[ic] shipping control

[Mark Weaver]

New Media E.M.S. wrote:

> At 11:50 AM 6/30/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> New Media E.M.S. wrote:
>>
>> > At 10:50 AM 6/30/2004, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> New Media E.M.S. wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > At 08:30 AM 6/30/2004, you wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi All,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've got a problem that I need to address rather quickly. Some
>> of the
>> >> >> products we sell using interchange are such that they will not ship
>> >> UPS
>> >> >> even though individually they meet the 150lb. per item requirement.
>> >> >> Because of this they need to be shipped by common carrier.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What I need to do is check the cart on the checkout page and if
>> one or
>> >> >> more of these items exists in the cart replace the shipping method
>> >> drop
>> >> >> down menu with a message that their contains items that require
>> >> >> specialized shipping and that they should call for shipping
>> costs and
>> >> >> arrangements reguardless of whether they're logged in or not. The
>> >> >> checkout page has to read the cart and alert the customer of this
>> >> >> special nee without assigning any shipping charges to the order.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm really not sure exactly where to start to accomplish this so
>> >> any and
>> >> >> all help will be hugely appreciated.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >>  Mark Weaver
>> >> >>  American Micro - Webmaster
>> >> >>  1-800-558-2058
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I assume there is some kind of flag field in the products table for
>> >> > these items which must go by motor freight? If so, it could be as
>> easy
>> >> > as adding something like this to the cart recap code on the checkout
>> >> page:
>> >> >
>> >> > [if-item-field motor_freight_flag_field]
>> >> >         [tmp motor_freight]1[/tmp]
>> >> > [/if-item-field]
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > ...and then in the shipping info area:
>> >> >
>> >> > [if scratch motor_freight]
>> >> >         [value name=mv_shipmode value='']
>> >> >         <b>Your order requires special shipping arrangements.
>> >> >         Please contact customer service.</b>
>> >> > [else]
>> >> >         (regular shipping selector code here)
>> >> > [/else]
>> >> > [/if]
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > - Ed L.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ed,
>> >>
>> >> I checked both the inventory and product tables and there doesn't
>> appear
>> >> to be any type of flag that the cart could look for. Couldn't this
>> just
>> >> as easily be done with the sku? I've created options for the
>> individual
>> >> products in question, but all they do is half the job in that they
>> >> display a message that tells the customer that the item requires
>> special
>> >> shipping.
>> >
>> >
>> > Unless you are only selling one or two items that require special
>> > handling, or the SKU's for said items contain some common pattern, you
>> > are better off adding a flag field which can contain a binary value for
>> > this purpose - it makes the logic at checkout much simpler.
>> >
>> > - Ed
>>
>> Actually these items do have something in common which is part of the
>> sku. MLVB is the first four characters of the sku followed by a few
>> different letters and numbers detailing their precise application and
>> attributes.
>>
>> So far I've used your example in the file
>> include/checkout/shipping_address and its telling printing out the
>> message for anything and everything that is placed into the cart
>> thinking...well I haven't got a clue what its thinking. Here's what I've
>> got in that file:
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>           [if-item-field sku]
>>                 [tmp sku]1[/tmp]
>>           [/if-item-field]
> 
> 
> Not positive,  but I think at one time somebody added code to
> [if-PREFIX] to allow simple regex's:
> 
> [if-item-field sku =~ /^MLVB/]
>         [tmp sku]1[/tmp]
> [/if-item-field]
> 
> ...otherwise you can just put something like this at the top of
> checkout.html:
> 
> [calc]
>   foreach (@{$Items}) {
>     if ($_->{code} =~ /^MLVB/) {
>       $Tag->tmp('sku', '1');
>       last;
>     }
>   }
>   return;
> [/calc]
> 
> This should at least get you pointed in the right direction.
> 
> - Ed
> 

ok.... it seems like I'm getting closer, but its still either showing
the shipping method menu or its not. There's no in between. Just in case
it matters I'm using IC 5.2 foundation.

I've added a field to the product table, "CommonCarrier" and its a set
field that can contain either a 1 or a 0.

1 = commoncarrier
0 = normal shipping ( UPS Ground )

The code has been placed in the include/checkout/shipping_address file
and appears thusly:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
          [if-item-field CommonCarrier]
                [tmp CommonCarrier]1[/tmp]
          [/if-item-field]
          [if scratch CommonCarrier]
             [value name=CommonCarrier value='1']
             <b>Your Order requires special shipping arrangements.<br>
                Please contact customer service about your order.<br>
               1-800-558-2058</b>
          [else]

          <tr>
                <td align="right" class="contentbar1">
                  <b>[L]Shipping method[/L]</b>
                </td>
                <td colspan="3" class="contentbar1">
                  <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>
                </td>
          </tr>

          [/else]
          [/if]
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Can you see what it is I might be doing wrong?

thanks,

-- 

 Mark Weaver
 American Micro - Webmaster
 1-800-558-2058