MZMT MultiGeoZone MultiTable Shipping [Support Thread]

Hi There

My thanks for the reply and sorry I have took so long to get back to you. I cant use ISO country codes as the different shipping zones I want to use are all in the UK.

Should I just delete my Tax Zone and create new zones and give them the tax settings I require and take it from there?

Cheers
Marcus

Create your zone in admin > localization/taxes > zone definitions

After this select it and in the left side box pick "details" then insert.

Select the country from the drop as United Kingdom and then your only choice for zone in this area is "All Zones"

If this is not sufficient for your needs you will have to create them in zones - see the ones for Austrailia there

Thanks again, I will take a look and let you know how I get on.
Mac

Hey There

I have this sorted now and it was my misunderstanding of the zones that caused the problem. I now have the geo zones setup and the actual zones as children of the geo-zones so everything is working as it should. (phew!)

But... and isn't there always a but - I now have another problem.

When a user registers, they enter address and then submit the form. It then throws an error and tells them to enter the state from a newly available drop down list and when they do this it allows them to submit the form.

This is ok, I can live with that to achieve the multi geo zone shipping functionality but now if a user tries to edit their address it does not let them. The form does not show the drop down states box and a submission causes the form to error and the user gets stuck as even after an error the states box is not shown.

Any one else had this problem and managed to overcome it?

Cheers (again)
Mac

Hey All

I have installed the Multi Zone Multi Table shipping module and it works great for what is supposed to do but I have hit a few small problems:

1 - When a user signs up the list of states is not shown till they choose country and submit the form. It then throws an error and asks them to submit a state.

2 - A user can not edit there address as it never displays the list of states and the form just errors each time you try to make a change.

Ok, we can live with number one, that is ok but number two needs sorting. Now, I am pretty sure that it is the mzmt module that has broken this but I am unsure how to fix it.

Any ideas?

P.S. I searched the whole board and this forum for an answer but could not find anything. Thanks again! Mac

A url to this

What Version of Zen Cart?
What server class?(win or 'nix)

The board is here:

http://www.akdappliances.co.uk/

You can simulate this by signing up and then trying to change your address. It allows you to select country but then tells you that you have not selected a country.

Very odd.

It is running in a *nix environment, all pretty standard stuff as far as I can tell.

You are a star kobra, you always answer my threads, If I can help you or your business in anyway for the help you have given me then I would be more than happy to.

Thanks again!
Marcus

What Version of Zen Cart?

The country dropdown was an issue I think in 1.3.5 but I am not sure if it was at this screen??

**Version information gives me this:

Zen Cart 1.3.7

Database Patch Level: 1.3.7

v1.3.7 [2007-07-09 12:35:54] (Fresh Installation)

**

Looking your template looks to be one based upon a template monster layout - is this correct?

CHeck the files that were with this template that may be of an older version as they are noted for this

Ahh, that sounds plausible. I did find it curious that the versions on these templates seem to just jump up versions as they need to. I guess they test with the basic functionality and if all is ok then they up the version number. A bit naughty really.

I have had a pretty bad run of it with this template as it goes and my big push after getting this done is to figure out how to completely redesign them myself as this black void of knowledge with regards to how everything works is all pretty annoying.

So... if I download the latest version and compare some files such as 'tbl_modules_create_account.php' & 'tpl_account_edit_default.php' from the 'includes/templates/<my template/templates/ then I could attempt to update them from and see if it fixes the issue?

Well, I will give that a go, and report back. If anyone has any suggestions that would be ace and thanks to all that have contributed to helping me with this problem. I am building up knowledge and should hopefully be able to give something back to the community soon. :)

Cheers again all
Marcus

Ok, i have updated a bunch of pages but I still have a problem when trying to update an address on the address_book_process page.

I compared the following files from my template directory with the template_default directory and they were all from about the end of 2005 to the beginning of 2006.

tpl_account_default.php
tpl_account_edit_default.php
tpl_account_history_default.php
tpl_account_history_info_default.php
tpl_address_book_process_default.php
tpl_modules_create_account.php
tpl_modules_product_listing.php

The ones I replaced them with were about six months newer so there was definitely old files being used.

But, as I said, this has not fixed the problem so... is there any other files you would recommend I update? Is there any function files or anything else that could be causing the issue.

Thanks again all!
Marcus

The ones I replaced them with were about six months newer so there was definitely old files being used.
I hope that you did not just replace with later files??

What you need to do is "merge" the changes that the original (module) file made for it's function with those changes in any updated file to allow the module to function

Hey Kobra

Yeah, I just replaced the files in my template directory with the newer ones from the template_default folder and this did not break anything but it did not fix the issue either.

I checked the differences between the files and they seemed like bug fixes and small tweaks really rather than anything major though.

so... when you say: "What you need to do is "merge" the changes that the original (module) file made for it's function with those changes in any updated file to allow the module to function"

How would I go about this? Is there anyone using the MZMT mod who has modified these files and if so how would I go about identifying what differences there are and in what files.

Thanks for the help again, thought I was making a bit of progress so, Doh!

Get either the free winmerge or buy BeyondCompare or another "diff tool".
These load and compare 2 minium files, and highlight the differences.

There is the mod file with changes/additions to the original for the purpose of making the mod work. Then there are Zen Cart changes between versions(only some files) that contain alterations for at least one of several reasons and these changes are normally required to make the version function as expected.

The diff tool allows one to locate and see the differences easier. The best solution is to obtain the same original file that the mod file was created from and compare all 3 so one can tell what was orig , what the mod altered/added and what the current file has. And tell what are changes between the orig and the current and what the mod differences are, and then you can incorporate these mod changes into the current file.

The only hang here is if you uncover that there are lines that were in the orig that the mod changed and they are then again changed in the current. As in this case, the current code is most likely required for porper function and the mod altered code would require a re-write based upon the new/current code.

More difficult if you have several mods and find that there are changes to the same file for more than one mod

Look at the files and find this type of entry to compare if the file is of the same vintage

 * Side Box Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_search_header.php 4142 2006-08-15 04:32:54Z drbyte $

Ahh, ok, thanks again. That sounds doable if not a massive pain the arse.

Ok, I will dive in and take a look.

Thanks again for your help!
Marcus

Hi all,
I have set up the international zones in admin>locations/taxes>zone definitions according to Australia Posts' zones.

How do I export and which tables do I export so that other Aussies are saved the time and effort of defining those international zones?

I also think that my includes>languages>modules>shipping>mzmt.php file would go with the sql file.

I think that clear detailed instructions on creating the sql file would be very helpful to lots of zenners.

Thanks in anticipation, Alan.

Hello All,

I've been sorting through the different forums here and I've noticed that people have recommended the MZMT add-on module for calculating percentage of total shipping on orders within zen-cart. Nobody seems to have the issue I'm having either which leads me to believe I'm missing something extremely simple. I downloaded the module, read the instructions and installed the appropriate databases. According to the instructions, I should be able to calculate shipping as a percentage of the total amount by entering a percentage value in the table. However, when I do this it's as if MZMT is ignoring the percent sign and seeing the number as an absolute value. The instructions specifically say that percent signs are allowed within the table. Here's what I currently have in my shipping table:

5000:10%

I want shipping to be calculated as ten percent of the total amount for orders up to $5,000. Instead, the shopping cart shows a shipping charge of $10.00. What steps am I missing? I should also add that I do have the calculation method set to calculate shipping based on price.

Thank you for any help provided.

Brad

Nevermind. I found the problem. My ftp client never transferred the php shipping module file or the language file over to the server. The problem is fixed.