Shipping per Categories

[Ajeh]

You want 3 sets of shipping rates for your category groups ...

1 US

2 Canada

3 Rest of the World

Once you can make the shipping work correctly for the US you would be cloning the Itemcat shipping module ...

You need to make 3 Zones for:

1 US

2 Canada

3 Rest of the World

This can be done manually or you can look in the FAQs with a search on:
zones

and you should find:
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...ne-definitions

This has some quick ways to make various Zones that can be used for the Zone Definitions that you need ...

For example, what is *your* idea of the US? Is this the 48 states plus DC? The 50 States plus DC or the 50 States plus DC plus the US territories?

Once you have your Zone Definitions complete, we get to the "cloning" of the Itemcat shipping module ...

Cloning is done by copying the 2 shipping module files to new names:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcat.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcat.php

For Canada you can use:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php

For the Rest of the World you can use:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php


Then, in the files for Canada:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php

you need to change all references to:
itemcat
to
itemcatcan

and then
ITEMCAT
to
ITEMCATCAN

these replacements are case sensitive ...


Then, for Rest of the world you would change in the files:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php

all references to:
itemcat
to
itemcatworld

and for:
ITEMCAT
to
ITEMCATWORLD

again, these are case sensitive ...

Once you have the 3 sets of Itemcat files the the US, Canada and the Rest of the World made and set the Zones inside these modules ... you are using the same settings for each set of Category Group and the price that you want for each Zone ...

On the Pricing, you just use your 3 sets of prices:

1 US (itemcat)
Category Group 1 2.50
Category Group 2 .46
Undefined Categories 0.00


2 Canada (itemcatcan)
Category Group 1 3.00
Category Group 2 2.00
Undefined Categories 0.00


3 Rest of the World (itemcatworld)
Category Group 1 6.16
Category Group 3.00
Undefined Categories 0.00


If you read this post a few times, you should see how to build the 3 Zone Definitions that you need, then the cloned copies for Canada and the Rest of the World, then the Pricing for the Category groups in each one ...

And when your eyes start to cross and the words begin to blur ... don't be afraid to ask for help as you go along as many do need more help as they go through this process ...

[missinglife]

OK, I cloned these files:
=============================================
For Canada you can use:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php

For the Rest of the World you can use:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
=============================================

However my issue is, I am unable to remove "Zone Rates" value since there is no "remove" and "edit" buttons anymore since I installed custom itemcat module. so regardless what I put into my shopping cart, shipping values are pulling information from "Zone Rates".
any idea what I can fix this?

Thanks
Arwen

[Ajeh]

Sounds like you have typos in the cloned versions ...

Can you Zip your files:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php

/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php

and attach them to your post, please?

[missinglife]

here are the files:
the first attached zip file is from: \includes\modules\shipping
the 2nd one is from: \includes\languages\english\modules\shipping

Sounds like you have typos in the cloned versions ...

Can you Zip your files:
/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatcan.php

/includes/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/itemcatworld.php

and attach them to your post, please?

[Ajeh]

Have you ever installed this Debug program for v1.3.8?

If not, please install it and try to reproduce the problem where you cannot see the Install or Delete in the Admin for the shipping ...

Then, look in the /cache directory for the Debug logs and read any that are created and post the contents here ...

[missinglife]

should I remove the custom module frist, then run Debug program?
or just run Debug program?

Have you ever installed this Debug program for v1.3.8?

If not, please install it and try to reproduce the problem where you cannot see the Install or Delete in the Admin for the shipping ...

Then, look in the /cache directory for the Debug logs and read any that are created and post the contents here ...

[Ajeh]

No, leave the shipping modules installed and the debugger may help determine the problem ...

I tested them and they seem to be working fine ...

One thing to also check is that the code files are in the:
/includes/modules/shipping

and that the language files are in the:
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping

to make sure they did not get mixed up or might be missing ...

In the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... you could check in the bottom input box for:
itemcat.php
itemcatcan.php
itemcatworld.php

and make sure you see them in the right directories ...

[missinglife]

Can you tell me where can I find this "Debut program" for v1.3.8.
sorry about all these questions, I am just not as savvy as you, but I do can follow instructions :)

Have you ever installed this Debug program for v1.3.8?

If not, please install it and try to reproduce the problem where you cannot see the Install or Delete in the Admin for the shipping ...

Then, look in the /cache directory for the Debug logs and read any that are created and post the contents here ...

[Ajeh]

A search of the plugins for:
debug

will show this one:
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=606

[missinglife]

Yay!!!!
I got it to work!!!
You are right all a long, I was not scroll to the right on my page, when I enter a long country codes for my Zone shipping for Rest of world section.
Now I got "Zone Rates" module disable, everything work great!!!

Now I only have one more question (I hope!!!)
People will not only purchase one sheet of decal from me, they always purchase more then one, some time even 10 sheets.
however I dont want to charge too much if they purchase more then one.
at my etsy store, when people purchase two sheets, the 2nd sheet will be extra $0.40 on top of $2.50 (the first sheet), and another extra $0.40 if they purchase 3 sheets.

how do I add this to the custom shipping module?
Thanks
Arwen