Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Hello, basically i am ultra new to this, but not webdiegn and some coding, all my other problems i have been able to fix from answers in the forum but alas nothing on this one that can help me. We have setup the shop on temp domain to add products etc before we move away from ebay and the address is - http://s116665026.websitehome.co.uk/ - The problem we are having is that the royal mail modual is saying that shipping option not availble on this order. I have tried changing weights in the product catagory, adding multiple items, adding single items, taking the weight off the product, turning the zones on and off. I just dont know why it wont allow me to select it, appreciated i may have to update the rates soon to comply with RM but thats if i can get the thing to work first. One thing i am confused about in the product manager is what does the weight measure in, is it lb's / oz's or kg's / g's so for instance the hl2 game ways 350g's i add that in, save and then go back to shop to check it out. this would normally be fine for Recorded deliv but it wont let me set it up. I have set the zone for the item to UK and also tried United Kingdom but neither will bring up a value. Looking for any help as it will be most appreciated, if you need any extra info from me just shout out and i will do it soon as poss. Thanks in advance, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcollins Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi, How are you inputting the weights. I believe they are in kgs, so 350g would be entered as 0.350. I'm getting a similar problem to you but mine is that when multiple items are entered I get the same message. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hello, i am also putting in the weights at e.g. 0.350 its a strange one but woudl be great if someone could say how to get this mod working. cheers Hi, How are you inputting the weights. I believe they are in kgs, so 350g would be entered as 0.350. I'm getting a similar problem to you but mine is that when multiple items are entered I get the same message. Matt <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambro Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hello, i am also putting in the weights at e.g. 0.350its a strange one but woudl be great if someone could say how to get this mod working. cheers <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just been playing with this mod myself, could not get it to work either. THEN.......... The default zones that this service is available to is US etc, you need to change to UK. Seems a hack of the ups mod, but if you make a few changes seems as though it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radders Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 The units are whatever you want then to be. It is simple as that. Just change the text from lbs to kgs. The module is simply the zones module set up to have 4 zones plus the addition of a few images afaik. It adds things to the database automatically when you install it. If you cannot get this one working then just use zones, but I expect the problem lies elsewhere. Btw the international 2 letter code for the United Kingdom is GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambro Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 you need to change to UK. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry make that change the Zone 1 countries to GB and it works. You will also need to update the weights, costs etc as they are either out of date or not from Royal Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcollins Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Does anyone know how oscommerce calculates the shipping as my problem is somewhat different. I've placed a post here http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129139&hl= which explains it in more detail but basically some products won't affect the cart while others when added give: This is currently the only shipping method available to use on this order. Royal Mail Registered Sorry, this shipping option is not available for this order It's completely bizzare. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arien Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Sorry make that change the Zone 1 countries to GB and it works.You will also need to update the weights, costs etc as they are either out of date or not from Royal Mail. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah changing the Zone1 Countries to JUST 'GB' (without quotes) makes it work fine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Yeah changing the Zone1 Countries to JUST 'GB' (without quotes) makes it work fine :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have now got rid of the problem module when i thought i had it all working, i didn't tho. its the reg.php which gives error's:- it seems to work fine if somthing is on the first weight setting, but soon as you add more items and it goes over to the next price it fails and says its not available. Anyways i spent to long on it and so removed now, setup my own zones shipping as recorded so i have the same functions. only now lol, when an order is above weight the zone doesn't cater for ( in this case 1.0) it will say its not available which is fine, BUT the radio button to check and use that shipping service remains active withuot a price. How can i hide this radio button please as customers cannot check it by mistake. The royal mail module that doesn't work for me did hide the radio check box but this wont. And ideas? Cheers in advance.. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Hi there, Perhaps this is a stupid question. I am trying to understand how zones work. Am I correct in understanding that zone 1 will be the country itself? Also, where does a person change which countries belong to zone 1, zone 2 etc.? One final related question, if I add a new zone e.g. zone 2, does that mean shipping will then be applicable to all zone 2 countries and only zone 2 countries? Thank you in advance. I have now got rid of the problem module when i thought i had it all working, i didn't tho. its the reg.php which gives error's:- it seems to work fine if somthing is on the first weight setting, but soon as you add more items and it goes over to the next price it fails and says its not available. Anyways i spent to long on it and so removed now, setup my own zones shipping as recorded so i have the same functions. only now lol, when an order is above weight the zone doesn't cater for ( in this case 1.0) it will say its not available which is fine, BUT the radio button to check and use that shipping service remains active withuot a price. How can i hide this radio button please as customers cannot check it by mistake. The royal mail module that doesn't work for me did hide the radio check box but this wont. And ideas? Cheers in advance.. Andy <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radders Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 See your admin panel once you have installed the contribution. All will become clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Hi David, Once again many thanks. I now have OSC coming both ears eyss and nose and am missing the obvious. Think I need to take a break. Thanks for this. I guarantee I wouldn't have seen this tonight thus have a good few hours of worrying saved. Cheers, Brad See your admin panel once you have installed the contribution. All will become clear. