Shipping per Categories

[missinglife]

Can anyone help me out with shipping?

I recently added a new category, which have items that are very small, does not cost a lot to ship, so I need different ship fee for this category, but other category will need to be not touched.

here are the two categories that need shipping fees:
1. Waterslide Decals
2. Nail Art Waterslide Decals

I set #1 category as zone rate because the items are large, so shipping fee set at $2.50 US per sheet, Canada is $3.00 per sheet, and Rest of World is $6.16 per sheet.

now I add the new Nail Art Waterslide Decals, which are very small items, which will have less shipping fee, for example, US shipping will be $0.46 per sheet, Canada will be $2.00 per sheet, and rest of world will have $3.00 per sheet.

by the way, both categories, I set item weight to "1" (not sure is lb, or oz).
How do I set up the shipping modules so I dont over charge customers for #2 category?

Thank you so much in advance.
here is my website if you needed: http://the4thmuse.com

by the way, should I upgrade to newest zencart?

Arwen

[Ajeh]

This is rather complicated to write ...

I will see what I can come up with over the next few days or so ... I am such a glutton for punishment ...

[gjh42]

And yes, you need to upgrade to v1.5.1 if possible, as soon as possible. V1.3.8a has known vulnerabilities and will get hacked sooner or later. Upgrading now will save you the trouble of recovering from a hack and then upgrading.

After you have upgraded you can concentrate on enhancements.

[Ajeh]

You could try this special shipping module that I wrote ...

This lets you set the Rates for each Category as well as a Rate for Categories not defined ...

Install it on your site and see if it works without error ...

Then for the 1st Category group enter the Categories that the Products are in for each of the Water Decals and the Rate of 2.50 ...

Then for the 2nd Category group enter the Categories that the Products are in for each of the Nail Art Waterslide Decals and the Rate of 0.46 ...

Then on the Undefined Categories, set the Rate to 0.0 ...

If this gives the rates correctly for the US, make a Zone Definition for the US and add it to this shipping module ...

Now, you need to Clone this shipping module and set it up in a similar manner for Canada and make its own Zone Definition for Canada ...

Then Clone it again for the Rest of the World and create a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World ...

[missinglife]

Hi Ajeh Oba-san,

Thank you so much for reply back,
I have been sick for last few weeks and sorry not reply back to your sooner.
when you mentioned that you wrote this special shipping module just for me, where can I find this module to install?

Arwen

You could try this special shipping module that I wrote ...

This lets you set the Rates for each Category as well as a Rate for Categories not defined ...

Install it on your site and see if it works without error ...

Then for the 1st Category group enter the Categories that the Products are in for each of the Water Decals and the Rate of 2.50 ...

Then for the 2nd Category group enter the Categories that the Products are in for each of the Nail Art Waterslide Decals and the Rate of 0.46 ...

Then on the Undefined Categories, set the Rate to 0.0 ...

If this gives the rates correctly for the US, make a Zone Definition for the US and add it to this shipping module ...

Now, you need to Clone this shipping module and set it up in a similar manner for Canada and make its own Zone Definition for Canada ...

Then Clone it again for the Rest of the World and create a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World ...

[Ajeh]

Sorry, thought I posted it ...

Try this attachment and set your categories_id in the different Category Groups with the prices that you want to charge for them ...

Then on the Undefined Categories set the shipping to 0.00

[missinglife]

will do, Thank you so much for doing this for me!!!

Arwen

Sorry, thought I posted it ...

Try this attachment and set your categories_id in the different Zones with the prices that you want to charge for them ...

Then on the Undefined Categories set the shipping to 0.00

[missinglife]

Hi there,

I followed the file path and installed the two files within zip file to my server,
I was unable to modify "Zone Rates" section, I can only click on it. see attachments
please help me!!!

Sorry, thought I posted it ...

Try this attachment and set your categories_id in the different Zones with the prices that you want to charge for them ...

Then on the Undefined Categories set the shipping to 0.00

[Ajeh]

You appear to be trying to customize the Zone Rate and the shipping module that I wrote should be called ItemCat ...

I meant to say the:

Itemcat group1 categories

No clue why I said Zone ... must of been a senior moment ...

I will fix that in the post ...

[missinglife]

Hi there,

So far I got my categories entered in "itemcat", but have no idea what you mean by below:
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If this gives the rates correctly for the US, make a Zone Definition for the US and add it to this shipping module ...

Now, you need to Clone this shipping module and set it up in a similar manner for Canada and make its own Zone Definition for Canada ...

Then Clone it again for the Rest of the World and create a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World ...
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I looked for "Zone Definition" but can not find it anywhere. its this also located within "Shipping Modules"?

Arwen