[Old] Royal Mail Modules

The document root is your public_html folder.

The php_flag's should work fine in the .htaccess file there - unless your server has PHP running as a CGI module.

1. Is your server linux or Windows?

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:

Server API Apache

Indeed it is in that folder.

The server is Server OS: Linux 2.6.9-42.ELsmp

Pixxi:

The document root is your public_html folder.

The php_flag's should work fine in the .htaccess file there - unless your server has PHP running as a CGI module.

1. Is your server linux or Windows?

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:

Pixxi:

2. If you look at your admin->tools->server info, what does it say in the first section on this line:
   Server API Apache

?? :smile:

And when you put those php_flags in the root .htaccess and it crashes, what is the error message?

I am sure when we were using Zencart 1.2.7 orders exceeding our maximum package weight would automatically be shown as two or more packages. Now, in 1.3.6/7 I can't find the same option, so that the shipping estimator just shows no shipping option available.

Using Royal Mail mod by the way.

I've just tried that on a 1.3.7 shop with the RM mods installed and it displays (ie. works) fine.

What is your maximum package weight set to, and what weight did you have in your cart?

What RM modules did you have turned on?

Hi, thanks for reply

Set max weight to 26 and am trying order weighing 32 (have also tried 40) in the shopping basket. When trying the 40kg order a weight of 20kg is shown in the header of the shipping estimator box.

Have 1st class, Recorded and Special Delivery modules installed. I am not using the optional shipping estimator mods.

Cheers

Hi, again.

My fault, sorted out what has happened. We very rarely get orders heavy enough to break the Special Delivery weight barrier, but have just temporally increased that and the module works fine.

Thanks again

The temporary fix for the problem where one has multiple packages over a weight limit, e.g. Airmail has a max weight of 2 kg's is to put in the costs of 2 Kg's plus 1 kg etc.... in the rates. Zencart will unfortunately display that your items would ship in 2 boxes of 1.5 Kg's each, when in reality you would pack a 2 Kg and a 1 Kg box, but the price would be correct.

I am looking in to making a modulus function for this, but the issue also arises that the shipping function in zen-cart is not really set up for multiple options, it relies on one courier that would carry a maximum of 50 Kg's so I think that one shall have to override the max weight setting in packages for these modules, to be the maximum weight for which one has a price.

Beta 2.2 is available from here:

http://bouncing.org/big_royalmail_v2.2.zip

the major change is the addition of eurozone 48, international standard, and international datapost services. These have required zone definitions to be added to location/ taxes. The only main issues that may arise are

a) I may have got the rates wrong
b) I may have got the countries in the wrong zones
c) the channel islands is defined in World Zone 4 for the royal mail, but may not be defined as a zone on your system. In which case a zone "Channel Islands" should be added, then Jersey and Guernsey added to that Zone, then teh Channel Islands zone should be added to "Zone Definition 4".
d) the royal mail has a "rest of the world zone" defined as zone 12. This is a problem for international standard deliveries. France, Denmark etc... some other close by countries do not have the international standard service, they only have Eurozone or datapost, so a dummy entry has been added to the zone definitions. This is because if one were to choose one's country as France, and a dummy zone definition for "international standard" did not exist, automatically the module would interpret France as in the "rest of the world" zone and offer an incorrect shipping value.

It is possible to hard code the module for international standard to ignore countries such as France, but if the royal mail were to redraw the borders, then the hard coding would have to be altered, whereas this way a zen-cart administrator can add or remove a country from the zone definition without having to touch the php.

Thank you,
Philip

Hello, firstly, I'm a newbie so go easy on me!

I'm in the process of setting up my website using Zen Cart V1.3.7 and have so far tweaked only basic layout settings and am now getting round to setting up shipping modules.

Big Royal Mail 2.11 looks like just the ticket (thanks Philip et al) - many of my products are shipped Airmail/Airmail 'International Signed for' (in addtion to UK 'large letter')

I've read through this entire thread and think I may have confused myself regarding installation of BRM2.11. I have a 'virgin' installation of Zen Cart 1.3.7 (i.e. no UK counties) so could someone detail my best installation steps please (I've also read the installation docs and find those a bit confusing - although understand that all the options are required to account for users varying states of configuration).

Thanks in advance,

Jonathan

okay you can totally ignore the ukzr - uk zone records, just put the files from bigroyalmail/includes/modules/shipping/ into YOUR_INSTALL/includes/modules/shipping/ and the files from bigroyalmail/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping into YOUR_INSTALL/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping and then go into zen cart admin and install the modules in the shipping section by going to the modules menu, choosing shipping and you should see a whole host of shipping modules, click on the row and then click install for each module you want.

UKZR is complex as it deals with splitting the UK in regions, but for large letter and airmail it's a very easy install as it basically goes, is the user in the UK ? present the UK options, otherwise give them airmail (if you've installed it correctly),

Philip.

OK, thanks Philip, that sounds easily within my capability!

I guess these go in the core folders (i.e. not my template override)

Also, I note that within those folder trees there are files named ukzr.php - do I copy these aswell?

Many thanks,

Jonathan

Oh it's fine that you copy across ukzr.php just dump the whole lot in the folder, it doesn't do anything unless it's installed through the admin interface, and even then you really should read the instruction pdf before considering doing it. Or check which zones are installed on your system and then ask the forum first.

One thing to mention, you might find that on airmail the Netherlands code, NL is not in Europe, it may be in the "rest of europe" box, if it is, move it out and intot he correct box. It was fixed eventually in one release but I can't remember which one.

Thank you

Philip.

Phillip, did you manage to fix the problem on message #211 by talking privately to him/her? The reason I ask is cause I just install zen-cart on my server and get the same problem. Initally throught it was something else as did someone else who replied to my post in other topic but since than after doing one at a time, etc found out it is this plug in. Only happens when I activate the international options. We can live with no international options for now but would like to have it fix if possible. I tried that bouncing.org small packet PHP file and still did not fix the problem. Lastly you said the Japanese does sizes from other discussions the Canadian one does as well.

iceburn - no the problem was never solved, we knew what was happening but not why it was being triggered and then the user disappeared probably to use something else. could you email me at [email protected] and we might be able to get to the bottom of this.

Thanks for the Canadian info, it will probably be quicker, I've been looking at adding attributes to the products and then basing a ruleset on that, my own lens caps have a small packet/ large letter issue that needs to be addressed so it's still work in progress.

Philip.

Philip,

Just a FYI ..

The error reported in post #207 above is listed in the Wiki (due to magic_quotes being enabled on the server) - maybe worth checking ... :smile:

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Errors#Warning:_Variable_passed_to_each.28.29_is_not_an_array_or_object_in_....2Fincludes.2Fclasses.2Fdb.2Fmysql.2Fquery_factory.php_on_line_100

Thanks Pixxi, we'll compare server configs, though it's odd that they have a limit of either 6 normal modules or 1 airmail module, so I'm going to work out which bit is triggering it.

Hi
the modules all install without a problem, but when viewing international signed for, the costs are under the side box

Special delivery and courier option are fine.

link here http://www.realraptors.co.uk/cart-images/zen/shipping.gif

Any idea's

thanks

Andy

yes put a <br /> in the file /includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/rmamisfsmallpacket500.php
before "<b>extra insurance</b>"

Alas I can't tell how big people's screen widths are etc... or how they have modified their layouts or what sideboxes are visible so it has to be done manually if a layout problem arises.

Philip

yep, that solved it

thanks, and great module

Andy