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pennydeb

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  1. Successfully intalled the Paypal Standard as the only method of payment allowed on my Australian site. I do not have to charge GST at this stage so there is NO GST. However postage within Australia does have GST.... so you have to have 10% GST applied to postage for the correct postage charges to be applied by the Australia Post postage calculator. The problem is... When I do a test purchase for an item with cost $1.00 and postage $4.55 (of which includes the GST of 41 cents), the GST is being deducted from the sale amount on the PayPal invoice as shown in the small screen shot below. So instead of the unit price being $1.00 it is now 59 cents.....so why is the gst from the postage which is 41 cents is being deducted from the item ??? Very strange! What can I do to fix this??
  2. The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount. Thanks for the great instructions, but I am getting this error message at the checkout, any ideas on what I have done wrong?? and how to fix this issue???
  3. I'm not sure about all this, getting a bit technical for me.. sorry. All I can tell you that I have been been using the DRC on my old oscommerce site since 2003 till a few weeks ago (I did not set this up orginally) and it has worked wondefully and each time Australia Post updated it's prices they were reflected straight away when the shipping costs were calculated in my checkout. I have been send parcels all over Australia and internationally with not problems. The the few times the postage was out of wack was due to error on our part having the wrong weight for the item say 1.0 instead of 0.1 kg. It seems to be calculating the correct prices on my new site also at this early stage. I will be keeping an eye on this thread with interest. thanks for your the above info.
  4. I would also like to show my products in a grid form rather that a list and the same with the featured products. Can anyone suggest a contribution for this??? Have had not luck searching for a solution as yet. Help would be appreciated. :)
  5. Yep you are right with this as you are charging GST on your products so they can see the total GST amount and then the total inc the GST. I do not have to charge GST for my new little endeavour at this stage so my set up was a little different. I think I mentioned when I was outlining my set up. (I am not new to the admin side of oscommerce just the installation process..it's driving me nuts! LOL Just about there now. :blush: ) So it looks like you have it all sorted.. well done!
  6. You can check and understand this better maybe If you go toAustralia Post site and put the the postcodes wight and dimensions the postage your store has calculated is correct. I used pc 2119 to 2113 weight 7kg and dimensions say 30cm X 40cm X 30cm. I didn't feel it was necessary for the customer to see all the delivery times and weight of parcel...if it takes you a day or two to process the order they will be thinking their parcel is LATE and worrying unnecessarily. So commented that part of the code out so it wouldn't show. So at the checkout when the get to Delivery Information the customer only sees Shipping method AusPOST Parcel Post Delivery to $7.70 I would have liked the "Delivery to 2113" to show.. but can't seem to get that happening?? Hope this help.. sorry I'm still learning as I go but it seems you got the set up correct. I just need someone to help me attach the fckeditor to the newsletter... being trying to find answer for this for weeks now. :blush: :blush:
  7. Thanks Chris, unistalled the ckeditor and in the process of fck install, however am now stuck. All good until I get to the last stages of the install instructions show below. The contribution has a userfiles directory to install httpdocs/catalog/userfiles/ which I did . This was step #2 of the install then I implemented the #2.2 changes with no problems. Then the next step says to 3. Create a directory named: userfiles in the root of your website and give 777 Permission. So does that mean I need another to create a new directory or is this the directory I had to install above? Next 3 Questions.... 4. Insert the path to your /userfiles/ directory in: admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/config.php $Config['UserFilesPath'] = '/userfiles/' ; so here do I change this to '/catalog/userfiles/' and a few lines down: $Config['UserFilesAbsolutePath'] = '/YOUR/ABSOLUTE/PATH/OF/THE/USERFILES/DIRECTORY/' ; and change this to '/httpdocs/catalog/userfiles/' 5. Go to Administration >> Catalog >> Categories/Products edit any of the products to see the FCKeditor in the description of a product 6. Install Addons in the Addons directory. I don't seem to have an Addons Directory.... so what do I do here ? 7. Now you have a complete shopping cart with the best and light editor! [/b]
  8. I have successfully installed ckeditor so it works in the products area using the following install directions But how do I get this to work in the newsletter manager.? I would really appreciate some help with what code should be place where to activate the editor. Unable to find a solution here in the forums. --------------------------- 1. Download ckeditor from http://ckeditor.com/download 2. Unpack and upload to catalog/admin. (catalog/admin/ckeditor) 3. Open catalog/admin/categories.php and find this line <script language="javascript" src="includes/general.js"></script> Add this after. <script type="text/javascript" src="./ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script> 4. Find this code in catalog/admin/categories.php <?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('products_description[' . $languages[$i]['id'] . ']', 'soft', '70', '15', (isset($products_description[$languages[$i]['id']]) ? stripslashes($products_description[$languages[$i]['id']]) : tep_get_products_description($pInfo->products_id, $languages[$i]['id']))); ?> replace with this <?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('products_description[' . $languages[$i]['id'] . ']', 'soft', '70', '10', (isset($products_description[$languages[$i]['id']]) ? stripslashes($products_description[$languages[$i]['id']]) : tep_get_products_description($pInfo->products_id, $languages[$i]['id'])),'id = products_description[' . $languages[$i]['id'] . '] class="ckeditor"'); ?>
