help with Fastway Shipping Module

Can anyone please help

I am wanting to use Fastway as my prefered courier and not auspost but i can only find this module in oscommerce, does anyone know of one for zencart???

Or, would someone know how to convert the os version into zencart

any help would be greatful

Kevin

I am also interested in it , anyone have any ideas?

Hello, I hope you can assist me?

I've used Zencart to build a Shopping Cart website which is almost done, my only problem is the Shipping Cart module... I am in Australia and the Shipping Cart module does not suit the Australian based Courier Company I am using. I am using a Company called Fastways and Australia Post, everything is good to go with Australia Post, yet the Fastways isn't. Can you custom build the shipping cart to identify with the Fastways Company, if yes, how much would this cost and how long would it take for this to be implemented into my site?
Look forward to your response.
Warm Regards
Christel

I've had a number of requests to write a Fastway Shipping module for Zencart.
Steve Kemp from Snowtech Services has written a Fastway Shipping module for OSCommerce, so there's no need to write one - just port it across.

I'm currently in the process of doing this, and should have it ready for user testing soon.

Regards,
Greg

The good news!! - I have a working Fastway module currently running on my Zencart v1.3.0.2 :thumbsup:

I have not done any testing of this module other than
1./ Confirm that it installs without error
2./ It appears to calculate the shipping correctly based on the current zone tables
3./ It completes the checkout process without error.

I did have some issues(timeouts) installing the SQL patch for this MOD. It has over 11,500 database entries.

I now need to document the installation process before I package it. I plan to make it available as a downloadable link so users can test it first. Once users confirm that the Fastway shipping module is infact working correctly, I will submit it to the Zencart team for inclusion in the downloadd section.

Regards,
Greg

Dearest Greg

You are an Angel!!!!! You've excited me to no ends!!!! Hooray! I've searched high and low, sent out that many emails, joined that many forums and hola'd out that many times and your the first person to come back, I am so grateful to you! So excited! Your a gem!

Fastways pricing is so competitive and I've contacted them on several occasions to see if they could help on this side of it to no avail, which is really quite a shame because it potentially means more business for them if they realised this. Many people are getting online with shopping carts for good reason, and if Fastways can't see the value in getting the code worked out, everyone ultimately has to go elsewhere or make it a manual process which defeats the whole shopping cart experience of automation...

Honestly it is people like you, who take the time to do the coding, who put together Zencart, modules etc, that people like Fastways and so forth should be paying you for! I am happy to pay you for this, REALLY! So please dont hesitate to hola out a payment to show my gratitude for your time taken.

Please advise when your up and ready to test... I be jumpin on ya! Ok, jumpin with ya! Yah for Greg and big big THANK YOU!
Warm Regards
Christel

Oh, I do apologize and hope I don't offend the Zencart Team if offering a payment to Greg, just so grateful and yes I be making my donation to the Team too! Very grateful, and so excited!
Warm Regards
Christel

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OK here it is!
I had to iron out a few more bugs before submitting it here.

The original osCommerce package was supplied with a very large SQL file which caused timeouts each time I uploaded it. To get around this problem I have split the file into 4 seperate files - instructions for installing the 4 SQL files and the package are included.

PLEASE NOTE: I am not a user of this module, nor am I familiar with how to configure the rates etc.

If you are certain you have the rates setup correctly, but the calculated shipping cost is wrong, there are a few things you can check:

• check that you have completed step 1 of the installation
• is the website GST setup correctly
• is Tax Class configured in the shipping module

If the module seems to install OK, but the module doesn't appear during the checkout process, make sure you have a Sort Order value in the module configuration.

Please do not email or PM me for support. Any support provided will be via this forum thread only.

The Fastway Shipping module can be downloaded here:
http://www.ozetrade.net/mods/fastsway_v1.0.zip

Regards,
Greg

Thank you Greg!

Will give it a go and keep posted on the board, most appreciative
Thank You
Warm Regards
Christel

Hello Greg

I have just installed the fastway shipping module and i have come up with 2 errors, the first is when i install the module in shipping modules (1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 's so 500 grams would be 0.500', '6', '0', now())' at line 1) and the second is on the website (1146 Table '****_zc2.fastway_zones' doesn't exist), i am using zencart v1.2.7, can you please help

Regards
Kevin

Hi Kevin,

The error you are experiencing is a typo in one of the files. You need to replace /includes/modules/shipping/fastway.php wih the one available from the link.

http://www.ozetrade.net/mods/fastway_fix_1.zip

Regards,
Greg

That has done the trick Greg, thank you so much for your time and help on this module, i had to make a minor adjustment to line 78, it was ($sql = "SELECT * FROM fastway_zones WHERE $topcode >= f_postcode and $topcode <= f_postcode";) i just added zen_ in front of fastway_zones ($sql = "SELECT * FROM zen_fastway_zones WHERE $topcode >= f_postcode and $topcode <= f_postcode";) and it is now working, again, thank you very much

Regards

Kevin

You might consider using DB_PREFIX, like this, as it is more widely generic than hard-coding "zen_" into it:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "fastway_zones WHERE $topcode >= f_postcode and $topcode <= f_postcode";

The link below has a revised package which has had previously mentioned fixes applied, and the SQL statement modified as suggested by DrByte. :thumbsup:

http://www.ozetrade.net/mods/fastsway_v1.0.1.zip

Keep the feedback coming - good or bad, so the module is finalised early and can be placed in the download section.

Regards,
Greg

Hi everyone,

just wondering how the module is going for those who have downloaded it. Any hiccups?

Michelle

Hello Michelle

I have downloaded this mod and so far it is working fine, you just have to make sure that you get all the zones correct in the shipping modules, local zone, short haul etc, if you do have problems, please let me know

Kevin

i was using the fastway mod for a few months with no problems. In the last week it has over and undercharged and now i get a blank shipping page if i have fastway and austpost installed. Any ideas. Christmas comming, couldn't be a worse time for this to break.

Thanks Kevin.

Sorry Marknew, can't help. My partner looks after all that. We had a few issues, but he uninstalled it and re-installed and now it works fine.

Michelle

Hello everyone

I am looking at this module with the intent of changing it over to fit the NZ market and codes, I am also going to have a go at modifying it to suit a number of other major couriers here in NZ. In fact I have already made requests from all the major carriers for there relevant information (shipping dest codes and the like).

Anyway, I have what may seem like a silly question, but I need to clarify for myself.

When processing the shipping in ZC with this module, where does the destination information that is used for calculating the shipping come from, does the user have to enter it, or is the pulled from their details when they created their account?

I already know that we have to setup the origin of shipping first.

Thank for any comments, and I will let you know how I am progressing with my conversion.

Regards

Fred

maori1:

Hello Michelle

I have downloaded this mod and so far it is working fine, you just have to make sure that you get all the zones correct in the shipping modules, local zone, short haul etc, if you do have problems, please let me know

Kevin

Hi Kevin

Its been a while since you posted your response to the Fastways question.... but can you help by explaining what I need to do to get all the zones correct? I have installed the module but am not sure how to define the zones?

Many thanks

Deb