Multiple Postage Rates for the UK (Letter/Packet)

[bargaindropper]

Hi,
Got a small problem. I sell jewellery and gift boxes and am moving into other areas.

With the UK, I can send jewellery via Large Letter (inexpensive items), but the gift boxes are packet rate. I have got this sorted out via a different thread, which works fine.

Now the problem is, a new category will have products that will need to be packet rate, and some that would be best at large letter rate. There is a big difference in cost, and it could make the difference between a sale and lost order.

Is there any way that this can be done? Even if editing the rm1stlargeletter.php module to do this.

Currently worked around like this:

// disable for one master_categories_id
      if ((IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','8') > 0)) {
          $this->enabled = false;
      } else {
          // hide UPS
          $this->enabled = true;
		  }  
	  
        return ;

It might require products to be numbered higher than a certain number to make it work, would be good, or even creating a new product type to be able to filter the postage rates. If anyone could give me any help on how to do this, it would be appreciated.
Not sure which field to put in rather than "master_categories_id", but using the product type might be my best way, as it would work with gift boxes too.

Many thanks

[kuroi]

Have you looked at Ceon's Advanced Shipper module?

[bargaindropper]

Thanks for that suggestion. To be honest, I don't really need anything that complicated at this stage, as it is quite a costly add on.

[schoolboy]

Thanks for that suggestion. To be honest, I don't really need anything that complicated at this stage, as it is quite a costly add on.

This module resolves practically all shipping issues, once and for all.

I developed a store for a client who also grew his business, changed shippers, added complicated product sets. Until we installed Advanced Shipper we'd spend many hours messing about with other modules, trying to work hacks into them to make them behave properly - and invariably failing to do so. We must have spent 20 - 30 hours messing about, and at £25/hour, coding is expensive! So, after wasting £500 £600, we purchased advanced shipper at less than one-tenth of this cost.

Never had a problem since, and as the business changes we can change shipping formats quickly and easily - and in a matter of minutes.

[bargaindropper]

Sorted.

Using Product Type to filter the different sized items appears to work. Just tried it, and it worked a treat :)

This thread is the one I worked with originally:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91394

The code, I put in on the OP, was edited as follows:

In the RM1stlargeletter.php, the code was changed to:

      // disable for one master_categories_id
      if ((IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_type','2') > 0)) {
          $this->enabled = false;
      } else {
          // hide UPS
          $this->enabled = true;
		  }  
	  
        return ;

In the RM1stpacket.php, the master_categories_id was changed to products_type as follows:

     // disable for one master_categories_id
      if ((IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_type','2') > 0)) {
          $this->enabled = true;
      } else {
          // Enable option otherwise
          $this->enabled = false;
		  }    
	  
        return ;

.

If you use recorded and second class rates, these files will need tweaking too. BUT, use at your own risk.

Then just a case of setting up the products using products type, which is acceptable for me, as they are not created yet, and are to be added as and when.