Re: Shipping Module for Offline Calculation..

Hello,

I am just setting up my first Zen-Cart...

We ship products that have odd sizes and weights. We ship all of our products by UPS. As an example, many of our boxes are 88" long x 4" wide x 4" tall and weight 5 lbs..We may pack smaller items in the same box and therefore is difficult to estimate shipping due to the odd box sizes and the unknown of consolidation of products. We normally just tell the customer that shipping/handling fees will be added at the time of shipment.

What I would like to use the UPS module, but have it so it does not actually calculate the shipping cost. Rather, have the UPS shipping options that I have selectied i.e. Next Day, 2nd Day, Ground. And below this selection display a statement something like:
"In order to be most effecient and accurate, actual shipping and handling fees are added at time of shipment. If you would like an estimate, please call us Toll Free at (800) 660-xxxx"

Worst case, I would just like a shipping module that would allow me to display this statement all the way through the order process.

Any ideas or modules that already exist?

Thanks for the help!

Mike

Really?? All of these viewers and programmers and no advice?

I can not be the only one who wants the ability for a customer to select a shipping method, but allow me to do the shipping costs "Off-Line"....Just state a simple message like:

"For accuracy, shipping/handling Fees will be added to your order total at time of shipping."

Any advice would be very helpful..
thx
Mike

Clone a simple module and make it state what you want
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=189

Thanks Kobra...

It looks like cloning a Shipping module is pretty easy...I have not attempted it yet...

I am looking to clone the UPS shipping module, remove all calculations and simply replace it with a note that states something like:

"For accuracy and efficiency, shipping/handling fees will be added to your order after packing the products. If you would like an estimate of shipping/handling fees, please give us a call Toll Free (800) 660-6975."

We would then prepare the order, consolidate all products (large and small) into the appropriate box(s) and then add the shipping fees and process off-line...

I have not looked at the modules yet...I think that I might get stuck...Are you aware of anyone that can knock this one off for me?

Thanks again for your advice! I appreciate it!
Mike

Clone say flatrate title it and name it ups replacing your ups module

Thank you...

I agree.....But, I would still like the ability for the customer to choose from "UPS Ground, UPS 2nd Day, UPS 3rd day"..

Therefore, I think I would have to start with the UPS module and clone it to something like "UPS Note" Then remove all calculations and replace it with the note.....

Is it possible to clone the UPS module, remove all of the calculations/lookups and place the note??

thx
Mike

Try it - renaming the original on you server to reserve it...
I think there will be additional edits to stop the estimator

Hello...

I gave this a shot..I got it to come up on the Shipping Modules list OK...But then I go to "install" it and it comes up with the following...

1062 Duplicate entry 'MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_STATUS' for key 'unq_config_key_zen'
in:
[insert into zen_configuration (configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, set_function, date_added) values ('Enable UPS Shipping', 'MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_STATUS', 'True', 'Do you want to offer UPS shipping?', '6', '0', 'zen_cfg_select_option(array('True', 'False'), ', now())]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I can not find this 'MODULE_SHIPPING_UPS_STATUS' in either of the ups.php files...It must be in the main code somewhere?? Any ideas?

thx
Mike

I decided to try to modify the FlatRate shipping module...I made a copy and renamed the files...Everything looks pretty good now...It shows my note, etc...But when continue onto Step 2 in the checkout process, I get only a blank white page..no errors or anything...Any ideas??

http://skiareasafety.com/index.php?main_page=checkout_shipping

Thanks for the advice..

Mike

I gave this a shot..I got it to come up on the Shipping Modules list OK...But then I go to "install" it and it comes up with the following...
Did you first uninstall the ups module in your admin?

Search tutorials for blank page

Good point...I just uninstalled it...

Now the only shipping mod is my new one that I call "flatnote"..

Step # 1 checkout OK...everything looks good...when I continue to Step # 2 is all I get is a big blank white screen...I am missing a small detail somewhere..hmmmm...

http://skiareasafety.com/index.php?main_page=checkout_shipping

Any other idears?

thx
Mike

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=396

Thanks for your help...

I am not getting special characters or anything...operating fine except no since I added the new shipping module, I am getting a totally blank page on Step 2 of the checkout....No special characters or anything else...Just totally blank...

Maybe I need to put out a request for a programmer to look at this..Any good sites for free lance Zen Cart programmers??

thx
Mike

Did you get and enable the debug item noted in the tutorial?

This will indicate what code is at fault

I did not do any dubugging...

But, upon some further investigation, I found this thread...Interesting, but I do not see any stable Add-On mods that are available:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83416

It would work out great if I could find a good UPS Mod that include Dimensional shipping...It seems a couple of these guys are almost there...

You are aware of any UPS mods that include dimensional shipping...This would take care of all problems..

thx
Mike

Did you ever find the solution to this? I've got the same problem - cloned the Flat Rate shipping moduel which seems fine, but get blank page at the same point as you did.

Using v1.3.9h.

Thanks,
Wizard247

Hello, yes, I did get a fairly good solution for this.

I met a guy on one of these posts that programmed a module for me and installed it. I can not recall all of the detail because it has been over a year ago. Also, I have not had time to mess around with my site in the last 6 months.

But, I do remember entering all of my box sizes, etc. This then started with the size of the products and started to fill the boxes in the most effective manner. Then it tied in with UPS to calculate the dimensional weight based on the boxes that it had stuffed.

I have the guys name and email address if you would like to try to email him. I don't want to post his name and email address here as he might now like that. So, please send me your email address so that I can sent it to you directly. You can email him to see if he can help you out....

Mike