USPS new rates May

[supersnow]

It says varies because the time can vary widely depending on the destination. My suggestion would be to stop offering the First Class by unchecking the box in the USPS module settings in the Admin.

We thought of that, but I was hoping I could jsut add so text to let people know that is it just airmail and has no tracking. Any suggestions on where the lanuage comes from?

[supersnow]

We thought of that, but I was hoping I could jsut add so text to let people know that is it just airmail and has no tracking. Any suggestions on where the lanuage comes from?

Can anyone help me I want to know where the file I need to change the lanuage for the USPS new rates classes. I want to put more info for the first class mail. Please someone!! I need to add the text to tell people it is airmail. It isn't in the normal place. Does anyone know????

HELP!

[Ajeh]

I just wrote something similar for USPS for things to with tracking and without ...

It wasn't a lot of fun as this is one of the harder shipping modules to understand, but it can be done ...

[supersnow]

I just wrote something similar for USPS for things to with tracking and without ...

It wasn't a lot of fun as this is one of the harder shipping modules to understand, but it can be done ...

Linda,

Are you replying to my request for help with the language changes I need? If so where would I find this information that you have written?

[Ajeh]

If you need to add the: no tracking

This has to be done in the shipping module itself ...

[supersnow]

If you need to add the: no tracking

This has to be done in the shipping module itself ...

But where exactly? This has been my question all along. If it was simply in the lanuage files I wouldn't be on this forum asking where to change it. Sorry for being a little katty but I am just so frustrated.

If you could help me out and let me know what area within the module I should be looking and what areas I can add text that will not stop it from working I would be extremly happy. Please help!!

[DrByte]

Do I correctly understand that you're *only* looking to change "(Varies)" to "(Varies - Airmail, no tracking)" ?

If so, you could try this hack:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php
around line 201 you have:

          $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                             'title' => $title,
                             'cost' => ($cost + MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING) * $shipping_num_boxes);

Change that to:

          $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                             'title' => str-replace('(Varies)', '(Varies - Airmail, no tracking)', $title),
                             'cost' => ($cost + MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING) * $shipping_num_boxes);

This approach will only work for all-English sites, and only does the one replacement of "(Varies)" with the indicated alternate content.
It does not consider which "method" it applies to... it only literally replaces text before displaying it.

[supersnow]

Do I correctly understand that you're *only* looking to change "(Varies)" to "(Varies - Airmail, no tracking)" ?

If so, you could try this hack:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php
around line 201 you have:

          $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                             'title' => $title,
                             'cost' => ($cost + MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING) * $shipping_num_boxes);

Change that to:

          $methods[] = array('id' => $type,
                             'title' => str-replace('(Varies)', '(Varies - Airmail, no tracking)', $title),
                             'cost' => ($cost + MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_HANDLING) * $shipping_num_boxes);

This approach will only work for all-English sites, and only does the one replacement of "(Varies)" with the indicated alternate content.
It does not consider which "method" it applies to... it only literally replaces text before displaying it.

I was so excited about the fix and I but it on my site and I got this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: replace() in /home/kravshop/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php on line 202

So is there somewher else in the module I can change this?

[DrByte]

I suppose it would have been better for me to not make a typo:
Should have been an underscore instead of a hyphen:

str_replace

[stagebrace]

Yesterday I experienced what would occur if you are still using the stg-production.shippingapis.com to access USPS data. Bottom line, I stopped getting USPS shipping results and got authorization errors instead. It was time to move from the staging servers to production servers (production.shippingapis.com) a long time ago. But I must have been in outer space.