UK Shipping by Postcode

16 Feb 2011, 14:59

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UK Shipping by Postcode

Parcelforce, DHL, UPS, FedEx, City Link, Hermes, HDNL, TNT, and most UK carriers charge extra for carriage of packages outside of mainland England.

Many of my UK based customers have struggled to implement a reasonable mechanism to cope with the range of charges in their shipping using Zen's Zone module, so I have created a specific shipping by UK Postcode module that enables you to set up standard postage charges for UK mainland postcodes, and also allocate additional shipping charges to 'premium' postcode destinations in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, The Scilly Isles, and the Channel Islands.

The module has been tested with versions 1.38a up to 1.39h and works without problems with all tested versions.

I will be submitting the module to the Free Software Addons but in the meantime, if anyone wants such a module then you can download it from my website.

Download URLhttp://www.zenned.co.uk/modules/UK_Postcode_Shipping.zip

The above URL will always have the latest version posted and available should it need to be upgraded at any time.

:smile: Enjoy!!

16 Feb 2011, 15:38

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kobra

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Why not submit it to the addon section

Many will have a hard time finding it here

16 Feb 2011, 15:47

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z3nn3d

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

kobra:
Why not submit it to the addon section

Many will have a hard time finding it here

I already said I was submitting it to the download section.. :censored:

16 Feb 2011, 16:43

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Sorry, I missed that seeing that you posted your site for up to date versions

07 Jun 2011, 23:49

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Hi Guys,

Cool module this is exactly what I need for a site im developing.

However I have a problem...

The module is installed and seems to be working for most postcodes, however some of the postcodes in the same zone as the working ones dont appear to work and return a 0 cost.

For example PH17 doesnt work while IV48 does work.

But they are in the same Zone so I dont understand where this issue is coming from...

Any ideas and many thanks in advance...

:)

08 Jun 2011, 05:28

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z3nn3d

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

AndyVI:
Hi Guys,

Cool module this is exactly what I need for a site im developing.

However I have a problem...

The module is installed and seems to be working for most postcodes, however some of the postcodes in the same zone as the working ones dont appear to work and return a 0 cost.

For example PH17 doesnt work while IV48 does work.

But they are in the same Zone so I dont understand where this issue is coming from...

Any ideas and many thanks in advance...

:)

White space in postcode entries will prevent the filter from selecting a postcode.

PH17 is the first postcode entry in the default list... I suspect you might have a space preceding PH17 maybe?

If you continue to have a problem then the module isn't fussy if entries are duplicated so enter it again - Just make sure there are no spaces between commas and postcodes.

If you want to break the lines up to stop the right hand section of the page from being over wide then you can add , &, (with a space preceding the &, which will help to format the layout in the admin but not affect operation.

See the documentation enclosed with the module or goto http://www.zenned.co.uk/uk-shipping-by-postcode-ezp-16.html for the latest update or documented information.

Rgds Mike.

08 Jun 2011, 09:44

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your quick response.

I have thoroughly read the readme and have double checked everything.

I have tried:

removed white space (not working)
removed ampersands and tried on a single line (not working)
Duplicated the offending postcodes like PHxx (not working)

This is very bizzare as other postcodes within the same zone seem to work perfectly.

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When the PH postcodes are used it defaults back to the Zone 1 rate, instead of Zone 2 as it should be.

Any Ideas?

09 Jun 2011, 05:29

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z3nn3d

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

:oops: Looks like I might have included a minor bug into the module.

Try the following fix...

Open /includes/modules/shipping/ukpost.php

Locate line 114 which says
$pcode = $str = preg_replace('/\s\s*/', '', $destination_postcode);

Replace with...
$pcode = preg_replace('/\s\s*/', '', $destination_postcode);

Rgds
Mike.

09 Jun 2011, 06:17

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

UPDATE...

I've now updated the Postcode module with a bug fix plus I've added PAxx postcodes that were overlooked in the original version.

The updated version will be available in the downloads section after it has been reviewed by the Zen team.

If you want the revised version straight away then download it from http://zenned.co.uk/modules/UK_Postcode_Shipping.zip

Enjoy!

14 Jun 2011, 13:31

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

uuuum doesnt work at all for me

"The delivery/shipping fee cannot be determined at this time"

Do I need to delete all the zones I had previously setup or change my stores zone or something along those lines?

Something to do with Zone Definitions perhaps?

15 Jun 2011, 06:55

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z3nn3d

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

caios:
uuuum doesnt work at all for me

"The delivery/shipping fee cannot be determined at this time"

Do I need to delete all the zones I had previously setup or change my stores zone or something along those lines?

Something to do with Zone Definitions perhaps?

