Having Problems getting USPS shipping option running on my website. Need help!!!

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I have downloaded WinZip, I believe I unzipped the USPS file (I am not really sure how you can tell if the file is zipped or unzipped) then I went into cPanel. In cPanel I went under file manager and uploaded the USPS file under public_ftb and it is still not running. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

The USPS K5 version does not support V1.3.9? I am having a problem. My First Class international rates are not displaying on the front page even though I show them in the log file.

Edit the USPS module in your Zen Cart Admin Modules ... Shipping ... and turn the Debug to Log ...

Try another shipping quote, then look in your directory /cache (this is /logs in newer Zen Cart versions) and Zip the Shipping log(s) that is created and attach it to your post ...

Unfortunately, I have been experiencing issues with this as well, and can't seem to figure out what the problem is. I have Zen Cart 1.3.9h installed, and have installed the newest version of the USPS module according to the included instructions. When I enable the module, and fill in all the necessary details, I have found that the shipping page (when selecting your shipping method) turns completely blank. Once I disable the module, everything goes back to normal. Any advice? I verified with USPS that my account is in production mode, so I don't think that's the issue.

Thanks for the help in advance!

First, check that you have the right version of USPS October 30, 2014 K6 installed ...

Go to your Zen Cart Admin and go to Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ...

In the bottom input box enter:
usps.php

Then, select Catalog ... click SEARCH ...

What comes up on the paths to the files and the lines for:

• @version $Id: usps.php

Next, make sure that you have the code file in:
/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php

and that you have the language file in:
/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/usps.php

Next, look in the /logs directory (this is /cache in older versions of Zen Cart) and see what debug logs you have in there and post the contents here ...

Ok, so after doing that, this is what comes up:

/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/usps.php
Line #13 : * @version $Id: usps.php 2014-10-30 ajeh Version K6 $

/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php
Line #14 : * @version $Id: usps.php 2014-10-30 ajeh Version K6 $

Also, here is the log file:

[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/languages/pure_green_free/english.php on line 20
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/languages/english/email_extras.php on line 31
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/languages/english.php on line 16
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php on line 40
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/counter.php on line 21
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: mktime() [<a href='function.mktime'>function.mktime</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/counter.php on line 53
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:45 America/New_York] PHP Warning: strftime() [<a href='function.strftime'>function.strftime</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/counter.php on line 53
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:46 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php on line 840
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:46 America/New_York] PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php on line 1909
[04-Nov-2014 16:38:46 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'DateTime::__construct() [<a href='datetime.--construct'>datetime.--construct</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EST/-5.0/no DST' instead' in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php:1912
Stack trace:
#0 /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php(1912): DateTime->__construct('tomorrow')
#1 /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php(908): usps->zen_usps_shipdate()
#2 /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php(279): usps->_getQuote()
#3 /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/classes/shipping.php(136): usps->quote('')
#4 /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/pages/checkout_shipping/header_php.php(196): shipping->quote()
#5 /home/helkonor/public_html/index.php(38): require('/home/helkonor/...')
#6 {main}
thrown in /home/helkonor/public_html/includes/modules/shipping/usps.php on line 1912

Let's start by getting rid of the timezone error ...

Check this thread and see if it helps:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?208662-date-timezone-patch

You are a true wizard, Sir!

That solved the problem, it seems to work beautifully now. Thank you for your help!

Thanks for the update that all is working for you now ... :smile: