Big Royal Mail 3.0

[koi koi]

OK thanks
Just a question or if you want to update the mod is there a way to set the min and maximum weight for each shipping class.
This would help me a lot if I could set min and max weight for each
Something like the basic UK mail plug in has
Any help
Thanks
I

[brittainmark]

OK thanks
Just a question or if you want to update the mod is there a way to set the min and maximum weight for each shipping class.
This would help me a lot if I could set min and max weight for each
Something like the basic UK mail plug in has
Any help
Thanks
I

The shipping weights are set in Admin>Modules>shipping> Each module has a series of rates and weights in the "Shipping rates to GB & Northern Ireland" etc. The format is Weightrice. These are set to the shipping weights and costs for the appropriate mail. For example First class small parcel is set to 1:3, 2:6.85 which is up to 1Kg costs £3 between 1 and 2kg costs 6.85 it will not allow shipping weights of more that 2kg that is the maximum. There is no minimum for each group. if you are shipping purely by weight you might consider the built in per unit rate that come with zen cart.

[koi koi]

The shipping weights are set in Admin>Modules>shipping> Each module has a series of rates and weights in the "Shipping rates to GB & Northern Ireland" etc. The format is Weightrice. These are set to the shipping weights and costs for the appropriate mail. For example First class small parcel is set to 1:3, 2:6.85 which is up to 1Kg costs £3 between 1 and 2kg costs 6.85 it will not allow shipping weights of more that 2kg that is the maximum. There is no minimum for each group. if you are shipping purely by weight you might consider the built in per unit rate that come with zen cart.

hi m8
thanks for the reply
yes i know the settings are in the shipping mod in admin but thats not my problem.
let me see if i can explain
here goes
i sell lots of items all different weights sizes etc
so lets say i sell 1 meter aquatic airline this weight is 0.010 kgs and will go large letter
now i have a parcel that also weighs 0.010kgs but will not fit in a large letter size so will have to go small parcel but when the customer goes to check out for the larger item both large letter and small parcels will show as they both weigh the same but one is bigger than the other
so the customer has the choice large letter or small parcel which large letter will be no good as its too big and if the customer chose large letter which a lot will i will be out of pocket as the large letter is cheaper to post that the small parcel
Do you get what i mean .
thanks

[brittainmark]

hi m8
thanks for the reply
yes i know the settings are in the shipping mod in admin but thats not my problem.
let me see if i can explain
here goes
i sell lots of items all different weights sizes etc
so lets say i sell 1 meter aquatic airline this weight is 0.010 kgs and will go large letter
now i have a parcel that also weighs 0.010kgs but will not fit in a large letter size so will have to go small parcel but when the customer goes to check out for the larger item both large letter and small parcels will show as they both weigh the same but one is bigger than the other
so the customer has the choice large letter or small parcel which large letter will be no good as its too big and if the customer chose large letter which a lot will i will be out of pocket as the large letter is cheaper to post that the small parcel
Do you get what i mean .
thanks

Understand! I did start looking at this but there did not seem to be any interest. I was thinking of using attributes to limit the postage that could be used. so that you could set an attribute on a product that would say that the minimum postage size was e.g. large letter. It would not take into account multiple items in a packet so you could still end up with the wrong postage. I could give it some thought again and see if i can get it working.

[koi koi]

Understand! I did start looking at this but there did not seem to be any interest. I was thinking of using attributes to limit the postage that could be used. so that you could set an attribute on a product that would say that the minimum postage size was e.g. large letter. It would not take into account multiple items in a packet so you could still end up with the wrong postage. I could give it some thought again and see if i can get it working.

hi m8
if i knew how to do a mod i would try so i cannot
sounds good what you said but i was thinking of
lets say set min max weights so large letter you could set start weight at 0 and max to 0.750 which is the weights for large letters
now small parcels min weight min 1000kgs max 30000kgs now hopeful this would work in the pricing 1000kg is relay the code for 1kg weight so in the shipping price you would put 1000:2.60 as 1kg would cost £2.60 small parcels 2000kgs is relay the code for up to 2kg and would cost £5.60 small parcels so in pricing you would have 1000:2.60,2000:5.60 so on so on to 30000kgs which would = 30kgs.
only you would know the 1000 is only a code for 1kg as you turn off the showing of all weights to the customer.
The large letter would not show as it is set to max of 0.750kg and if you have an item that will go large letter lets say 0.10 then small parcel would not show as it is set to 1000kg min and you would set the hide shipping setting in the shipping mod
hope you get what i mean lol ?
also i have the airmail mod set and is working great only thing is its showing the weight in the estimated shipping in shopping cart and i cannot figure out how to get it to not show any ideas?