The message "The delivery/shipping fee cannot be determined at this time" usually means the total Weight or Price of the items in the cart in the cart exceed the *maximum* weight or price value set in the Shipping Table

Try adding a high value like 5000:0.00 as the last value.
If you get a zero (0.00) shipping charge displayed then that was the problem. Change the 0.00 to whatever shipping charge you want to make.. i.e. 5000:50.00

15 Jun 2011, 10:10

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Does your mod allow for specific ranges?

For instance - in the IV postcode, Only these ranges charge extra for some couriers:

IV14-IV28,IV30-IV32,IV36,IV40-IV56,IV7,IV9-IV12

Can I set a range, or would I have to enter each one individually?

Also it might be nice if it were possible to add more zones for foreign countries with numeric postcodes (and ranges for them).

I have a CubeCart mod which does this. Am looking to move to Zen - but need such functionality.

15 Jun 2011, 14:35

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Z3NN3D:
The message "The delivery/shipping fee cannot be determined at this time" usually means the total Weight or Price of the items in the cart in the cart exceed the *maximum* weight or price value set in the Shipping Table

Try adding a high value like 5000:0.00 as the last value.
If you get a zero (0.00) shipping charge displayed then that was the problem. Change the 0.00 to whatever shipping charge you want to make.. i.e. 5000:50.00

Thanks thats great, somethings working now.

Its now says:

UK Postcode (Parcel To: (22 x 50.00Kg))

hahaa uuum

Dont understand!

0.5:2.95,1:3.98,2:5.98,5:7.98,25:8.98,40:15.98,inc-20:0.95

is what we have in our orginal table rate. But for some reason cuting and pasting the above into the postcode table rate doesnt work.

Is it possible that our weights are in g and our orginal table rate has been modified to x1000 to calculate from kg to g?

I know our backend software has the weights in g and not kg.

15 Jun 2011, 14:48

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

yep, found this code in my other shipping module:

$shipping_weight = $total_weight / 1000;

amoungst other changes........

Would you be able to advise me where I could stick the above code into your code so it all magicly works please? thanks

16 Jun 2011, 05:12

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

aris:
Does your mod allow for specific ranges?

For instance - in the IV postcode, Only these ranges charge extra for some couriers:

IV14-IV28,IV30-IV32,IV36,IV40-IV56,IV7,IV9-IV12

Can I set a range, or would I have to enter each one individually?

Also it might be nice if it were possible to add more zones for foreign countries with numeric postcodes (and ranges for them).

There is currently no functionality in the existing module to work with hyphen separated postcode ranges, nor foreign country numeric postcodes, but you can add Zones for each range of postcodes which would do the same job.

By default, the module comes with support for 4 UK postcode zones. If more are needed then the amount of zones can be increased by editing line 108 $this->num_zones found in /includes/modules/shipping/ukpost.php.

More info on increasing the zones can be found here http://www.zenned.co.uk/uk-shipping-by-postcode-ezp-16.html

16 Jun 2011, 05:25

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

caios:
yep, found this code in my other shipping module:

$shipping_weight = $total_weight / 1000;

amoungst other changes........

Would you be able to advise me where I could stick the above code into your code so it all magicly works please? thanks

Weight is calculated by Zen cart before the shipping module is referenced so you can't stick new code anywhere in the shipping module to modify it.

20 Jun 2011, 23:28

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Hi Zenned,

Im still having difficulty with this, I have updated to your "Bug Fixed" version.

However it does not seem to have made any change to the problem we have.

The following postcodes dont seem to be working for me:

PHxx
PAxx
KAxx

All the other ranges are working perfectly..

About my install :

Im working the postage out on a per "item" so have seleted the relevent "item" option in the admin.

I have made incremental increases in the zone 2, 3 and 4 shipping tables so I can see it working, and all seems to be working correctly for most of the postcodes except for the ones ive listed above.

Many Thanks in advance.

(keep up the good work, this is an great addon :)

21 Jun 2011, 04:52

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

AndyVI:
The following postcodes dont seem to be working for me:

PHxx
PAxx
KAxx

All the other ranges are working perfectly..

What PHP version is your installation using?

What server type - Win or Unix?

What Zen Cart version are you running?

Do you have any other Shipping Modules installed and running in addition to the UK Postcode one?

What other addon modules are installed?

Can you paste the content of the Zone 2 Post Codes & the Zone 2 Shipping Table from your installation here and I'll see if I can spot anything that might be causing the issue.