  9. SORRY... PLEASE IGNORE MY PREVIOUS POST.. IT UPLOADED BEFORE I FINISHED AND THE THE EDIT TIME EXPIRED. :( :) Ok, I'll try TO help you out here, but please know I am just a novice at this. But hey.. I did get to work after spending many hours seaching for help with no luck then settled myself to checking everthing step by step. The code seemed to be ok..so it had to be something else. Anyway it is working fine now .. so quite chuffed with myself. I was getting the wrong rates being calculated.. and thought that I had "connect" to the Australia Post DRC to get the updates. Being a novice at this, that really threw me as I had no idea how to implement the instructions given on the DRC. But as it turns out, when I looked further into the contribution I could see that it was set up to conect to the DRC already.(as long as your hosting allows it to connect via html.. which is should do) The prices that were being calculated were wrong because of the Zones and also they were not adding the GST. Make sure in your tax rates you have the 10% GST. Initially I did not have a tax rate for Australia as I am not registered for GST and do not have to charge this tax. But because the postage calculated includes GST within Australia.. it needs to be in the tax rates so the postage will calculate correctly. Make sure that in Locations/Taxes>Countries set up in admin ~ that Australia is acutally in the list. Australia ISO codes AU AUS I also had to add the Australian Zones to Locations/Taxes>Zones as these were not in the zone list and are required for the contribution to work correctly. Australia Australian Capital Territory ACT Australia New South Wales NSW Australia Northern Territory NT Australia Queensland QLD Australia South Australia SA Australia Tasmania TAS Australia Victoria VIC Australia Western Australia WA In Locations/Taxes>Tax Zones.. make sure you a folder for both the Australian Zones and World Zone In Locations/Taxes>Tax Classes....remove all tax classes. Create and new tax class called GST with the description Goods & Services Tax In Location/Taxes>Tax Rates....remove all other tax rates showing. Create a new tax rate Tax Class Title~ GST Zone ~ Australian Zones Tax Rate ~ 10.0000 Description ~GST Priority ~ 0 Finally make sure in the Shipping Module you have AusPOST Parcel Post ~ below is my set up. Please note I am not offering insurance. Enable auspost True Dispatch Postcode 2250 Enable Insurance False Insurance Base Cost 4.35 Insurance Addition Cost 1.15 Insurance Unit Size 100 Maximum Weight (kg) 20 Handling Fee 0 Parcel Height (mm) 100 Parcel Width (mm) 100 Parcel Depth (mm) 100 Shipping Zone Australian Zones Tax Class GST Sort order of display. 1 Also I have AusPOST International - AIR Enable auspostair True Dispatch Postcode 2250 Enable Insurance False Insurance Base Cost 7.50 Insurance Addition Cost 2.00 Insurance Unit Size 100 Maximum Weight (kg) 20 Handling Fee 0 Parcel Height (mm) 100 Parcel Width (mm) 100 Parcel Depth (mm) 100 Shipping Zone World Zones Tax Class --none-- Sort order of display 2 It took me a long time to work this all out..really hope this helps. Let me know if it does. Of course back up everthing before you try making these changes.. like I said I am just a novice at this. :blush: Cheers Deb
  10. Ok to try an help you out. I did get to work and it is working fine. Make sure you are using the AustPOST3.011 I was getting the wrong rates being calculated.. and thought that I had "connect" to the Australia Post DRC to get the updates. Being a novice at this that really threw me as I had no idea how to implement the instructions given on the DRC. But as it turns when I looked into the contribution does conect to the DRC (as long as you hosting allows it to connect via html.. which is should do) The prices that were being calculated were wrong be cause they were not showing the GST. Make sure in your tax rates you have the 10% GST. Initially I did not have a tax rate for Australia as I am not registered for GST and do not have to charge this tax. But because the postage calculated include GST within Australia.. it need to be in the tax rates to the postage will calculate correctly. Make sure that in Locations/Taxes>countries set up in admin ~ that Australia is acutally in the list. Australia ISO codes AU AUS I also had to add the Australian Zones to Locations/Taxes>Zones as these were not in the zone list and are required for the contribution to work correctly. Australia Australian Capital Territory ACT Australia New South Wales NSW Australia Northern Territory NT Australia Queensland QLD Australia South Australia SA Australia Tasmania TAS Australia Victoria VIC Australia Western Australia WA
  11. Just tried this contribution... worked beautifully!
  12. I have sucessfully installed the Australia Post shipping module AustPOST3.011 :) As the postage prices showing are out of date, I now realize I have to link to Auspost DRC (Delivery Rate Calculator). I have been to the site drc.edeliver.com.au but I don't have a clue how to do this. Is there a tutorial or thread re how to do this?. I have been searching high and low for the past few days trying to find some help with this. I am just about there with the set up of my site now so really need to get this sorted. Any help would be greatly appreciated. with thanks Deb
  13. Ok all installed no problems getting in intalled and configuring. However when you place an order and get to the delivery infomation at the checkout this is what the customers sees in the 'Shipping Method'box. The images are showing corectly but I dont want all this text showing as show below. Shipping Method Please select the preferred shipping method to use on this order. Please Select MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_TEXT_TITLE MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_TEXT_WAY 2250 - 1 MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_TEXT_SHIPPINGDAYS 1 MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_TEXT_BOXES 7MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_TEXT_UNITS $6.77 MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_EXPRESS_TEXT_TITLE MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_EXPRESS_TEXT_WAY 2250 - 1 MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_EXPRESS_TEXT_SHIPPINGDAYS 1 MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_EXPRESS_TEXT_BOXES 7MODULE_SHIPPING_AUSPOST_EXPRESS_TEXT_UNITS $9.27 So my question is how and where do I go to change/fix this? Once again any help with this appreciated. Thanks Deb
  14. Thanks Geofrey, I thought I was missing something and I was. For some reason I was not able to access the actual data base manager in my Plesk Desktop. My web host checked it out for me and voila! Spent hours and hours serching trying to locate this over the weekend.I can now got to my data bases, click on the data base I am using and see the db amin manger. From here I can go to phpMyAdmin. Have just run the sql fil with no problems. Cheers.
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