Shipping Module Flat Rate with Zones Set Up

Hi. I need help with setting up shipping correctly on my store. Currently I have multiple zones working for national and international customers and this is working fine.

However I also need a shipping module that works for local customers so I have enabled store pick up and a flat rate for shipping across town to locals.

The problem is that all shipping modules are displayed to national customers on checkout. I have tried setting up a zone just for across town customers but when I enable that shipping zone on the Flat Rate Shipping Module rather than only showing the option to pick up or ship across town on checkout instead the flat rate across town option disappears completely.

Any suggestions please. I dont understand fully how zones work but are they meant to exclude rather than include???:ohmy:

How can I get this working please?

Pick Up - locals
Flat - Local cheaper across town delivery
Zones - National and International

Also how does it know that the customers are local? Does it work on State or City? I have specified state in zone definition

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Originally Posted by bookwise

Hi. I need help with setting up shipping correctly on my store. Currently I have multiple zones working for national and international customers and this is working fine.

However I also need a shipping module that works for local customers so I have enabled store pick up and a flat rate for shipping across town to locals.

The problem is that all shipping modules are displayed to national customers on checkout. I have tried setting up a zone just for across town customers but when I enable that shipping zone on the Flat Rate Shipping Module rather than only showing the option to pick up or ship across town on checkout instead the flat rate across town option disappears completely.

Any suggestions please. I dont understand fully how zones work but are they meant to exclude rather than include???:ohmy:

How can I get this working please?

Pick Up - locals
Flat - Local cheaper across town delivery
Zones - National and International

Also how does it know that the customers are local? Does it work on State or City? I have specified state in zone definition

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the shipping modules options will only show up if the customers shipping address fall into the criteria you have set up with the shipping modules zone settings ..for example the customers shipping address is in california and you have the pick up shipping module zone set to texas, the shipping method options available to the customer will not display the pick up option for texas because the shipping address is not in the zone of texas.

i hope this makes sense to you and that it can help you figure out what you need to do with your settings for each module.
you might want to change the word "zones - national and international to Out of State it might help you to keep things clear regarding 'zones'

~B.

This may not work for any one else but it did work for me.
i haven't experienced any glitches yet.:blink:
just remember to always back your files up before making any changes.

includes/modules/pages/checkout_shipping\header_php.php

// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
EG: FLAT RATE (flat rate) : $0.00
to remove the brackets and redundant text for the shipping method in the order totals, comment out the following chunk of code at approximately line 167
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//'title' => (($free_shipping == true) ? $quote[0]['methods'][0]['title'] : $quote[0]['module'] . ' (' . $quote[0]['methods'][0]['title'] . ')'),

///// //////////////////////////////////////////////
EG: FLAT RATE: $0.00
change it to the code below and the order total shipping will display just the shipping method and cost
///////////////////////////////////////////////////

'title' => (($free_shipping == true) ? $quote[0]['methods'][0]['title'] : $quote[0]['module'] ),
'cost' => $quote[0]['methods'][0]['cost']);



hope this helps some people out.

~B.

p.s. issue solved whooop whoop!!