[koi koi]

bump
dont know if you have read this yet brittainmark ?

[brittainmark]

hi m8
if i knew how to do a mod i would try so i cannot
sounds good what you said but i was thinking of
lets say set min max weights so large letter you could set start weight at 0 and max to 0.750 which is the weights for large letters
now small parcels min weight min 1000kgs max 30000kgs now hopeful this would work in the pricing 1000kg is relay the code for 1kg weight so in the shipping price you would put 1000:2.60 as 1kg would cost £2.60 small parcels 2000kgs is relay the code for up to 2kg and would cost £5.60 small parcels so in pricing you would have 1000:2.60,2000:5.60 so on so on to 30000kgs which would = 30kgs.
only you would know the 1000 is only a code for 1kg as you turn off the showing of all weights to the customer.
The large letter would not show as it is set to max of 0.750kg and if you have an item that will go large letter lets say 0.10 then small parcel would not show as it is set to 1000kg min and you would set the hide shipping setting in the shipping mod
hope you get what i mean lol ?
also i have the airmail mod set and is working great only thing is its showing the weight in the estimated shipping in shopping cart and i cannot figure out how to get it to not show any ideas?

yes you could do that. Try setting ADMIN>Configuration>Shipping/Packaging>Display Number of Boxes and Weight Status to 0 "off" to remove the weight. There are probably other places where you need to set the weight display to off under ADMIN>configuration
You will also need to change the ADMIN>Configuration>Shipping/Packaging>Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship to 30000
it might mean that you under charge when you have a large and a small item or a large item and lots of small items.
As the code is currently it would display the all the available shipping methods. You could just choose one method say First class and set up all the bands .75:90,1:1.20,...,1000:2.60,2000:5.50 etc. then change the descriptions for that method in language files e.g if you chose to use the first class large letter then change:
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_RM1STLARGELETTER_TEXT_TITLE', 'Royal Mail 1^st Class );
you could do this for all the methods you want to use. but stick to one for each of First and second class mail. You would then have to add in the additional rates for all the other methods you are using, special delivery, air mail etc.

By the way Bumping does not work as I only receive one e-mail from your first post. I will receive no more until I visit the forum again.

[koi koi]

yes you could do that. Try setting ADMIN>Configuration>Shipping/Packaging>Display Number of Boxes and Weight Status to 0 "off" to remove the weight. There are probably other places where you need to set the weight display to off under ADMIN>configuration
You will also need to change the ADMIN>Configuration>Shipping/Packaging>Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship to 30000
it might mean that you under charge when you have a large and a small item or a large item and lots of small items.
As the code is currently it would display the all the available shipping methods. You could just choose one method say First class and set up all the bands .75:90,1:1.20,...,1000:2.60,2000:5.50 etc. then change the descriptions for that method in language files e.g if you chose to use the first class large letter then change:
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_RM1STLARGELETTER_TEXT_TITLE', 'Royal Mail 1^st Class );
you could do this for all the methods you want to use. but stick to one for each of First and second class mail. You would then have to add in the additional rates for all the other methods you are using, special delivery, air mail etc.

By the way Bumping does not work as I only receive one e-mail from your first post. I will receive no more until I visit the forum again.

Thank you for the advise i will try it and see what happens.
sorry for bumping i did not even know you got an email i just wanted it back to top of theforum topic
Thanks

[koi koi]

the weights are turned off as you have said and the uk options no weight is displaid only on the airmail ones ?
thanks

[brittainmark]

I have now completely rewritten Big royal mail version 3.2.0
I have included the insurance as standard in each application and added the parcel force postage methods to the pack.
I have also included a method of using attributes to exclude certain shipping methods. Table below show methods excluded for each attribute