY; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_get_country_list('zone_country_id', $selected_country, 'id="country" onchange="update_zone(this.form);"'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<label class="inputLabel" for="stateZone" id="zoneLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_STATE; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('zone_id', zen_prepare_country_zones_pull_down($selected_country), $state_zone_id, 'id="stateZone"');?>
<br class="clearBoth" id="stBreak" />
<label class="inputLabel" for="state" id="stateLabel"><?php echo $state_field_label; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('state', $selectedState, zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_state', '40') . ' id="state"') .'&nbsp;<span class="alert" id="stText">&nbsp;</span>'; ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<?php
        if(CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ZIP_REQUIRED == "true"){
?>
<label class="inputLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_POST_CODE; ?></label>
<?php echo  zen_draw_input_field('zip_code', $zip_code, 'size="7"'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
        }
?>
<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo  zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_UPDATE, BUTTON_UPDATE_ALT); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
      }
    }
    if($_SESSION['cart']->get_content_type() == 'virtual'){
?>
<?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_FREE_TEXT .  ' ' . CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_ALL_DOWNLOADS; ?>
<?php
    }elseif ($free_shipping==1) {
?>
<?php echo sprintf(FREE_SHIPPING_DESCRIPTION, $currencies->format(MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SHIPPING_FREE_SHIPPING_OVER)); ?>
<?php
    }else{
//-bof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (1 of 2)
      if ($selected_country == 0 || ($selectedState == '' && $state_zone_id == 0) || $zip_code == '') {
        if (!defined(TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES)) define ('TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES', 'Please select your country, state and zipcode so that we can can retrieve an accurate shipping estimate.');
        echo '<p>' . TEXT_ENTER_ALL_VALUES . '</p>';
      } else {
//-eof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (1 of 2)
?>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing ="2">
<?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id'] < 1 ){ ?>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" class="seDisplayedAddressLabel">
        <?php echo CART_SHIPPING_QUOTE_CRITERIA; ?><br />
        <?php echo '<span class="seDisplayedAddressInfo">' . zen_get_zone_name($selected_country, $state_zone_id, '') . ($selectedState != '' ? ' ' . $selectedState : '') . ' ' . $order->delivery['postcode'] . ' ' . zen_get_country_name($order->delivery['country_id']) . '</span>'; ?>
      </td>
    </tr>
<?php } ?>
     <tr>
       <th scope="col" id="seProductsHeading"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_TEXT; ?></th>
       <th scope="col" id="seTotalHeading"><?php echo CART_SHIPPING_METHOD_RATES; ?></th>
     </tr>
<?php
      for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($quotes); $i<$n; $i++) {
        if(sizeof($quotes[$i]['methods'])==1){
          // simple shipping method
          $thisquoteid = $quotes[$i]['id'].'_'.$quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['id'];
?>
     <tr class="<?php echo $extra; ?>">
<?php
          if($quotes[$i]['error']){
?>
         <td colspan="2"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['error']; ?>)</td>
       </tr>
<?php
          }else{
            if($selected_shipping['id'] == $thisquoteid){
?>
         <td class="bold"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['title']; ?>)</td>
         <td class="cartTotalDisplay bold"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }else{
?>
          <td><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['title']; ?>)</td>
          <td class="cartTotalDisplay"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][0]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }
          }
        } else {
          // shipping method with sub methods (multipickup)
          for ($j=0, $n2=sizeof($quotes[$i]['methods']); $j<$n2; $j++) {
            $thisquoteid = $quotes[$i]['id'].'_'.$quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['id'];
?>
    <tr class="<?php echo $extra; ?>">
<?php
            if($quotes[$i]['error']){
?>
         <td colspan="2"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['error']; ?>)</td>
       </tr>
<?php
            }else{
              if($selected_shipping['id'] == $thisquoteid){
?>
         <td class="bold"><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['title']; ?>)</td>
         <td class="cartTotalDisplay bold"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
       </tr>
<?php
              }else{
?>
        <td><?php echo $quotes[$i]['module']; ?>&nbsp;(<?php echo $quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['title']; ?>)</td>
        <td class="cartTotalDisplay"><?php echo $currencies->format(zen_add_tax($quotes[$i]['methods'][$j]['cost'], $quotes[$i]['tax'])); ?></td>
      </tr>
<?php
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
?>
</table>
<?php
   }
//-bof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (2 of 2)
   }
//-eof-No display until country/state/zip are entered (2 of 2)
  }
?>
</form>
</div>

**OLCS** · 1 Jan 2013, 07:21 PM

Hi DivaVocals,

Are you able to tell me how you inserted you extra bullet pointed list beneath the available shipping options please? I too, would like to be able to some further guidance to make our shipping costs clearer.

Thanks