Drop Shipping Purchase Orders Module for v1.3.8

[srturner47]

Glad to hear that fixed your problem! I've never used HTML emails for this, just plain text. I prefer that, especially for subcontractors, as they don't need anything pretty to fulfill orders! :) The PDF file is really for the customers (even though it goes to the subcontractor), so that looks a little more polished.

Hmmm... Not quite sure what you mean about the e for edit orders. The edit orders add-on is not the same as the edit orders included with Zen Cart. You might want to look into that and see what is going wrong. Still sounds like you are missing a few files in 1.3.8a. Also, try clearing your browsers cache. That might be the problem with the e.

[srturner47]

Alright. The fix for the headings was easy. But, I can't seem to reproduce the bug with category selection reverting back to "Top". I tried taking out the functions from the edit orders mod, but it still worked fine. I've looked over the code, and I see no issues! Could someone who is having this problem please put this debug line into their code and let me know what they get. This will at least point me in the right direction.

On line 514 (the line before // Set Defaults), change from nothing to this:

echo "Add products category id - ".$add_product_categories_id."<br />Add products category id IsSet - ".IsSet($add_product_categories_id)."<br />Step - ".$step."<br />Current Category ID - ".$current_category_id."<br /><br />";

Please let me know what these values are both before choosing a category, and what they become after choosing a category.

[cropinstop]

Ack! The add product part of send_pos_nc was adapted from the Edit Orders mod, which was uploaded by Numinix and is available in the downloads section. Could you install this mod and see if this fixes your problem? If so, I'll have to roll up my sleeves to find what edit orders installed that you will need for this to work!

Thanks!

Installed Edit Orders,, same problem - no step 2

Installed the debug code at 514.
Before selecting on the dropdown

Add products category id -
Add products category id IsSet -
Step -
Current Category ID - 0

After selecting on the dropdown

Add products category id -
Add products category id IsSet -
Step -
Current Category ID - 0

Suspect this is not the expected result

[srturner47]

Thanks cropinstop. No, that is not what I want to see. I still can't figure out why it works for me, but it doesn't work for anybody else.... I'll keep playing with it and try to figure this out.

[gabstero]

gabstero - Yes, the one in the admin folder. Are you using the new version, 3.0? If so, the code has changed. Just search for {shipping_method}, these are the lines that determine what goes in the {shipping_method} part of your P.O. There are now two places in the code that handle this, as shipping method can be entered in the header OR the footer in 3.0. 2.0 only worked with shipping method in the footer.

I honestly don't know if 3.0 will work with 1.3.7.1. I've heard that 2.0 had some troubles with 1.3.7.1. Never tested it myself. Sorry!

Thanks so much!

You are one of the rare ones that actually supports actively his mods! A thing to be very much appreciated!

Thanks for your response also, but I wanted to make sure if I got my question right:

I am curious to know if the tweak you mentioned (with the {shipping_method}) will actually display for the Customer a separate shipping fee per SC in a mixed cart checkout. For example:


Product 1 Price: $34
FedEx shipping fee: $12

Product 2 Price: $34
UPS shipping fee: $25

Product 3 Price: $34
USPS shipping fee: $10

Something similar what the MVS mod (for OSCommerce) does... There you can specify a separate shipping method for each Manufacturer (Sub Contractor) and the shipping price for each product will be calculated according to that.

I suspect that your fix will only allow me (the store administrator) to specify a separate shipping method per SC in the PO sending process, right?

In that case - do you have in mind to add that functionality to it later on?

Even if not, the mod is extremely convenient, and thanks so much again for being on top of things!!!

cheers!
Gabstero

[lankeeyankee]

Something similar what the MVS mod (for OSCommerce) does... There you can specify a separate shipping method for each Manufacturer (Sub Contractor) and the shipping price for each product will be calculated according to that.

This feature, to be able to specify different shipping options per vendor and having that be added to the cart functionality, would be super fantastic and I would be willing to contribute $$ towards it to help it along.

[kburner]

Thank you for your help. I am a newbee and this can be very challenging. I really appreciate your help. I need this mod badly as I have three vendors I am going to be working with. I am still trying to read all the threads.

Everything loaded except when I go to admin/extras/ po edit subcontracs...I do not see anyway to add them. I may be looking in the wrong place.

Which version is the latest for me to load? I think I may have loaded an older version.

[srturner47]

gabstero and lankeeyankee -- No Gabstero, my quick fix wouldn't do this unfortunately. I see what you mean about shipping -- that would be a nice feature to have. It would be a huge amount of work, as I would have to write a new shipping module. I'd be happy to look into it, but this really wouldn't benefit my store, and the changes I have made to this mod were really made for my store...I just thought I could give back to the community by releasing it.

If you were willing to pay for it, I'd be happy to look into it and see if I could do it though... This would really be a totally different mod as it would be a new shipping module, which would really have nothing to do with the PO system -- other than the small fix I wrote about earlier. Unforunately, I can't do that immediately due to personal issues in my life that are simply sucking up too much of my time. I'll PM you if I find that I have the time to take on a project like that...but it would require some generous funds as this would take awhile to write. Another option would be to look around and see if someone else would be willing to do that for a fee. There are tons of people who write code for Zen for money.

By the way, and this is just my 2 cents, I think you are making a big mistake if you intend to charge shipping this way. Free and reduced shipping make a HUGE difference for internet customers. Charging more for adding items to their cart doesn't make sense -- customers should be rewarded for doing so, not punished with additional shipping. Frankly, I think you'd be better off losing money on an order here and there. What difference does it make if you are doing a ton of business? Just my two cents...I'll step down off my soapbox now.

kburner - Just change one of the subcontractors and hit the "insert" button. It will add the subcontractor you just entered. And don't feel bad about being new...Everyone was a newbie at one time. :) BTW- V3.0 is the newest.

As for the unknown customer bug, I'm still stumped. I just don't understand why it works for me... The easiest way to fix it would be if someone who has this problem would let me edit the code and login to their site...but that is asking a lot...I certainly wouldn't let anyone do that to my site! :) I'll keep trying to figure this bug out.

[cropinstop]

If by log on to their site, you mean login to the zcart admin, I have no problem letting you do that - I am testing on an offline site, and it is backed up 100% to my local desktop. But if you need access to the code, that is a problem because the test site and online site are on the same file system, and I do not know if/how I grant you write access to one subdomain... I guess I could open it up to 777, and only tell YOU where it is...

[hairydog]

Hmmm... Not quite sure what you mean about the e for edit orders. The edit orders add-on is not the same as the edit orders included with Zen Cart.

On tracker.php the orders are listed down the page. Across the top there is a "key" that says
Show Customers Orders etc etc

but there is no

Edit Order





to be seen next to any of the orders - even though the other symbols are there.