Seven zone zipcode based shipping module help

[xtracool]

Hello,

I would like to have a crack at using the Seven zone zipcode based shipping module but there are no instructions associated with it. Would some kind soul please point me in the right direction with this. ie which directories to save the php files in and what do I do with the SQL patch.txt file

Thanks in Advance

Using Zen Cart 1.3.8a

[xtracool]

Its OK, I found the instructions in the php file

Alan

[ekaya]

which php file? im looking for the instructions too.

[batas4]

anybody can tell about this mod instructions? I have installed, but there is no instructions on how to set up this mod? Thanks

[ushanka]

which php file? im looking for the instructions too.

Just download this module, unrar or unzip it somewhere on your desktop, go to ZipcodeZone>includes>modules>shipping, here you find two files zipcodezone.php and ziprush.php. Open either one with any text editor (Notepad++) and read how to use this module.
Enjoy it!

[Argon09]

Does this mod really allow different shipping rates to different zipcodes as its description seems to suggest? The zones look like they're just the two-letter ISO country codes that the default zone-shipping module uses.

If this is possible with this mod, can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Argon09]

I solved this myself. The table that this mod uses by default uses only the first three digits of a zipcode. To base your shipping price on full 5-digit zip codes, you need to change the initial part of the SQL query from:

CREATE TABLE `zipcodezone` (
`zipcode_id` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
`zipcode_start` char(3) NOT NULL default '0',
`zipcode_end` char(3) NOT NULL default '0',
`zipcodezone` int(1) NOT NULL default '0');

to

CREATE TABLE `zipcodezone` (
`zipcode_id` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
`zipcode_start` char(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`zipcode_end` char(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`zipcodezone` int(1) NOT NULL default '0');

The rest of the query should be left off since it won't fall into the table correctly anyways. You can use the INSERT INTO command to fill the table in for yourself later. In the includes/modules/shipping/zipcodezone.php file, change the line:

$zipcode_prefix = substr($order->delivery['postcode'],0,3);

to

$zipcode_prefix = substr($order->delivery['postcode'],0,5);

This fix works on my site. I've got each local zipcode that my store delivers to marked as a different zone, with a unique shipping schedule for each zone. It appears to still accept ranges of zipcodes if that's what you want, too.