[ic] Shipping Method Popup

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Where exactly would this be placed withing the checkout.html?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Götz Verdieck" <goetz.verdieck@com4office.de>
To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ic] Shipping Method Popup


> >
> > Using the Foundation Demo store, if you attempt to buy something and
> > proceed to check out, you are asked for shipping information.  If you
> > do not create an account (or log in with an existing account), the
> > Shipping Method popup list is not populated with any choices.  If you
> > fill out the form completely and submit it ("Place Order"), processing
> > is completed but no shipping charges are included (since you didn't
> > select a shipping method).  It seems that what happens is that when
> > the system tries to build the Shipping Method popup without knowing
> > the shipping location, it cannot since the system doesn't know what
> > methods or costs are available.
> >
> > Since many people (like me) seem to take the Foundation store and
> > modify it for actual use, it seems like something should be done.  I
> > don't really know Interchange well enough to know what the best path
> > would be.
> >
> > One option that occurs to me is to move the Shipping Method and
> > Billing information to another, subsequent page so that by the time
> > you get there, a shipping location will be known and the shipping
> > method popup can be populated correctly.  Is that the "right" thing to
> > do (i.e. will it work as expected)?  Are there other "better" methods
> > of dealing with this?  Are people putting Shipping Method on the same
> > page where Shipping Address is gathered but where the Shipping Methods
> > are being generated?  What am I missing?
>
> Hi,
>
> I had the same problem. The loop over the shipping methodes has a bug.
> But you can solve it, when you insert the following code to the
> checkout.html:
>
>
>      <SELECT NAME=mv_shipmode>
>        [loop option=mv_shipmode
>        list=|[data table=country key='[default country US]'
col=shipmodes]|
>       ]
>               <OPTION VALUE="[loop-code]"> [shipping-desc [loop-code]]
>       [/loop]
>           </SELECT>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> Goetz Verdieck
>
> E-Mail    Goetz.Verdieck@com4office.de
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>
>
>
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