Ceon Region Tables Shipping Module 1.0.0 Beta 1!

[Fred9V]

conor, you are the best!

First of all, please excuse my not so good English as I'm French...

That contrib is exactly what I've been looking for. I've installed it last night and tested it a little bit and I'm pretty sure that's the only shipping module I'll want to use except for the store pickup that I need too!

Now, I'm located in Canada and as the documentation say that this contrib works for US, I guess it should work for me too but I just don't know how to get it to work. We have 12 provinces (wich is basically the same thing as states in the US) with different postal codes (zip codes) containing alphanumeric values.

An example for a postal code in Montreal would be H2L 4K4

I won't be using geolocations so I guess my problem will be easier to solve.

I already have Countries and Zones defined in Zen Cart so I can already use CA for Canada but I can't use CA:QC for Quebec for example.

I have no Zone Definitions yet.

Now, my question is how would I configure Zen Cart and this shipping module to set shipping costs for a particular Province and sets of postal codes?

I'm sure this is something possible as our postal code system is working on the same pattern as US or UK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and be sure that I'll contribute my work to anyone who need it once I can solve this problem!

Thanks!

[conor]

Bonsoir! :)

First of all, please excuse my not so good English as I'm French...

Au contraire, votre anglais est bon!

An example for a postal code in Montreal would be H2L 4K4

I've had a look at the details about the Canadian postal codes and they aren't too complicated. In the following:

K1A 0B1

"K1A" is a "Forward Sortation Area" (FSA)

whereas

"0B1" is a "Local Delivery Unit"

I've updated the module to cope with very basic ranges of "Forward Sortation Areas" and will upload a new version of the module tomorrow.

I must warn you though that the Canadian system is more complex than that of the UK and the US... it appears that even within a Canadian Province, areas with similar FSAs can be quite far apart, so you may have quite a bit more work to do to set up your region definitions.

I've found a good PDF document which covers the entire country..

Canadian Provinces and Postal Codes

Once I've uploaded beta version 5 of this module, you'll be able to use ranges like CA:A2-A3 etc. You'll then have to go through this (rather large) PDF and find out what codes you need to use for what regions.

Talk to you tomorrow then! :)

All the best...

Conor

[conor]

Hi Everyone!

Just to let you know that Beta 5 is out!

Everyone should upgrade... instructions follow shortly:

The main changes are that Canadian postcode ranges are now supported and the documentation now has examples for each country which has postcode range matching.

The list of countries which currently have postcode range matching are:

Canada, Spain, France, the UK, Portugal and the US


Upgrade Instructions:

1. Download the module
2. Copy the files over the existing files in your shop
3. That's it! :)

There is no need to "Remove" the module and "Install" it again, no database changes are present and therefore you don't need to touch your precious configurations! :)

I think this is the final beta version. Please give any feedback you have as soon as possible!

We'd like to release this as version 1.0.0 in a few days so please let me know how you are getting on with this module... we haven't got much feedback yet.

Download Beta 5!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[cjsmiff]

Hi,

Here's a thought for you:

I need to set shipping rates as follows for the UK,

Shoes £4.99 then £1 per additional item
T-Shirts £3.99 then £1 per additional item
Jewellery £2.99 then £1 per additional item

Can I manipulate this module to do that, cos my brain is fried - hehehe!

Cheers
Claire

[schoolboy]

Is this following idea necessary... ??

Customers can (and often do) input an incorrect postcode when they register, or add another address.

Conor... what about a "popup" that says:

"It is not possible to calculate shipping using this method, because we are unable to verify your postcode. Please log into your user account and ensure that the postcode for this shipping address is correct."

[conor]

Hello there! :-)

"It is not possible to calculate shipping using this method, because we are unable to verify your postcode. Please log into your user account and ensure that the postcode for this shipping address is correct."

Currently, the postcode matching methods return an error message if the customer's postcode isn't of the expected format (actually, the methods only check for the correct length(s) after having removed whitespace etc. but they can easily be extended to check exact formats.).

When a customer's postcode can't be checked the method sets an error message and returns to the calling method, at which point the following is run:

// An error occurred when attempting to check the postcode
// Move on to checking the next country/postcode combination
// rather than alerting the user about their invalid
// postcode format
continue; 

So... what you are asking me is that, instead of continuing on to check other regions, you'd like the module to stop at this point and display an "Unable to verify your postcode" message?

Now that I've written all that, I think the answer's obvious... it should definitely do this.

Well I've written all of this so I'm going to post a reply anyway.

The requested behaviour will be implemented in version 1.0.0 of this module.. which I'd like to release soon.

Does anyone else have any other feedback?

If no responses are made within the next few days the beta testing phase will be closed and the module brought to 1.0.0!

All the best...

Conor

[conor]

Hi,

Can I manipulate this module to do that, cos my brain is fried - hehehe!

I'm afraid not, sorry!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[DogTags]

Would be GREAT if shipping options could be triggered based on shipping weight ranges as well as geo factors.

For instance, you could have Shipping Method A displayed for shipping weights from 3-15 pounds AND for geo zones Q, R, and Z. If the weight is either below 3 pounds or above 15 pounds, then Shipping Method A is not displayed.

For instance, US Post Office Global Priority has a max weight of like 2 pounds or something

The idea is to have shipping weight min and max triggers as well as geo triggers.

This would be an outstanding additional feature

[conor]

Hi,

The idea is to have shipping weight min and max triggers as well as geo triggers.

The module has half this functionality at the minute! ...


You can set up the shipping table for the first method for a region for the first few weight limits, without specifying any catchall ('*') limits.

You can then set up the next method for a region with its first limit being higher than the highest limit of the first shipping method.


E.g.:

Region 1 Shipping Method 1 Table of Rates:
8:4.95,15:6.95

Region 1 Shipping Method 2 Table of Rates:
20:10.95,25:16.95


With this setup shipping methods 1 and 2 will both be given as options up until a weight of 15.

After 15, shipping method 1 will no longer be shown as an option, only shipping method 2 will be shown.

After 25, no shipping method for the region will be displayed and the module will move on to checking if the next region matches...



Basically, the "max" part for the limits already exists in the module, what doesn't yet is a "min" part for the limits.

I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be added in, so I'll upgrade the module and release one last beta..


Table of Rates will then be able to use the format:

3-15:4.95

All limits entered in the table of rates will be taken as maximum limits unless a dash is found, in which case the numbers on either side of the dash will be taken as minimum and maximum values for the limit.

In the example above, the minimum limit that would cause the rate of $4.95 to be used would be 3, the maximum would be 15.

As always, the limits are interpreted as either weight or price limits depending on the module settings.


How does that sound? Like the idea?

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[DogTags]

How does that sound? Like the idea?

Excellent!!!!

Easy way for admin to set the limits, too. Super!

Thanks