Easy? Shipping question

[Ajeh]

Did you peek at the new Shipping Module in v1.3.x for the Per Unit (perweightunit) ...

Enter the shipping cost in the products_weight field and this will be used as the actual cost for the Shipping Cost for that Product ...

[Angelo]

So, do I go to from the admin panel to the "modules" tab, then down to "Shipping" click on the "I"? Then what?

Or, do I put in the specific cost of shipping for each item in the "catalog/Products" > product creation pages (at the bottom it says "Product Shipping Weight"?

I'm sorry, I'm very new to this and have stumbled around enought to do quite a bit, but this still has me stumped. I'm still on training wheels!

Thanks.

[Angelo]

Oh, I got it!! I just had to turn some other things off. When I installed zen cart, I had it put in the demo stuff. Thanks!

[angelicdezigns]

Hi Ajeh,

I wondered if you could possibly explain this to me please, I have tried to work it out, but I had set the settings in 'perweightunit' to the following.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56...unitweight.jpg

but when I did a test on the site, and say purchased 3 items, when I click on estimate shipping instead of being £3.00 (£1.00 each) it is just £1.00, so it didnt work anyway..lol.

I decided that it seemed too much to charge for the shipping that way anyway, and wanted to do it this other way if its easy to explain to a newbie

I wanted it so that if someone bought 1 keyring the shipping would be
1 Item - £0.70
2 Items - £1.10
3 Items - £1.50
4 Items - £1.90
5 Items - £2.30
6 Items - £2.70
7 Items - £3.10
8 Items - £3.50
9 Items - £3.90
10 Items - £4.30

so it works out at an extra £0.40 per item

So the shipping gets slightly cheaper the more items you buy, so that instead of charging £10.00 for 10 keyrings the shipping would be £4.30.

I hope I can get the shipping sorted out, as I am stuck on quite a few other things aswell

I am understanding a lot more than I did this time last week so thats a plus point , these forums have been a 'god send' As soon as I have an income coming in, I will definatly be giving a 'well deserved' donation to zencart.

Thanks again
Kindest Regards
Nikki

[Ajeh]

Use Per Item ... item.php

Handling: .30
Per Item: .40

[angelicdezigns]

Hiya Ajeh,

Thanks so much for that. I have finally found the item.php files, I opened it in crimson editor I have pasted it below, but I have no idea where I have to enter the information, so I wondered if you could tell me please, or if it is easier, could you put the information in the right place for me, I would be extremely grateful.

Also, do I have to amend anything in admin>modules>shipping part aswell, or just in here?

When the code is right, do I just ftp the file back in to where I found it.

Again, so sorry if I am asking obvious questions.

Kind Regards
Nikki

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2003 The zen-cart developers |
// | |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php |
// | |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license, |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url: |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt. |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to |
// | license AT zen-cart DOT com so we can mail you a copy immediately. |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: item.php 1969 2005-09-13 06:57:21Z drbyte $
//

define('MODULE_SHIPPING_ITEM_TEXT_TITLE', 'Per Item');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_ITEM_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'Per Item');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_ITEM_TEXT_WAY', 'Best Way');
?>

[Ajeh]

Go to your Zen Cart Admin ... Modules ... Shipping ...

Click on Per Item item.php

Click on Install

Configure the prices here ...