Trying to change the way the shipping options are displayed

[fujisan]

I have a problem..
We have set the site to have quite a few delivery options but the drop down list customers see is fine but they do not scroll down much. We do have price bands and for orders under £45 then the shipping is £4.95, for over £45 it drops to £1.

What I want to do is give a option for orders over £45. I want them to then choose speed of delivery, £1 for 7 days, £3.50 for 2 days. ( ie encourage the 2 day delivery but still maintain the promise of £1 delivery)

At the moment it works on the drop down list, IF they scroll down..... I want to show the options side by side.

How can I do this ?

Best regards
Andrew

[chrisbrown]

I have changed the shipping choices to display as option buttons rather than a dropdown. This makes it far more obivous that there are other possibilities available.

There is a simple way to change the payment possibilities to show as option buttons (described in the AUG) using Design | Text modifications. Unfortunately an equivalent solution is not available for Shipping Options; you have to modify the Perl script. This is a little more tricky and Actinic does not provide support for modified Perl scripts.

I can provide you with the required script changes but not right now. If you are interested then just say so but I will only be able to post the required code this weekend (sorry but I'm starting a new job tomorrow - after 5 months 'resting' ).

But there again, there are plenty of clever contributors to this forum who could also provide the changes necessary to implement my solution.

[cdicken]

I guess I qualify as a 'clever contributor'.

Please find attached an edited 'ShippingTemplate.pl' that uses radio buttons instead of a drop-down. It needs to be copied into the 'ShipControl' directory

It is for 6.1.3. To see my changes, search for 'CHD' in the file.

[fujisan]

Thank you for the file, it works fine ! Just one thing, you have to get the length right on the first shipping option, then it lists the options in a straight line, otherwise it becomes messy.

But this is much, much better and would be worth making available.

Thank you.

[jacy]

Hi Chris,
I have used your shipping file and as Fuijan says the first shipping option isn't aligned properly which puts incorrect shipping prices next to shipping options.

how can i align them up correctly
and can you make it so it is in 2 columns?

Cheers,

Jacy

[cdicken]

Mitch

What you have there is the extent of my Perl programming prowess I'm afraid.

If it does not look right to you, all I can suggest is switching back to drop-downs by copying in an untouched template from the 'Original\ShipControl' folder.