24 Jun 2011, 17:08

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Hi Zenned,

Many thanks for your continued support, here are the details of my installation as requested:

What PHP version is your installation using?
PHP Version 5.1.6

What server type - Win or Unix?
Unix X86_64

What Zen Cart version are you running?
Zen Cart 1.3.9h
Database Patch Level: 1.3.9h

Do you have any other Shipping Modules installed and running in addition to the UK Postcode one?
Nope we offer FREE shipping to mainland, so the UKpost is the only shipping module we are using to calculate costs.

What other addon modules are installed?
CEON URI Mapping

Can you paste the content of the Zone 2 Post Codes & the Zone 2 Shipping Table from your installation here and I'll see if I can spot anything that might be causing the issue.

Enable PostCode Method
True

Calculation Method
Item

Tax Class
--none--

Tax Basis
Shipping

Sort Order
0

Zone 1 Post Codes
LEAVE EMPTY

Zone 1 Shipping Table
1:0.00,2:0.00,3:0.00,4:0.00,5:0.00,6:0.00

Zone 1 Handling Fee
0

Zone 2 Post Codes
PA21,PA22,PA23,PA24,PA25,PA26,PA27,PA28,PA29,PA30,PA31,PA32,PA33,PA34,PA35,PA36,PA37,PA38,PA39,PA40,PA41,PA45,PA46,PA47,PA48,PA49,PH17,PH18,PH19,PH20,PH21,PH22,PH23,PH24,PH25,PH26,PH30,PH31,PH32,PH33,PH34,PH35,PH36,PH37,PH38,PH39,PH40,PH41,PH42,PH43,PH44,PH49,PH50,KA27,KA28,HS1,HS2,HS3,HS4,HS5,HS6,HS7,HS8,HS9,ZE1,ZE2,ZE3,ZE4,IV1,IV2,IV3,IV4,IV5,IV6,IV7,IV8,IV9,IV10,IV11,IV12,IV13,IV14,IV15,IV16,IV17,IV18,IV19,IV20,IV21,IV22,IV23,IV24,IV25,IV26,IV27,IV28,IV29,IV30,IV3,IV32,IV33,IV34,IV35,IV36,IV37,IV38,IV39,IV40,IV41,IV42,IV43,IV44,IV45,IV46,IV47,IV48,IV49,IV50,IV51,IV52,IV53,IV54,IV55,IV56,IV57,IV58,IV59,IV60,IV61,IV62,IV63

Zone 2 Shipping Table
1:15.00,2:17.50,3:20.00,4:24.00,5:30.00,6:36.00

Zone 2 Handling Fee
0

Zone 3 Post Codes
BT1,BT2,BT3,BT4,BT5,BT6,BT7,BT8,BT9,BT10,BT11,BT12,BT13,BT14,BT15,BT16,BT17,BT18,BT19,BT20,BT21,BT22,BT23,BT24,BT25,BT26,BT27,BT28,BT29,BT30,BT31,BT32,BT33,BT34,BT35,BT36,BT37,BT38,BT39,BT40,BT41,BT42,BT43,BT44,BT45,BT46,BT47,BT48,BT49,BT50,BT51,BT52,BT53,BT54,BT55,BT56,BT57,BT58,BT59,BT60,BT61,BT62,BT63,BT64,BT65,BT66,BT67,BT68,BT69,BT70,BT71,BT72,BT73,BT74,BT75,BT76,BT77,BT78,BT79,BT80,BT81,BT82,BT83,BT92,BT93,BT94,IM1,IM2,IM3,IM4,IM5,IM6,IM7,IM8,IM9,TR21,TR22,TR23,TR24,TR25

Zone 3 Shipping Table
1:25.00,2:27.50,3:30.00,4:34.00,5:40.00,6:46.00

Zone 3 Handling Fee
0

Zone 4 Post Codes
JE1,JE2,JE3,JE4,GY1,GY2,GY3,GY4,GY5,GY6,GY7,GY8,GY9,GY10

Zone 4 Shipping Table
1:35.00,2:37.50,3:40.00,4:44.00,5:50.00,6:56.00

Zone 4 Handling Fee
0

Many thanks in advance...

PS its only the PHxx, PAxx, KAxx postcodes that are not working, all the others are working perfectly.

Also have tried with the default module settings ( with & ampersand) and checked thoroughly for any white space.

Kind Regards

Andy

01 Jul 2011, 06:41

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z3nn3d

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Re: UK Shipping by Postcode

Sorry to take a while to get back, I'm very busy with client work which has to take priority over free module support :smile:

A quick inspection of your settings show that there are few spaces after commas.. i.e. , PA37, and one or two between postcodes i.e. ,IV3 3,

Not that they should (in theory) affect PH, PA, or KA postcodes as reported, but they are glaring errors which might (or not) have an impact on module operation, so need to be fixed.