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiris77 Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Has anyone got the royal mail module working yet? I am still trying to solve that problem and I tried everything I could think of with no positive result? If that royal mail contrib is buggy (possibly) then I think it should be removed from the Contribs area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Has anyone got the royal mail module working yet? I am still trying to solve that problem and I tried everything I could think of with no positive result? If that royal mail contrib is buggy (possibly) then I think it should be removed from the Contribs area. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am also having probs trying to make sense of this contrib, I have installed it, and all is not clear, it just doesn't behave as expected, if anyone works this contrib out, maybe they could post a brief idiots guide (speaking for myself!) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiris77 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 I am also having probs trying to make sense of this contrib, I have installed it, and all is not clear, it just doesn't behave as expected, if anyone works this contrib out, maybe they could post a brief idiots guide (speaking for myself!)Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Part solution: Yes, at least I did until yesterday. I fixed two of them (Special Delivery, and Standard) by putting GB in the Zone 1 country on the admin display for these modules. I found that by looking in the php code, and reading up on the comments. However, try as I might, I cannot get the Registered one to work and it still displays that message. Anyone else had problems with the Registered module ? courtesy of tanwen from this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrw Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 It just doesnt work right :( Look at this tread i posted, link to a shipping module that works okay :thumbsup: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=133396 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiris77 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 It just doesnt work right :( Look at this tread i posted, link to a shipping module that works okay :thumbsup: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=133396 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am so confused now :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clothahump Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 If anyone is going to do the Royal Mail properly they will need the following rates. Maximum weight First class letter and small package. 60g 28p 100g 42p 150g 60p 200g 75p 250g 88p 300g ?1.01 350g ?1.15 400g ?1.33 450g ?1.50 500g ?1.68 600g ?2.03 700g ?2.38 750g ?2.55 800g ?2.73 900g ?3.10 1kg ?3.45 Parcels 1.5kg ?4.45 2kg ?4.78 4kg ?7.20 6kg ?7.86 8kg ?8.96 10kg ?9.62 20kg ?11.21 Give me a shout when someone has done it please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrw Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I am so confused now :wacko: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The royal mail contrib seems to be very buggy, i used this one :2 zone contrib. And set the zones up as each shipping method, 1 for parcel force and one for special delivery, they seem to work See here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
developer_x Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The royal mail contrib seems to be very buggy, i used this one :2 zone contrib.And set the zones up as each shipping method, 1 for parcel force and one for special delivery, they seem to work See here! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I dont really know what zones are really. Plus do you mean that one can use the above contribution in such way that one can enable( or say make available) any shipping method at a store? If yes, is it ok to use zones as shipping methods? Regards, |rf@N Quote Irfan, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I have added the Royal Mail module and after putting GB into the zone1 section of the admin console it works now i wanted to put the up to date postage prices posted by clothahump above, how do i do this ? I tried entering this into the Zone 1 Shipping table field:- 0.06:0.28,0.10:0.42,0.15:0.60,0.20:0.75,0.25:0.88,0.30:1.01,0.35:1.15,0.40:1.33, 0.45:1.50,0.50:1.68,0.60:2.03,0.70:2.38,0.75:2.55,0.80:2.73,1:3.45 but this doesnt work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Well after looking at another post, i decided to try and make life easie to debug so i deactivated the registered and special delivery sections of the contribution and then added these as my table:- 1:3.96,1.5:4.95,2:5.28,4:8.30,6:8.99,8:10.10,10:10.77,20:12.36 i then made one of my products to be 0.95 as its weight i have tare set to 0 yet the shipping costs shown was ?4.95 !!! which means the system thinks it is between 1 and 1kg any ideas ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrocky Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Hi Guys, I am new to all this and have just installed the contribution myself... so this may help some of you... from the newbie mistakes I made at first. You need to set number of zones in .php file ( I just used 1) You need designate the iso codes for all countries in that zone, (GB is what I used for UK) Then like many of u I have probs with weights and prices... Remember to set the tare weights of parcels.... in Admin>Configuration>shipping/packaging eg, i set small packets to 0.04, and the percentage to 150, because i got parcels at about 6kg Hope this helps. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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