Default Shipping Radio Selection

[limelites]

Am I missing something in admin?

I've got three or four shipping modules installed, but for some reason the one that's always selected by default is the Royal Mail 2nd Class module. How do I make the default shipping module 1st class, so that the 1st class option is selected by default when the checkout page loads?

This is what I get at the moment:



This is what I want:

[stevesh]

Not sure about how to choose First Class, but Zencart selects the cheapest option by default. You can force the customer to choose one by doing this:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...60&postcount=3

I'm not sure why you wouldn't want the cheapest option for your customer to be selected by default, though.

[limelites]

You get what you pay for. 2nd class takes longer and it's only about 20p or 30p cheaper than 1st class.

I think that most people don't even look at the options and just confirm checkout and that's why we get so many who seem to use 2nd class (default) shipping. For the sake of a few pence it seems silly not to have 1st class (the faster) option selected.

So, thanks for the link. I'll explore that. But doesn't that turn of auto selection completely and leave the radio buttons blank?

[limelites]

It is auto-selecting the least-expensive shipping method.

You can turn that off by editing your /includes/modules/pages/checkout_shipping/header_php.php
around line 167 you have this:

  if ( !$_SESSION['shipping'] || ( $_SESSION['shipping'] && ($_SESSION['shipping'] == false) && (zen_count_shipping_modules() > 1) ) ) $_SESSION['shipping'] = $shipping_modules->cheapest(); 

Just put two slashes // in front of that line and re-upload it to your server.
Now it won't calculate the cheapest option anymore, and will require that the customer actually makes a choice.

Is there a way to edit this code (rather than commenting it out) so that the default chipping method is not the "cheapest" but the "fastest" or the "best value for money"?

I use three domestic shipping modules:

Royal Mail Special Deivery (fastest)
Royal Mail First Class Recorded (best value for money)
Royal Mail Second Class Recorded (cheapest and slowest)

Is there a way to have the 1st class selected by default?

[DrByte]

Sure. You're welcome to write your own custom code to magically figure out whichever is the "fastest" or "best value for money" option and present that to the customer. It'll mean replacing the call to the cheapest-selector with whatever new custom functionality you wish to build for your site.