How do I Change the "Best Way" in Shipping Method?

[zcnb]

I am trying to customize my shipping module. Currently I have two options enabled: Per Item and Table Rate.

When test customer enters checkout, he sees:



You can see that there are a few problems with this...

1. I would like to change the wording "Best Way" - how can I change it to something else?
2. I would like the customer to not see both "Per Item" and "Table Rate" - is there a way to present the customer only the lowest cost one at checkout time?
3. Also, is there a way to turn off the labels "Per Item" and "Table Rate" (even if both are displayed)?

Thanks,
Daniel

[DrByte]

You can change most wordings by simply looking them up and editing the appropriate file, and saving them in the appropriate override folder.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=38
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=39
and there are other FAQ articles talking about override folders and templates

[zcnb]

You can change most wordings by simply looking them up and editing the appropriate file, and saving them in the appropriate override folder.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=38
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=39
and there are other FAQ articles talking about override folders and templates

DrByte, thank you for your reply. Yes, I know about the Tools > Developers Tool Kit (and Override System). However, I also discovered that many of the things that can be changed by telneting to my host and editing text files are customizable directly via menus in Zen Cart's Store Admin interface.

To me that suggests that there is "the right way" of changing something and there is "the ugly way": I always prefer the Store Admin interface over editing a raw PHP file.

The problem is that it is not trivial for me to know up front whether a certain feature is customizable through the Store Admin interface.

It would be nice to have a database of some sort that lists all the customizable "things" in Zen Cart that are customizable only through the override system.

Thanks,
Daniel

[DrByte]

Most visual-display text/wording is handled in language files so that translations can be made and supplied plug-and-play style.
Product/Category data is entered via the admin interface. Most everything else is via language files.

In the case of shipping modules, you'll have to edit the language files.

[haxialelite]

Although creating and saving your edits to an overide file is the best way (no pun intended); if you are not really worried about the consequences you will face later while upgrading, (or somehow you already have that covered), then this is a quick and easy way of changing the "Best Way" text:

You will need to edit the following files:

includes / languages / english / modules / shipping / item.php

AND

includes / languages / english / modules / shipping / perweightunit.php

of course, this is assuming you are using English for the language (you get the idea though)

Open these files in your text editor and you will see something like this:

(for the Per Item)
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_ITEM_TEXT_WAY', 'Best Way');

(for Per Unit)
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_PERWEIGHTUNIT_TEXT_WAY', 'Best Way');

These should be the last lines in the (really small) .php files.

Now just change the text 'Best Way' to whatever your heart desires. Ensure that you leave the ' ' around your new text. So it could be changed to something like:

define('MODULE_SHIPPING_PERWEIGHTUNIT_TEXT_WAY', 'We define carrier');

Again, this is not the recommended way of changing this, but here is the info anyways. Hope this helps!