Changing Weight from Pounds to Kilos

[RodG]

Fingers crossed for a dual weight cart, well we can live in hope

Please don't hold your breath while waiting. It'll probably never happen.

The fact is, zencart doesn't really weigh in lbs or kgs. It simply accepts 'numbers'. These numbers could mean anything, ounces, grams, kilo, pounds, even tonnes.

Wherever you see an 'identifer' such as "lbs", or "kgs" in relation to these 'numbers' it is important to realise that what you are seeing is nothing more than a simple text string.

With this in mind it should be easy to realise why there'll probably never a 'dual weight' option ('cos unless the developers incorporate code to cater for *every* possible weight conversion there will always be someone that wants a conversion that they didn't account for). IOW, by keeping it as simple as it stands, the weight can be adapted to *any* standard or format that the store owner requires. The moment the developers specify a particular weight format (for conversion purposes) they'll have immediately broken it for anyone that uses anything *other* than their specifed format(s).

If YOU were a developer, would you want to do that?

Cheers
Rod.