[Old] Royal Mail Modules

Version 2.3.5 is now available from here until it is in the add-ins section:

http://exploitingit.co.uk/versions/big_royalmail_v2.3.5.zip

Bug fixes to the Standard Parcels Modules (no need to re-install just place the files on the server)
Optional Shipping Estimator now updated to 1.3.8 code and re-arranged in the optional folder to make installation easier.

I have just updated the optional shipping estimator, but it is no longer working for me. It will only show me quotes for the UK even if I select another country?
If I replace with the previous version of the estimator it works fine, any ideas?

Also with either version of your estimator, if i no shipping is available I get this message:

TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE

Is this correct as when looking at your files it seems I should be getting a more user friendy message?

The constant should be defined in includes/languages/languages/english/shopping_cart.php at the bottom of the php, I've checked the zip file and it should be in there but I'll confirm if I've cocked up the instructions as to where to put it. Regarding the english thing I must investigate this further, and will get back as soon as I've set up a clean test site as it was working when I sent it outbut the test site I've been using has had a lot of modifications over the last couple of months.

There may be an issue in that originally there were 3 files, and if you previoulsy has it installed, then file number 3 from the old version may be causing a problem which is just what I can think of, off the top of my head. Back soon
Philip.

tonyrobbo:

I have just updated the optional shipping estimator, but it is no longer working for me. It will only show me quotes for the UK even if I select another country?
If I replace with the previous version of the estimator it works fine, any ideas?

Also with either version of your estimator, if i no shipping is available I get this message:

TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE

Is this correct as when looking at your files it seems I should be getting a more user friendy message?
I have confirmed that the problem with the shipping_estimator where it does not display non-gb countries is caused by having an old shipping_estimator.php installed from an previous version of the Big RoyalMail modules. You need to replace includes/modules/shipping_estimator.php with the one from whichever version of zencart you are currently using e.g. 1.3.8 when I install the old optional estimator and then upgrade it to the new, the same error, so I should have made it clearer in my instructions about the need to revert, sorry.

With regards to the error message not being displayed, I am just working my way through that now.

Philip.

tonyrobbo:

Also with either version of your estimator, if i no shipping is available I get this message:

TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE

Is this correct as when looking at your files it seems I should be getting a more user friendy message?

:oops: Okay I made a mistake up there stating that shopping_cart.php should be in includes/languages/languages/english/shopping_cart.php it should be in includes/languages/english/shopping_cart.php like it is in the zipped up 2.3.5 version of the module, attached is what is displayed when it is in the correct place.

Philip

Yes that fixed the quote problem, the TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE, TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE

problem still remains tho.

Thanks Philip

Is your site using a template override ? that's the only thing I can think of, find shopping_cart.php on your shop and then muck around with the defines until you can change the text of the estimator, it maybe that the default location is being ignored in favour of a template. I'm just going to muck around with mine and see if I can find a possible overried location.

tonyrobbo:

Yes that fixed the quote problem, the TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE, TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE

problem still remains tho.

Thanks Philip
Right I've been able to override mine so I am guessing you need to look for a shopping_cart.php in

includes/languages/english/classic/

or

includes/languages/english/YOUR TEMPLATE NAME/

there should certainly be a shopping_cart.php in *includes/languages/english/ * which shoulc be either the default zencart one or the one from the zip file and then there may be another one later on in the filesystem. My guess is that the file is not in the right place or has been overridden as I've been able to do both (see attachment above).

Yes I thought of that and included it in that folder as well.

I have just switched the estimator from 1= Display as Button on Shopping Cart
to 2= Display as Listing on Shopping Cart Page and it now works correctly, its probably better this way anyway so thank you.

Mine doesn't look as pretty as yours tho?Attachment #5735
Attachment #5736

The one I'm using is the default "classic" theme, I don't have an active shop to play with any more, and thank you as that means that I have cocked up somewhere and that the popup_estimator must be using a different define file, so all I need to do is locate it. It's small info like that, that helps a great deal.

Thanks for the quick response, I was sure I must be doing something wrong.

if

includes/languages/english/popup_shipping_estimator.php

is edited to add these two lines:

define('TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE', 'Not Available At This Time');
define('TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE','<span class="alert">Sorry, we cannot calculate your shipping __COUNTRY__ at this time.</span><br />Ple
ase contact us so that we can arrange a quote tailored especially for you.');

then the popup estimator works properly. It appears that the estimtor does not reference the defines in shopping_cart and only in the file above and english.php (not a good file to alter for a module), so I will include a modified popup_shipping_estimator.php and a 1.3.8 shipping_estimator.php so that people revert back to an original version if they choose to install. Thanks for your help and replies (it's a lot easier when someone replies when debugging even if it is to say if it worked, becasue otherwise there's just a lack of closure).

Philip.

Yes its working here with the popup estimator as well. :D

Hello everyone

OK I'm totally clueless and sorry if this has been dealt with before. Just testing this mod and got this error appearing on my cart:

includes/modules/shipping/rmamisfsmallpacket.php; constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant MODULE_SHIPPING_RMAMISFSMALLPACKET_ZONES_COUNTRIES_2

Can anyone please tell me what I have done wrong?

mod looks super by the way - well once I get rid of that message anyways

That's very unusual as that is not "normal", what are testing out in the shopping cart, e.g. the country; as in theory the module should not get to the point where it looks for that constant (because it doesn't exist).

Philip.

Hi Philip,

not really sure what has happened. I just installed as instructed and then activated a couple of modules in admin. Then when I went to do a test order I added a product to cart and that is the message that appeared.

Everything else looks normal apart from that.

thanks
John

just to follow up

the initial test i did was on first class royal mail for shipping to uk.

i have since turned on a couple of the international mods as well (airsure and international recorded). When I have switched shipping estimator to other countries I am getting similar error messages for all of them.

It's probably due to some change that's been done to the cart in a bygone age and that I have forgotten about. If anyone has any ideas then great. If not I'll just have to stick with the crappy shipping set up I have got. :yuck:

What happens in the module is that for international ones it goes "right that the uk" dump out, then it goes "right that's europe" give a quote, "right rest of the world" give a quote. The only thing that I can think of is that you're shipping is sending some very strange country set up through to the module. It really should stop at "rest of the world" there's a loop that should end, can you change some countries on the estimator and see what's happening ?

Thank you
Philip.

Hi Philip,

The module is actually working in terms of when you swap countries it gives you the correct shipping options and prices. It's just the error messages as mentioned previously appear just above the shipping quotes.

If I could get rid of the error messages as far as I can see the module is actually working fine.

When you swap countries do the error messages disappear ? Is there anyway that I can quickly sneak a peak at this, because I've never seen it skip out of the loop before.
Thank you
Philip. (bte if you didn't know, I wrote it)