Print shipping labels...

[Pepperfire]

When I prep to ship a package, I can print the invoice, I can print the packing slip, but can't seem to print a customized shipping label to stick to the shipping box unless I use either USPS or Canada Post etc.

Has anyone created a way to do this and I'm just not finding it?

What I want is a one button click that will create a document, that shows my company logo in the top left corner and the customer's shipping address which I can then stick to their box.

Currently, I have to go into Word to create one and it seems to me quite a simple thing to do from Zen...

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[kobra]

You might check in the downloads area...
I recall one module that allowed the use of a paid service for labels and there might others

[jeking]

Supoer Orders has an option to print a shipping label. I don't use it, but it's there.

[kobra]

Thanks jeking,

Super Orders has an option to print a shipping label. I don't use it, but it's there.

I can not stay fully current on what each module does or does not do...

Isn't the community wonderful!!!!

[rweeks]

Here is a start to what you want. Hopefully others can improve upon this.

In Admin/Orders.php, I added a shipping button next to the invoice and packing slip buttons.

Here are the file changes.
In Includes/filenames.php

define('FILENAME_ORDERS_SHIPPINGLABLE', 'shippinglable');

In Admin/Orders.php
Added to this block of text (around line 602)

<?php echo 
		'<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_INVOICE, 'oID=' . $_GET['oID']) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_invoice.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_INVOICE) . '</a> 
		<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_PACKINGSLIP, 'oID=' . $_GET['oID']) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_packingslip.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_PACKINGSLIP) . '</a>
		<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_SHIPPINGLABLE, 'oID=' . $_GET['oID']) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_shippinglable.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_SHIPPINGLABLE) . '</a>  
		<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS, zen_get_all_get_params(array('action'))) . '">' . zen_image_button('button_orders.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS) . '</a>'; ?>

and around line (869)

	    $contents[] = array('align' => 'center', 'text' => 
		'<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_INVOICE, 'oID=' . $oInfo->orders_id) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_invoice.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_INVOICE) . '</a> 
		<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_PACKINGSLIP, 'oID=' . $oInfo->orders_id) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_packingslip.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_PACKINGSLIP) . '</a>
		<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDERS_SHIPPINGLABLE, 'oID=' . $oInfo->orders_id) . '" TARGET="_blank">' . zen_image_button('button_shippinglable.gif', IMAGE_ORDERS_SHIPPINGLABLE) . '</a>');

Created file Admin/Shippinglable.php (actually started from packingslip.php and modified). The code below is just the "body" I made no changes to the head section. This file is not formatted yet as I still need to work with my client on their specific label size, printer, etc.

<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" class="main"><?php echo nl2br(STORE_NAME_ADDRESS); ?></td>
 <!--       <td class="pageHeading" align="right"><?php echo zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE, HEADER_ALT_TEXT); ?></td> -->
    <td width="103">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="83" valign="top" class="formAreaTitle">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="214" class="main">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top" class="formAreaTitle"><b>SHIP TO:</b></td>
    <td class="main"><?php echo zen_address_format($order->delivery['format_id'], $order->delivery, 1, '', '<br>'); ?></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td bordercolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" bordercolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19" colspan="2" bordercolor="#000000"><div align="center">UPS GROUND TRACK</div></td>
    <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="23" colspan="2" bordercolor="#000000"><div align="center">Tracking Number</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="68" colspan="3"><div align="center">BAR CODE HERE</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="76" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Finally created new button: Admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglable.gif.

Can anyone create a button that matches the text style of the other buttons on the Order page?

Well, its a start. I hope others can add some insight and suggestions.

[jasmel]

Admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglable.gif.

I also wanted something like this. Would it be possible to share the button? Perhaps a web URL to the graphic? Oh, speaking of which I think you might have a typo: Admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglable.gif. (wouldn't it be button_shippinglabel.gif?)

[kobra]

I also wanted something like this. Would it be possible to share the button?

Hope rweeks does not mind??
Copy and remove space paste into your browser address bar, right click the image and save

http: //www.fabfotoframes.com/admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglable.gif

[rweeks]

Don't mind at all, Kobra.

I did not like the look of the first button I made (probably because I only spent about 5 minutes on it) I created one with UPS logo instead.
The link from Kobra is the UPS logos:

http://www.fabfotoframes.com/admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglable.gif

Here is the original quickie button (with typo corrected).

http://www.fabfotoframes.com/admin/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_shippinglabel_Original.gif