[Old] Royal Mail Modules

[netearth]

a) You should have kept it in Kg as it means more work. It may be possible to fix this by multiplying everything at somewhere near te final checkout.
b) I thought it was only £500 for special delivery
c) I will look at it this evening.

Hi Philip,

Special is 2.5K (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/j...mediaId=400026) not 5/10 as mentioned by me, should have checked really. :)

The only problem with keeping it in KG means it would look silly on a product page. Hence not changing the cart, and simply changing the checkout_shipping to divide by a 1000 would be simpler?

Thanks,

[philip_clarke]

Hi Philip,

Special is 2.5K (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/j...mediaId=400026) not 5/10 as mentioned by me, should have checked really. :)

The only problem with keeping it in KG means it would look silly on a product page. Hence not changing the cart, and simply changing the checkout_shipping to divide by a 1000 would be simpler?

Thanks,

Dividing it by 1000 on the one page the client sees (the product page or cart) would be simple, multiplying it by 1000 on the invoices, packing slips, orders, postage modules and reports is a lot more work.

Plus it's now not compatible with anything, so unless I can bodge it in the order object in between the client's shopping cart and the bit where it hits the postage and then goes onto reports... then it can't be done, plus through out the whole admin side of things there's a possibility it's "buggered" if everything is suddenly multiplied by 1000 and yet the text will still display grams.

[netearth]

Dividing it by 1000 on the one page the client sees (the product page or cart) would be simple, multiplying it by 1000 on the invoices, packing slips, orders, postage modules and reports is a lot more work.

Plus it's now not compatible with anything, so unless I can bodge it in the order object in between the client's shopping cart and the bit where it hits the postage and then goes onto reports... then it can't be done, plus through out the whole admin side of things there's a possibility it's "buggered" if everything is suddenly multiplied by 1000 and yet the text will still display grams.

But do we need to multiply it again by 1000, once the calculation is done, and the correct postage shown, is that that information passed to the next stage, then invoice stage?

Thanks and sorry for being a pain in the a**:)

[philip_clarke]

The issue will be that it will be locked in the database as a static order object, so it will have been multiplied by 1000 and then carried through regardless, so you'll have 1 gram packages in your reports, packing slips, displaying as 1000 grams . The order become static when paid for for legal reasons, e.g. you invoiced X when you were at address Y, so if you change your shop's address then it doesn't change your previous invoices (which would be illegal for VAt purposes).

[netearth]

The issue will be that it will be locked in the database as a static order object, so it will have been multiplied by 1000 and then carried through regardless, so you'll have 1 gram packages in your reports, packing slips, displaying as 1000 grams . The order become static when paid for for legal reasons, e.g. you invoiced X when you were at address Y, so if you change your shop's address then it doesn't change your previous invoices (which would be illegal for VAt purposes).

Its not legal until the invoice is generated, which is the final stage, I am thinking about doing this or trying to on the "Delivery information page" before the payment page and concluding on the checkout_confirmation page.

If it can be chabged before then at the delivery information page, then it fits in nice and snug.

[philip_clarke]

The grams bit that you want can be done with one line of code, it correctly converts for all reports and orders. But only if done in a certain place and that has conditions. other than that it needs 4 or 5 lines or code per module.

The second bit you want requires a function added to an object to fool the module into shipping multiple packages, requires that the maximum value of goods is set to -1 and would make the large assumption that each packet weighed the same, that too also then correctly prints the weight albeit in kilos and the number of boxes being shipped.

As mentioned I'm on strike, the guy to code this is the lead developer of zen cart, called Ian Wilson who posts under the name wilt, you may be able to PM him. He should have a vested interest since his last known location was Newcastle-upon-tyne.

[netearth]

The grams bit that you want can be done with one line of code, it correctly converts for all reports and orders. But only if done in a certain place and that has conditions. other than that it needs 4 or 5 lines or code per module.

The second bit you want requires a function added to an object to fool the module into shipping multiple packages, requires that the maximum value of goods is set to -1 and would make the large assumption that each packet weighed the same, that too also then correctly prints the weight albeit in kilos and the number of boxes being shipped.

As mentioned I'm on strike, the guy to code this is the lead developer of zen cart, called Ian Wilson who posts under the name wilt, you may be able to PM him. He should have a vested interest since his last known location was Newcastle-upon-tyne.

Hi Philip,

That is excellent to hear or at least it can be done :)

Am I missing something, are you on strike because of the "Total UK" fiasco we see on tv at the moment, or in my stupidity is it a "down tools" in protest against ZenCart or something like that?

Only asking as I dont know

[philip_clarke]

Hi Philip,

That is excellent to hear or at least it can be done :)

Am I missing something, are you on strike because of the "Total UK" fiasco we see on tv at the moment, or in my stupidity is it a "down tools" in protest against ZenCart or something like that?

Only asking as I dont know

I do not know what "Total UK" is. I have decided that ZC is better served by the paid developers taking over the modules.

[philip_clarke]

No it's nothing to do with "Total UK" my wife is foreign and works in the UK.

[MoonCow]

Hi everyone,

I'm using the Royal Mail module. Could someone please tell me how to remove the weight from the checkout and shipping estimator.

I've been to Config>Shipping/Packaging>Display Number of Boxes and Weight Status and set that to 0 (off) but that has only removed the totals at the top of the shopping cart.

On the Shipping Method page, I still have:

Royal Mail 1st Class Large Letter
Great Britain and Northern Ireland Only : 0.258kg

Thanks in advance,

MoonCow