[Old] Royal Mail Modules

Hi,

I'm having a little problem with the big Royalmail 2.1 module. Sorry if this has been posted before, but I can't seem to find the answer!.

I have installed Royalmail 2.1 but I don't know how to get it to work. Do I need to do anything else in the Shipping section in Admin?

I have given each item a weight and need my shipping to work by weight. But it dont want to work... what have I missed?
It would help is there was a 'shipping set up for dummies' for the royalmail shipping module.

Any help would be great.

Thanks
Dan

After you installed the mod, did you activate (install) them in admin?

Admin->modules->shipping

Click on each module, then click on 'install' and set your parameters up (such as min/max value of goods) then click 'save'.

Do you then get the RM shipping modules showing when you checkout?

Yes I have them all installed and have stuck with the default settings for the min/ max values.

Each item has is's own weight but when they are added to cart and I go to the check out I dont get any shipping opitons at all. Do I only have to have the Royal mail mod installed and no others?

pcmt:

Thanks again. I went ahead and deleted all the duplicates.

I know what happened here. Using the "JollyJim" sql file that comes with the download I'd added the zen_ prefix to all the mysql commands, as my tables all have that prefix. However, I'd missed a couple first time round, and mysql threw up an error. I fixed the error and ran it again not realising that some data had been already been entered.

In case anyone else encounters this, it might be useful to include an sql file in the download that has the zen_ table prefix added where required.

One other small point: shouldn't "Lotian" be "Lothian"?

Excellent modules though.

Best regards,

Patrick

Right sorry about this about the forum is just not telling me when there are new posts. If you had installed the sql through the zencart admin facility by clicking on tools > install sql patches then it will automatically add your prefix to the tables so you wouldn't have to use phpMyAdmin. Which probably would be quite useful information for your future progress.

pcmt:

Found it: ukzr_optional_county_install-0.0.1.sql line 258 - Arran is given a zone_country_id of 222. That's why Arran was appearing too often (nothing against Arran). See Inverness also.

Patrick

Nope, one of the Arran's goes into the United Kingdom region, the other goes into the Scottish region, they are not duplicates they are so that Arran appear if Scotland or the UK is selected as somebody's country.

ARRSE:

Firstly, a massive thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this fantastic module.

I've been using the UKZR option to create additional zones for international parcelforce. I think it might be worth adding a section to the instructions to make it explicit that you need to add items to the language file for additional zones, i.e you need to create includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/YOUR_THEME/ukzr.php and add the following lines for each additional zone (n) as appropriate:

but big_royalmail ships with

big_royalmail_v++/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/ukzr.php

if that is in place then it should find it in preference to an overidden template unless I am misunderstanding something. Please elucidate.

DanAllkins:

Yes I have them all installed and have stuck with the default settings for the min/ max values.

Each item has is's own weight but when they are added to cart and I go to the check out I dont get any shipping opitons at all. Do I only have to have the Royal mail mod installed and no others?

Sorry the forum does not seem to be telling me when there are new threads, Royal Mail should work with everything apart from a bug with "free shipping" which is irritating but it does still work. How heavy are your items ? and what cost ?, we'll try and get one thing working at a time.

Pixxi:

After you installed the mod, did you activate (install) them in admin?

Admin->modules->shipping

Click on each module, then click on 'install' and set your parameters up (such as min/max value of goods) then click 'save'.

Do you then get the RM shipping modules showing when you checkout?

Hello Pixxi, forum hasn't been telling me about any new posts, I am around for the next few months, so if I could impose on you to tell me about anything new just in case I don't get told until I've sorted this out.

Thanks

Phillp

Dan, Each of the modules has a 'hide if invalid' switch which is set to true by default. I find setting it to allow the shipping to display always, i.e. don't hide, is usually the easiest way to clear up any shipping problems.

Chuck

There is another version at

http://bouncing.org/big_royalmail_v2.11.zip

which fixes a small optional bug in shipping.php whereby people were getting directed to my own personal website.

bouncingltd:

Sorry the forum does not seem to be telling me when there are new threads, Royal Mail should work with everything apart from a bug with "free shipping" which is irritating but it does still work. How heavy are your items ? and what cost ?, we'll try and get one thing working at a time.

I've done as Chuck said and it started to give me shipping rates... but when I go to check out the price for the shipping is way over what it should be.

The item I'm testing with is a DVD, weight=0.125kg, but when it comes to check out its saying 3.125kg and giving a hight shipping cost.... any ideas?

Cheers
Dan

Go into admin->configuration->shipping/packaging

You'll see a setting there for '3.0' - set that to zero. It's adding an extra 3.0 units to your weight.

Philip - will do. (BTW, did you mean 'shipping.php'? - that seems to be in includes/classes, I don't think your mod has changed that file, has it?)

Dan - to be more precise:

Change:

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight 0:3

to:

Package Tare Small to Medium - added percentage:weight 0:0

... long time since I looked at that page :smile:

DanAllkins:

I've done as Chuck said and it started to give me shipping rates... but when I go to check out the price for the shipping is way over what it should be.

The item I'm testing with is a DVD, weight=0.125kg, but when it comes to check out its saying 3.125kg and giving a hight shipping cost.... any ideas?

Cheers
Dan

And the Pixxi strikes once more ! he always answers that one ! it's earlier on in the thread too.

Thanks Guys! that seems to have worked a treat!!!! I owe you one.. :cheers:
Now all I have to do is work out why the Royal mail icons are clipping the center col... might edit so it dont have such a long string of text.

But before I go on... I'll post this question in the correct forum.

Thanks for you help again Guys!

Dan

DanAllkins:

Thanks Guys! that seems to have worked a treat!!!! I owe you one.. :cheers:
Now all I have to do is work out why the Royal mail icons are clipping the center col... might edit so it dont have such a long string of text.

But before I go on... I'll post this question in the correct forum.

Thanks for you help again Guys!

Dan

Generally that is a problem with the style sheet layout or the main box being based around a percentage of your screen, you can either fix the css or put a <br /> in the text which is what I ended up doing in one section of my personal site. You could also just omit Royal Mail or something. Edit the files under /languages/ english for whichever ones are too big, and then remember when you upgrade, to fix them again, Oh and please upgrade to the next version if you are using the optional shipping.php, it's quite important.

bouncingltd:

And the Pixxi strikes once more ! he always answers that one ! it's earlier on in the thread too.

:P Once you've spent ages trying to figure out something like that yourself ages ago when you tried to set up your first cart, it tends to stick in your mind :smile:

DanAllkins:

Now all I have to do is work out why the Royal mail icons are clipping the center col...

Philip will probably explain this better ( :P ) but it's probably because you have both left and right columns set 'on' and a standard-width shop - so there isn't much room for the full string of characters. Solution might therefore be to either:

a) Edit the text to make it shorter (as you mentioned), or

b) Make the center section of your shop wider by either removing the right columns, or extending the overall shop width a little, or

c) See if you can get the text to break onto the next line (not sure how that would look).

(Edit: told you Philip would explain it better ... :smile: )

Oh and please upgrade to the next version if you are using the optional shipping.php, it's quite important. eh ? lol sorry lost me there :huh:

DanAllkins:

eh ? lol sorry lost me there :huh:

there's a file in big_royalmail_v2.xxx/ optional called shipping.php if you are using it please upgrade because I made a boo boo and left in some code that's pointing towards my own website !

:no:

v 2.11 /optional:

shipping_estimator.php
shopping_cart.php
total_big_royalmail_uninstall.sql
tpl_modules_shipping_estimator.php
ukzr_optional_county_install-0.0.1.sql
ukzr_total_uninstall.sql