Zen Cart 1.5.0
Database Patch Level: 1.5.0
PHP 5.3.5
MySQL 5.1.54
I'm sorry if this isn't posted in the correct section for this kind of post, it just seemed a relevant place for it.
I need to update some shipping modules that are currently on my ZenCart site. In a nutshell I thought the best way to describe how it is now, and what I'd like to add was to do a fake "mockup" of the ideal shipping page compared to what it looks like now.
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Current Shipping Page Modules:
Desired Shipping Page Modules:
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So as you can see I need to bolster the "Bill Receiver" module (which is currently the 'flat.php' module of ZenCart), and add a checkbox to the existing UPS module.
I'd like the "Bill Receiver" section to have more fields for users so that we are able to get more specific information from them when using shipping methods that aren't UPS. These can just be carried through as strings of text like they would be in the notes section below - the problem is without prompts like these many users aren't providing adequate information in the notes section, thus requiring further communication with them to clarify desired shipping options.
The UPS checkbox can be either checked or un-checked (though now that I think about it that should probably have a text field accompanying it as well, or an addition to it's note to designate the user's Account # in the notes section of the page), but one of the Shipping method radio buttons must be selected in this section.
I don't know if I'm able to modify existing modules (from the files I've looked at concerning them there is no clear way to add elements like this to the individual modules and retain their functionality as shipping modules) but I could also make a new module and stop using the "flat.php" one that is "Bill Receiver" right now - if that's a better approach.
Again, sorry if this is in the wrong section but after all the looking and tinkering I've done I haven't found a way to add such elements to existing shipping modules of ZenCart.
Thanks!
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