AUSTPost module

[vivaraquel]

Thank you Rod for making large letters available in the new version.

I have a site for which I only want to allow registered mail for both parcels and letter rates. Is there a way to disable the letter rate from showing so that only the registered letter is available?

It works for parcels as I didnt' tick the regular parcel option, only registered but if I want to offer registered letter (or large letter) both letter and registered letter options show.

I am sorry for been so difficult ... but life is so full of combinations. Thank you again.

[RodG]

I have a site for which I only want to allow registered mail for both parcels and letter rates. Is there a way to disable the letter rate from showing so that only the registered letter is available?

It appears I still didn't consider that as an option. Oh well, if you are sure that you wish to disable the letter rates from showing, the easiest thing for you to do would be to load
/includes/modules/shipping/austpost.php into a text editor.

Locate Line 357 (or thereabouts), which should read something like:
$method[] = array('id => "LET", 'title' => "$shipping........ )

Add a couple of slashes to the begining of this line, like so....

// $method[] = array('id => "LET", 'title' => "$ship

Resave the file.
All being well the non-registered letter rates should now be hidden.

Cheers
Rod.

PS. There are better ways of doing this, but this is probably the easiest.

[vivaraquel]

Great, that worked a beauty. Thanks Rod.

[vivaraquel]

Ok, I really am not trying to be difficult but I was thinking while on my way home from the post office and wondering if there's a way to include a handling fee based on a percentage rather than an amount.

The reason been that I include handling costs such as paypal fees in my shipping handling charge but of course this is worked out as a percentage of the total paid. So a fee that would be enough for a parcel rate would be too much for a lrg letter rate so I kind of thought a percentage woudl make it more total friendly.

Just a thought. Thank you Rod.

[RodG]

Ok, I really am not trying to be difficult but I was thinking while on my way home from the post office and wondering if there's a way to include a handling fee based on a percentage rather than an amount.

The reason been that I include handling costs such as paypal fees in my shipping handling charge but of course this is worked out as a percentage of the total paid. So a fee that would be enough for a parcel rate would be too much for a lrg letter rate so I kind of thought a percentage woudl make it more total friendly.

Just a thought. Thank you Rod.

I'll take this under consideration, but there is no 'easy' way of doing this without 'breaking' the current fixed price methods, which means a lot of additional coding to satisfy all requirements. In other words, don't hold your breath waiting.

Cheers
Rod

[Jour]

Thanks Rod!

I just want to say that this is a fantastic module, very easy to install, excellent work and thank you for your support earlier today!

Regards,
Phil.

[emosun1]

I have a different problem.
Aust post mod was working fine. the settings I have are: item 1 always free shipping. item 2 normal shipping (as per Aust post.) It was working but now I get error message from the shipping estimator & the same happens if i try to go to the checkout...ERROR /includes/modules/shipping/austpost.php on line 888


ALSO another question. Is it possible to set it so item #1 is free shipping within Australia only but international orders as per Aust post?
For all other items - austpost rates including international?


Many thanks

[RodG]

I have a different problem.
Aust post mod was working fine. the settings I have are: item 1 always free shipping. item 2 normal shipping (as per Aust post.) It was working but now I get error message from the shipping estimator & the same happens if i try to go to the checkout...ERROR /includes/modules/shipping/austpost.php on line 888

This is probably caused because the Australia Post server has been offline for most of the day (17 May 2008).

ALSO another question. Is it possible to set it so item #1 is free shipping within Australia only but international orders as per Aust post?
For all other items - austpost rates including international?
Many thanks

I dunno. This isn't really an AP module issue, it is a zencart issue. The Aust Post module will quote (or not quote) according to the data passed to it by the core zencart code. It knows nothing at all about free shipping or any other kind of non AP shipping options.

Cheers
Rod

[vivaraquel]

Hi again. The module (or something) is playing funny buggers with me. I have 2 items atm in my site www.sellhandmade.com.au

One item's diemnsions are weight 10 gms, H 1cm, L 6cm and W 6cm.
The other is weight 70 gms, H 2.2cm, L 9cm, W 9cm.

Postage costs for the 1st item is accurate but the postage costs for the second are not. It says it is been sent in 4 boxes!!

I entered the info of the 2nd item as a parcel under 250gms on the aus post site and with registered and delivery confirmation it should be the same cost as what the 1st item's parcel rate is showing on the estimator pop up.

I changed the H, W and L on the second item to match the 1st but is was still quoting really wrong, $20.50. So I changed the dimensions back and changed the weight to be the same as product 1 and it worked only quoting the parcel rate which is correct and for the correct amount.

Obviously it's something to do with the weight. However, even the aus post site is quoting it correctly as a parcel under 250 gms. I am confused as to why it's doing this. My parcel weight ratios in the SHIPPING settings are set to 0:0. All the neccesary files are set from lbs to gms.

Any idea will be appreciated.

[harmonyc]

I am getting this message when I go to shipping modules

Warning: main(/home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/austpost.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/admin/modules.php on line 173

Warning: main(/home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/austpost.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/admin/modules.php on line 173

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/austpost.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/harmonyc/public_html/pureearthspringfield/admin/modules.php on line 173

Can anyone help?