[Old] Royal Mail Modules

[Pixxi]

The document root is your public_html folder.

The php_flag's should work fine in the .htaccess file there - unless your server has PHP running as a CGI module.

1. Is your server linux or Windows?

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:

Server API Apache

[crabacle]

Indeed it is in that folder.

The server is Server OS: Linux 2.6.9-42.ELsmp

The document root is your public_html folder.

The php_flag's should work fine in the .htaccess file there - unless your server has PHP running as a CGI module.

1. Is your server linux or Windows?

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:

[Pixxi]

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:
Server API Apache

??

And when you put those php_flags in the root .htaccess and it crashes, what is the error message?

[TPHoare]

I am sure when we were using Zencart 1.2.7 orders exceeding our maximum package weight would automatically be shown as two or more packages. Now, in 1.3.6/7 I can't find the same option, so that the shipping estimator just shows no shipping option available.

Using Royal Mail mod by the way.

[Pixxi]

I've just tried that on a 1.3.7 shop with the RM mods installed and it displays (ie. works) fine.

What is your maximum package weight set to, and what weight did you have in your cart?

What RM modules did you have turned on?

[TPHoare]

Hi, thanks for reply

Set max weight to 26 and am trying order weighing 32 (have also tried 40) in the shopping basket. When trying the 40kg order a weight of 20kg is shown in the header of the shipping estimator box.

Have 1st class, Recorded and Special Delivery modules installed. I am not using the optional shipping estimator mods.

Cheers

[TPHoare]

Hi, again.

My fault, sorted out what has happened. We very rarely get orders heavy enough to break the Special Delivery weight barrier, but have just temporally increased that and the module works fine.

Thanks again

[bouncingltd]

The temporary fix for the problem where one has multiple packages over a weight limit, e.g. Airmail has a max weight of 2 kg's is to put in the costs of 2 Kg's plus 1 kg etc.... in the rates. Zencart will unfortunately display that your items would ship in 2 boxes of 1.5 Kg's each, when in reality you would pack a 2 Kg and a 1 Kg box, but the price would be correct.

I am looking in to making a modulus function for this, but the issue also arises that the shipping function in zen-cart is not really set up for multiple options, it relies on one courier that would carry a maximum of 50 Kg's so I think that one shall have to override the max weight setting in packages for these modules, to be the maximum weight for which one has a price.

[bouncingltd]

Beta 2.2 is available from here:

http://bouncing.org/big_royalmail_v2.2.zip

the major change is the addition of eurozone 48, international standard, and international datapost services. These have required zone definitions to be added to location/ taxes. The only main issues that may arise are

a) I may have got the rates wrong
b) I may have got the countries in the wrong zones
c) the channel islands is defined in World Zone 4 for the royal mail, but may not be defined as a zone on your system. In which case a zone "Channel Islands" should be added, then Jersey and Guernsey added to that Zone, then teh Channel Islands zone should be added to "Zone Definition 4".
d) the royal mail has a "rest of the world zone" defined as zone 12. This is a problem for international standard deliveries. France, Denmark etc... some other close by countries do not have the international standard service, they only have Eurozone or datapost, so a dummy entry has been added to the zone definitions. This is because if one were to choose one's country as France, and a dummy zone definition for "international standard" did not exist, automatically the module would interpret France as in the "rest of the world" zone and offer an incorrect shipping value.

It is possible to hard code the module for international standard to ignore countries such as France, but if the royal mail were to redraw the borders, then the hard coding would have to be altered, whereas this way a zen-cart administrator can add or remove a country from the zone definition without having to touch the php.

Thank you,
Philip

[AtomicWorkshop]

Hello, firstly, I'm a newbie so go easy on me!

I'm in the process of setting up my website using Zen Cart V1.3.7 and have so far tweaked only basic layout settings and am now getting round to setting up shipping modules.

Big Royal Mail 2.11 looks like just the ticket (thanks Philip et al) - many of my products are shipped Airmail/Airmail 'International Signed for' (in addtion to UK 'large letter')

I've read through this entire thread and think I may have confused myself regarding installation of BRM2.11. I have a 'virgin' installation of Zen Cart 1.3.7 (i.e. no UK counties) so could someone detail my best installation steps please (I've also read the installation docs and find those a bit confusing - although understand that all the options are required to account for users varying states of configuration).

Thanks in advance,

Jonathan