I not exactly sure where the problem lies, but I personaly suspect the update products contribution. As for RC2a, glad you told me this now, weeks into it.. lol. I figured I was best to start with the newest, if I was just starting. Maybe this was a bad mistake for a newbie! :) Granted I haven't had any problems until now, but I haven't installed a lot of contributions either. Hopefully this is not the way it will be from this point forward.. (Fingers Crossed!).
I am not sure I am the one to make this work with RC2a, but I will give it a shot none the less. I was wondering if you could elaborate a bit more on this process for the comment of yours, " simply disconnect action from writing anything to the database in php file and put echo statements to make sure sql statements reflect your database settings and configuration "
I have never really debugged php as of such. I have in a way, looking at code and figuring out where its calling from and manipulating from there, based on trial and error. I am looking at the Nusphere PHpEd software and will probably get it as it seems to be very powerful and will help me with future changes as well. But as of right now, I would like to understand the manual way you commented on first.
As for the test account, will this display quoted shipping values on the checkout shipping page? As of right now, I just get " Unable to authenticate user
If you prefer to use eShipper as your shipping method, please contact websitename.com via." Will this display values when I get the contribution working correctly with the test account? if so, is this also a indication of another problem or could it still be linked to the Product update contribution?
Last but not least, in your step #1 instructions it calls for installation of admin\classes\xmldocument_ex.php This file is not included in the release under that directory. It is uploaded in catalog\includes\classes\xmldocument_ex.php Should it be in both directories or just one, and if so which one? Also I believe Includes folder should be added between admin\classes\ in your instructions.
Thats all for now.
Cheers