UPS XML Ready to Ship/Dimensional support

[fourmat]

Hi there,

I need to use the additional features of the UPS XML shipping method that enable Ready To Ship and Dimensional Support,. I see in the database that the packaging and dimension fields are already included in their proper place, but in the admin sections there are no options for adding this information or these options in the product definitions or the UPS XML shipping modules options page.

Before I dig in and install the latest version over top of the other one, do I need to add something or flip a switch somewhere to activate these additional features that seem to be installed but not visible?

Also, what version of UPS XML was installed in RC3?

Thanks

FourMat

[nicholasbw]

Ditto Here, Same exact Question...

Regards, Nicholas

[JohnW]

This is a great contribution and the recent updates made it even better.

You'll need to download the contribution and follow the dimensions.txt information and update your products table to include length, width, height, and RTS, but it's very easy to do. Some of the steps are already done in the stock max cart but includes/classes/shopping_cart and admin/categories need the modifictions done. You should go step by step just to make sure

I'm pretty familiar with this module and the recent changes and it's worth your time to update to version 1.2.6 if you want to used dimensional support. You can just change the unique files, but if you have installed it in the admin panel you' should use remove button before you change the files.

It's really very easy but post here if I can help you with any of it.

In order to make changing product dimensions easier I modified the Quick Updates with SPPC contrib to include length width height and RTS. I've uploaded the modified files to the project page here if you want to used it.

[bkpie]

I deal with both residential shipping and commercial shipping. Anyway to get a toggle for the customer to click between them?

Also alot of COD orders and there is no place to set that up with the xml module that came with oscmax. Any ideas?

[JohnW]

I deal with both residential shipping and commercial shipping. Anyway to get a toggle for the customer to click between them?

That's not an existing option but you might be able to do that without too much effort. Seems like it would be best to make it part of the address book and have it pull from there instead of the config table.

Actually, it's not a bad idea, and I ship to both too, but currently everyone gets the residential rate. But,for the most part the people that are more sensitive to shipping charges are at a residence anyway.

Also alot of COD orders and there is no place to set that up with the xml module that came with oscmax. Any ideas?

COD is an existing payment option, but that seems like a dangerous option to have enabled to the public. You could enable it through customer groups so only people you have approved will have that as an option.

[bkpie]

thank you John. I am not sure how to do that with the commercial/residential but am still looking into it. It is about 50/50 on comm and res as I deal with alot of home businesses with our wholesale company.

For COD since we are a wholesale company everyone has to be approved before they order. With the high rate that UPS adds to packages now for COD I just did not want it to be a suprise to the customers. It seems to go up every year and if it does not reflect that then I waste alot of time explaining to customers why COD charge was so high. I could probably add a message to the checkout page on COD fees.

I do appreciate you taking the time to answer.

Blayne

[bkpie]

John:

I just found this contrib. Maybe you can make it work with OSCmax

osCommerce: Collect Residential / Commercial info for shipping

I am going to try but sometimes I am not always sucessful.

[JohnW]

I wondered about the home business, because I deal with that a lot too. For UPS a home business gets charged residential rates and not commercial. They go by zoning laws and they add it on our invoice if we list it as commercial and it's a residence. How do you get around that?

FedEx does the same. Bonus with Fedex is their "home delivery" delivers on Saturday.

I figured the COD charge was the reason you asked about that, but if you wrap it into your shipping charges then you'll probably spend a lot of time explaining why the shipping charges are so high. Or, worse they don't complete the order. I'm in that same position with oversize boxes making shipping high.

But, if you put it on the COD option, then they can see it plain as day. Or, that's the theory. You can add the statement in english/cod.php so they see it when they select it.

[JohnW]

Blayne, that contrib is basically what I was thinking.

Do you have "Beyond Compare"? It will compare the files side by side and highlight the differences, which makes it way easier for you for any contribution you do. You can load a whole contribution on one side and your catalog on the other and it makes it wayyyyyyyy easier.

[bkpie]

I use winmerge. I have done all the edits (very long) and found where the differences were between the new bts with oscmax and the contribution on everything with the exception of 1 which I did not run into until the end. I could not find what they refered to as line 27 as in admin/includes/classes/order.php it is completely different so I am not sure where to put this change. I found the place they refer to as line 67 but not 27. Anyone help me out here? I will paste the instructions for this section.

Catalog/admin/includes/classes/order.php

Add to line 27
delivery_residence_id,

Now
$order_query = tep_db_query("select customers_name, customers_company, customers_street_address, customers_suburb, customers_city, customers_postcode, customers_state, customers_country, customers_telephone, customers_email_address, customers_address_format_id, delivery_name, delivery_company, delivery_street_address, delivery_suburb, delivery_city, delivery_postcode, delivery_state, delivery_country, delivery_residence_id, delivery_address_format_id, billing_name, billing_company, billing_street_address, billing_suburb, billing_city, billing_postcode, billing_state, billing_country, billing_address_format_id, payment_method, cc_type, cc_owner, cc_number, cc_expires, currency, currency_value, date_purchased, orders_status, last_modified from " . TABLE_ORDERS . " where orders_id = '" . (int)$order_id . "'"); // Res/com Contrib

Add to line 67
'residence_id' => $order['delivery_residence_id'], // Res/comm Contrib

Now
$this->delivery = array('name' => $order['delivery_name'],
'company' => $order['delivery_company'],
'street_address' => $order['delivery_street_address'],
'suburb' => $order['delivery_suburb'],
'city' => $order['delivery_city'],
'postcode' => $order['delivery_postcode'],
'state' => $order['delivery_state'],
'country' => $order['delivery_country'],
'residence_id' => $order['delivery_residence_id'], // Res/comm Contrib
'format_id' => $order['delivery_address_format_id

Blayne