Letter post and size, and language.

[kjetilhansen]

Hello fellow Zen's :)

I have 2 questions that I am hoping you can help me with...

I have 2 shipping methods on my page, letter post, and regular box. The letter post is set on maximum 100 grams. My question is when i have a product that is under 100 grams, but to big for an envelope, how can I set that some products are not suited for letter post, even though they are under 100 gram without using dimmentions?

And on my shipping modules, the popup window that appears when you press shipping estimate is missing my country's letter æøå. This is utf_8 and this works on the whole shop exept that popup..

If anyone could help me with this I would be grateful

[RodG]

when i have a product that is under 100 grams, but to big for an envelope, how can I set that some products are not suited for letter post, even though they are under 100 gram without using dimmentions?

You can't.

Think about what you are asking.. It is akin to asking "How can I compare the size of one object to the size of another object when neither size is specified"

Cheers
Rod

[kjetilhansen]

Is it difficult to make an option like a radiobutton or checkbox that will hide the "letter post" option when adding a new product? This is somting I am willing to pay for.

[RodG]

Is it difficult to make an option like a radiobutton or checkbox that will hide the "letter post" option when adding a new product?

The difficulty level would be directly related to the skills and/or experience of the person doing it.

It would also be a 'two stage' process. The first being modifing the three admin pages that handle the loading, editing and saving of the product data (as wel las creating a new field in the database tables). The second stage would be the modifying of whatever shipping modules you are using so that they can react to this new data.

This would be outside the capability of most zencart users.

Now, having said that, the process can be simplified a lot with a bit of 'creative thinking'. Instead of adding another field/checkbox or whatever to the product editor pages, you could opt to enter somthing like "-1" into the product weight field, and then modify your shipping module(s) to act (or not act) based on whether this 'unusual' input is detected when a shipping quote is requested.

Using this approach is quite doable by any zenner that can follow (and adapt) to instructions, and isn't afraid of modifying php code. It will be just another variant of one of the commonly asked (and answered) questions along the lines of "Can I limit certain categories or products to certain shipping methods", or 'Can I use a different shipping method depending on the products weight". (Hint: Look for threads that Ajeh has had active input).

Although these are very common questions, and the answers are always very similar, the exact coding used is always going to be specific to any given store (due to the fact that not everyone uses the same shipping modules and no two stores' category names/numbers will be the same, and so forth).

Cheers
Rod