ozpost shipping module

[RodG]

ego.com.au shows 0 days delivery for all but the most remote areas of OZ, so where can I change the 0 to always be 1?.

Should be fixed now.... For some reason I'd commented out the line where I'd fixed it before (probably got sidetracked with phone call or sumthing).

FYI, The 0 days were being reported intead of "Overnight". My fix is/was to replace 'Overnight' with the number #1 - That way, the shipping days offset will still function.
Problem now is, I can't seem to find any locations where it *doesn't* report "Overnight" so hopefully I haven't inadvertantly broken something else.

Cheers
Rod

[tpeck]

You beaut! That's fixed it.

I too hope you haven't inadvertently broken the overnight thingy, but overnight still registers 1 day in my feeble brain!

[RodG]

overnight still registers 1 day in my feeble brain!

Mine too!

How come no one ever offfers 'overday' shipping?

Cheers
Rod

[Dvixen]

I received notice of this change today. I go on holidays tomorrow.

As Ozpost was working correctly on my checks, and the module itself gave no alert, I had no reason to visit this thread.

Your change has put me in a very difficult position. Pay the hostage fee and lose even more money, or go with the default shipping, and just lose money.

I am already close enough to having to fold. Thanks for the module, but I will not be switching to the subscription. I'm already running at a loss, I can't add another.

The alternatives? Don't. Work.

[RodG]

I received notice of this change today..

At least you did recieve notice. A few of the more unfortunate users who's expiry was last week didn't get any notice. As a result I suspended the automatic expirations as soon as I realised that it was probably doing more harm than good. You, and many others, have had at least a week extension until I was able to track you down via Google searches (basically this the only method I have of contacting users not yet subscribed).

I've found all but five of the currently active zencart/ozpost users (127 active @ Sept 20th 2010).

Did any of us realise that we were so few numbers?

Perhaps we should form a committee ;-)

Cheers
Rod

[Stumpy74]

Hi Rod

I hope this hasn't already been covered but after 122 pages of replies its easy to overlook......Anyway just downloaded and installed 2.0.9. We use both Aus Post and Fastways for delivies currently.

We have found however that peopleget put of by shipping costs in Australia and use a practice of building in a component of the shipping cost into the product which then gives free shipping to most east coast capitals. Out business rarely sells multiple items in a single transaction. For remote areas then the shipping cost is discounted by the amount "built in" the price.

I want to use your module rather then the other Fastway shipping module due to the issues with different costs for different suburbs within a post code.....and having to maintain this database. To fit I thought of using a negative handling fee for Aus post and Fast Way Labels however when you do this it removes that option from the result. (woudl also like it to return $0 if the calculated cost via the module is less then what I put int he handling fee as a negative number).

Is this possible and am I missing a config option ?

Thanks


Stumps

[RodG]

I hope this hasn't already been covered

No. This is a first.

To fit I thought of using a negative handling fee for Aus post and Fast Way Labels however when you do this it removes that option from the result.

I can't think why it should... I've no reason to *deny* negative amounts.

(woudl also like it to return $0 if the calculated cost via the module is less then what I put int he handling fee as a negative number).

Is this possible and am I missing a config option ?

It should be possible (he says cautiously), and no, you haven't missed a config option.......

<a little later>
I've spotted the problem, It seems the program is making use of the handling fee values as part of a validity check...

Handy with a text editor?
load /includes/modules/shipping/ozpost.php into editor

At or near line 467 you'll see:

  if (  (($quote->cost > 0) && ($handlingFee >= 0)) ) {  // valid quote

Alter this line so it reads:

  if (  (($quote->cost > 0) && ($handlingFee != -1)) ) {  // valid quote

Save the file, then enter your negative handling fees.. use ANY value except -1

As for returning to $0 ... the line that follows the one just edited is a simple formula that adds the shipping and handling figures, so add another line after that that reads something like

if ($cost < 0 ) $cost = 0 ;

... resave the file and give it a try.

Cheers
Rod

[Stumpy74]

Thats great thanks Rod. Working like a charm. Going to register for the server during the week after a bit more tinkering.......

out of interest will this mod work its way into core code or will I need to fix for each release ?

Thanks again

Stumps
Adorable Baby Cakes
www.adorablebabycakes.com.au

[RodG]

Thats great thanks Rod. Working like a charm.
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will this mod work its way into core code or will I need to fix for each release ?

I'll fix it in the core code, albeit, in a somewhat different manner. What I've given you is what we in the trade call a 'kludge' ... it get's the job done, but it's nothing to be proud of.

Cheers
Rod

[RodG]

G'day Guys and Gals,

I've been have a good chat with a friendly fellow at TNT today as a result of some/several people having issues getting the TNT quotes to work.

I/we have identified several 'common' problems.

1. Having a TNT account is not enough. You MUST request the RTT service to be enabled.

2. Passwords are limited to 14 characters - This is confusing because if you enter longer passwords on the website they are accepted just fine, but if you use a password revealing utility it can be seen that anything over 14 characters are truncated ... However, they are NOT truncated when used via the quote scripts, so the username/password fails for no apparent reason. I'm reluctant to have ozpost perform this same truncation because I beleive it may cause other issues at a later date.. The solution, reset the password to something shorter, OR, when entering it into ozpost only use the 1st 14 characters.

3. Usernames with space characters. Example "TNT Developer".
Although these are perfectly valid names for the TNT quote server, the ozpost module doesn't URL encode the name when asking for a quote request. This causes an incomplete data string to be sent to the ozpost server and as a result neither the TNT or the Fastway quotes will show.
This is a bug with the client code that I'll take care of with the next update, meranwhile the solution is to replace the space character(s) with a "+" (plus) symbol.

Finally, there are two main error messages that the TNT servers will return in regards to logon errors, these are both visible with the ozpost in 'debug' mode.

The 1st error "Username and password combination is incorrect" means you don't have a valid TNT online account, or, the username.password really is incorrect (see items #2 & #3 above).

The other error "The account number supplied is invalid or not assigned to this login" is telling us that the login details are correct, but the account hasn't been set up for the RTT service. See problem#1.

Hopefully this helps others out, and if anyone reading this decides to take another look into why they couldn't get it working don't be too surprised if it has somehow 'fixed itself' already - (This is because I was able to supply many of the account numbers and usernames, and have the RTT enabled, if it wasn't already).

Cheers
Rod

ps. degrandi - I was unable to get this account activated because apparently the username had been changed and I wasn't able to supply rhe current/new name.