Using Freeshipper alongside fedexwebservices

[LightBrown]

Hello,

I know this has been done before, but I cannot seem to get it to work correctly for us. Basically, I want to allow "always free shipping" products the option to ship with FedEx express if the customer wants to pay the premium.

I have tried modifying the fedexwebservices php file in a manner similar to what I have seen in other threads (like this one)

like so:

//    if (MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_FREE_SHIPPING == 'true' || zen_get_shipping_enabled($this->code)) {
    	if (extension_loaded('soap')) {
      $this->enabled = ((MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_STATUS == 'true') ? true : false);
      }
//    }

I thought this worked. It made the fedex options appear in the cart estimator and in on the checkout page, but it wasn't working fully. If you select one of the fedex options, it changes the order total, but still says that shipping is $0.00. So if you select overnight shipping for $20.00 It would look like:

Sub-Total: $10.00
Free Shipping: $0.00
Total: $30.00

then if you complete the checkout process, it charges just $10.00


I feel like I must be missing something, hopefully something simple. php is still pretty much beyond me. The "always" part of the "always free shipping" is more powerful than I.

Thank you in advance for any help or advice! (This is my first post, because every other question I had was answered by lurking, so you all have already helped me a bunch!)

[Ajeh]

Have you have set the Products for Always Free Shipping with both Product Weight and the setting for Always Free Shipping?

Do these Products marked as Always Free Shipping with Product Weight set have Always Free Shipping for *everyone* or for a particular Zone?

[bislewl]

I had a similar issue last week.

What I did was set:
Enable for Always Free Shipping = true
Allow Always Free Shipping items for = no methods

Than I added a negative handling fee, to offset the "free shipping"

Example:
I sell a Widget for $25.00 and I budget $5.00 for shipping.

I added "-5.00" to the handling fee and have the module enabled even when free shipping is offered
So if the FedEx rate is $25.00 they only pay the $20.00 up-charge.

Hope that helps!

[Ajeh]

Edit the files:
/includes/classes/shipping.php

and add the code in RED:

  function calculate_boxes_weight_and_tare() {
    global $total_weight, $shipping_weight, $shipping_quoted, $shipping_num_boxes;

// bof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight
    $total_weight += $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_weight;
// eof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight

    $this->abort_legacy_calculations = FALSE;

/includes/modules/shipping/fedexwebservices.php

    $this->sort_order       = MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_SORT_ORDER;
    //$this->icon = DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'fedex-images/fedex.gif';
    $this->icon = '';

// Ajeh - force FedEx to always show for Always Free Shipping with products_weight set
    if (MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_FREE_SHIPPING == 'true' || true || zen_get_shipping_enabled($this->code)) {
        if (extension_loaded('soap')) {
      $this->enabled = ((MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_STATUS == 'true') ? true : false);
      }
    }

    $this->tax_class        = MODULE_SHIPPING_FEDEX_WEB_SERVICES_TAX_CLASS;

/includes/modules/shipping/freeshipper.php

      if (zen_get_shipping_enabled($this->code)) {
        $this->enabled = ((MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_STATUS == 'True') ? true : false);
      }

// bof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight
$this->enabled = true;
// eof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight

      if ( ($this->enabled == true) && ((int)MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_ZONE > 0) ) {

// class methods
    function quote($method = '') {
      global $order;

// bof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight
global $shipping_weight;
$check_free_weight = $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_weight;
//echo '$shipping_weight: ' . $shipping_weight . '<br>';
//echo '$check_weight: ' . $check_free_weight . '<br>';
if ($shipping_weight - $check_free_weight != 0) {
  return false;
}
// eof: force Always Free Shipping with products_weight

      $this->quotes = array('id' => $this->code,

[LightBrown]

Thanks for your replies!

Ajeh, am not sure how to answer your first post:

Have you have set the Products for Always Free Shipping with both Product Weight and the setting for Always Free Shipping?

I don't see an option for any weight settings in the freeshipper module. But the products marked as "always free shipping" do have weights set as >0 in the product listing. And the freeshipper zone is set to Continental US 48.


I just tried adding all the code from your second post as well, and it was acting strangely, similar to when I had the basic edit from my initial post. The FedEx shipping options were available to select, but the FREE SHIPPING! option was gone from the selection. However, the sub-total, shipping, and total, were still messed up like so (with a $20 shipping method selected):
Sub-Total: $10.00
Free Shipping: $0.00
Total: $30.00

and the actual amount charged did not include the shipping cost.


Also, with your changes to the /includes/classes/shipping.php, the fedex options indicate that the weight of the item is 5 lbs. Without the changes to /includes/classes/shipping.php, but keeping all the other changes the the module php files, the weight for the fedex shipment is indicated at 3 lbs. The item i am testing with is marked as weight 2lbs.


Thank you so much for your help!

[Ajeh]

The thing I wanted you to check is that when you add/edit the Product that the settings for:

Always Free Shipping: Yes, Always Free Shipping

And for Product Weight is set to a value other than 0 ...

Next, check your settings on the Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ... and set the Tare Rates to 0:0 ...

[LightBrown]

Yes, the product is marked:

Always Free Shipping: Yes, Always Free Shipping

Tare rate was set to 0:3. I changed to 0:0. (is this necessary?)

also, the Order Free Shipping 0 Weight Status = 1 (should i set this to 0?)

[Ajeh]

0 weight can be set at 1 meaning yes that is Free Shipping when there is no weight ...

Now, with all the changes that I posted are things working correctly?

If not, have you an URL to one of your Products that is marked Always Free Shipping but has weight set to it?

[LightBrown]

Now, things are still not working correctly. The FREE SHIPPING! option does now show up, but any other shipping amount is not being added to the order total still.

Here is a link to one of the products with marked as always free shipping and with weight of 2:
http://www.p o o l g u y s u p p l y.com/Flow-Switch-%28No-Tee%29-HaywardGoldline

[Ajeh]

What version of Zen Cart are you using?

What version of FedEx are you using?