AustPost Improved

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Originally Posted by yba

Hello

In order to calculate the shipping correctly I want to be able to specify a size and weight for each attribute
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Is there any way to do this?

Regards
Danielle

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I doubt that this would be possible without a lot of changes to the core code.
It certainly isn't possible using the shipping modules alone.

Cheers
Rod

AustPost Mod. - Delivery Time Lookup 4 Satchels Too
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101269

Hi There

Just installed aust post improved and am having a slight issue with it. I am not sure if the below may be cause of this issue but my store settings weights are defaulted to lbs rather than gm or kg.

I tested the mod by placing 2 products which I had allocated weights to into the shopping cart, then checked the shipping with the shipping estimator. I received the following message

"ERROR:Unable to obtain a valid quote from the Australia Post Server.
You may still checkout using this method and we will contact you with postage costs as soon as possible."

How do I change the default lbs to show gms instead.

TIA

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Originally Posted by heavenlynights

Hi There

Just installed aust post improved and am having a slight issue with it. I am not sure if the below may be cause of this issue but my store settings weights are defaulted to lbs rather than gm or kg.

I tested the mod by placing 2 products which I had allocated weights to into the shopping cart, then checked the shipping with the shipping estimator. I received the following message

"ERROR:Unable to obtain a valid quote from the Australia Post Server.
You may still checkout using this method and we will contact you with postage costs as soon as possible."

How do I change the default lbs to show gms instead.

TIA

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What is shown (lbs or kgs) isn't important. The important thing is the actual numbers.

If you enter a weight of "250" regardless of what you see on screen, the value being quoted for will be either 250 grams, or 250kgs, depending on what you have selected in the module configuration.

Also, don't forget to set your TARE weights, and the Maximum weight you will ship. Again, these are just 'numbers', but they must coincide with whatever setting Kgs/Gms you opt to use in the AP module.

To change the TEXT from "lbs" to "gms" or "kgs" or "moonrocks" you will need to edit the english.php files. There are are threads that detail this. Being a textual change it isn't going to solve your problem.

Cheers
Rod

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Originally Posted by RodG

What is shown (lbs or kgs) isn't important. The important thing is the actual numbers.

If you enter a weight of "250" regardless of what you see on screen, the value being quoted for will be either 250 grams, or 250kgs, depending on what you have selected in the module configuration.

Also, don't forget to set your TARE weights, and the Maximum weight you will ship. Again, these are just 'numbers', but they must coincide with whatever setting Kgs/Gms you opt to use in the AP module.

To change the TEXT from "lbs" to "gms" or "kgs" or "moonrocks" you will need to edit the english.php files. There are are threads that detail this. Being a textual change it isn't going to solve your problem.

Cheers
Rod

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Thanks for that Rod

I made the changes to the english.php file and strangly enough it seemed to work although I suspect the aust post server may have been down when I first tried and it is just coincidence that it worked this time.

Have lost access to my server at the moment so I can't go and check all the TARE & maximum weights. That bit will have to wait. A quick question about the TARE. What is the significance of this function.

TIA

Hi again

Just trying to get my head around this TARE thing. What exactly does this particular mean

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight
What is the weight of typical packaging of small to medium packages?
Example: 10% + 1lb 10:1
10% + 0lbs 10:0
0% + 5lbs 0:5
0% + 0lbs 0:0
In the above example

What does the 10% mean, what does the +1lb mean and what does the 10:1

TIA

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Originally Posted by heavenlynights

Hi again

Just trying to get my head around this TARE thing. What exactly does this particular mean

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight
What is the weight of typical packaging of small to medium packages?
Example: 10% + 1lb 10:1
10% + 0lbs 10:0
0% + 5lbs 0:5
0% + 0lbs 0:0
In the above example

What does the 10% mean, what does the +1lb mean and what does the 10:1

TIA

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10% means 'add 10% of the total product weight as the packaging weight'.

The +1lb (or 1gm, or 1kg) means add 1 of these to the products weight for packaging.

In other words, if you have a product that weighs 5kgs, and someone buys 2 of them, the total product weight will be 10kgs, and the shipping weight will be total product weight plus tare weight.

If your TARE weight is set to 10:0 the shipping weight will be 11kgs (10kg + 1kg).

If your tare weight is set to
0:10 the shipping weight will be 20kgs (10kg + 10kg)

If you set the tare weight to 10:10 the shipping weight will be
21kgs ( 10kgs + 1 kgs) + 10kgs.

Needless to say, your choice of tare weight settings will depend very much on the products you sell and the packaging you use.

Most of the products we sell will fit into either a number#2 or #5 padded bag, so we have our tare weight set up as
0:40 (small item)
0:200 (large item).

This means that we don't add any percentage weights, we just add a fixed 40gms for small parcels, and 200gms for the larger parcels.

I have no idea what zencart uses to distinquish the difference between a small parcel and a large parcel, but it does seem to work ok.

Cheers
Rod

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Originally Posted by yba

Hello

Client is a photographer.

Site is built using ZenCart 1.38 and Gallery2 using Gallery bridge. Shipping is using the Aust Post module.

Photos are uploaded using Gallery2.

Each photo has different sizes

• 6x4
• 7x5
• 6x5
• 8x10
• 8x12 (A4)
• 29x40 (A3)
• 42x60 (A2)
• 60x80 (A1)

and each size has a different weight in kilograms.

In order to calculate the shipping correctly I want to be able to specify a size and weight for each attribute

eg a 6x4 photo has a size of 15.2cm x 10.2 cm x 0.5cm and an approx weight of 0.25 kgs

where a 8x12 photo has a size of 20.3cm x 30.5cm x 0.5cm and an approx weight of 0.75 kgs

I want to be able to set this generically, without having to do this on a per item basis.

I would also like it to be applied whenever new photos are added via Gallery, without the client having to globally reapply the settings (client not very shopping cart savvy :blush:)

Is there any way to do this?

Regards
Danielle

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No.

Cheers
Rod

Thanks very much rod for all your help and advice. :smile:

I have been mucking around with the improved aust post module.
I am a little concerned about security and upgrades though.

When I install the module into the cart it installs older .php modules into the admin area overwriting existing modules. (v1.3.8a)

As these modules are older than my current code, overwriting them makes me wonder if I have opened any security holes by patching back to older code ?

What will I have to do when a new version of ZC comes out ?

The other area I am concerned about is using a 3rd party to interface between my server and the aust post server.

Is this strictly necessary ?

I ask this because if I base my website on the improved model ... will the VCSWEB server be around for the long haul ?

Is the VCSWEB server reliable ?

Thanks for the great job on the mod so far though ....

Cheers :clap: