Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[LadyHLG]

Thank you for the reply, but this is what I'm confused about, sorry,

Open the catalog folder and copy everything in that folder (NOT THE CATALOG FOLDER, JUST WHAT IS INSIDE) over to the root directory of your zencart.

How do i do the above and what is the root folder?

Dont put the mod admin folder inside your admin folder. Put the files inside that folder inside your admin folder. Same goes for the includes folder.

[EAPerformanceParts]

Each individual php in each individual folder?

And I hope I didnt mess something up by putting the folders in the wrong location, did I?

[EAPerformanceParts]

I've tried putting the folders in several locations and nothing is working. I'm clueless???

[LadyHLG]

What version of the mod are you trying to install?

[EAPerformanceParts]

2.2 full version then I was going to install 2.3

[LadyHLG]

I'm not sure how else to explain this.

When you FTP files you dont have to move things individually.
Just move the entire mod admin folder to where your admin folder is, same place but not in it, same for the includes folder.
This will copy the files over into their correct places.


LadyHLG

[EAPerformanceParts]

Grrr, no clue what I did but the local tax is there now.

Thank you so much for being patient with me. I hate being a newb.

Hopefully the rest will go smooth.

Thanks Again

[EAPerformanceParts]

Well it went smooth for a while but I have a new problem.

I followed the instructions on setting up the zones, etc.. and did the sales tax by county.

I made a test customer with my personal address there and this is the error message I receive on checkout:

The address information you entered does not appear to be valid or cannot be matched. Please select or add a different address and try again. (10736)

This is what the address looked like per the instructions minus the X's to block my address which is valid:

Test Customer
XXXX XXXXXXX XXX
North Port, FLORIDA - SARASOTA 34287
United States

Any idea what the problem is?

[EAPerformanceParts]

Just thinking here but the only thing I can come up with is the address is including the county in the state location. So when the address is verified it can't be due to more than just the state being there. Not sure though, hopefully someone can chime in. Thanks.

[LadyHLG]

Well the error itself has nothing to do with the sales tax mod.

It is most likely in how you set up your counties by zones.

I have included specific instructions in section 6 of the readme.html file for version 2.3 on how to do this, but read it carefully and go slow as setting up zones can be a very confusing process.

Something I forgot to include in the readme file is that most (if not all) shipping and payment modules require a 2 digit abbreviation for your state. Anything else and it will not recognize it.
So when it is checking you address if you have "FL - JACKSON" for your zone code instead of just FL, the shipping mods will not recognize the address to return a shipping price.

The trouble is I dont know if you can have multiple zones with the same zone code which is why my instructions say not to(for a time it was not possible, but I think that may have changed). For my setup I simply added a couple of lines to the shipping mod to fix the issue, it just depends on what shipping methods you are using.

LadyHLG