total cost for shipping

[mickc90]

Hi
I am trying to put a number of goods on to actinic, they are all different sizes i.e. welding set, helmet, power tools etc they would normaly cost say
£35.00 to sent the welding set,£8.00 for the power tool and £2.50 to send the helmet how can i get it to add up the carriage charges with out using weights

any help would be great...

[TraceyG]

Hi,

how can i get it to add up the carriage charges with out using weights

Sorry, but the only way you can achieve this is to do it by weight.

[Krithika]

Hi

Alternatively you could use this workaround.

1. Right-click on the product (say Welding Set) and select New Component. Assign a name,for e.g. Shipping Charges

2. Double-click on the product and for Pricing Model, select Sum of Product and Components Prices.

3. Now double-click on the component and enter £35.00 in the Price field. Select Welding Set from the list for Associated Product. Click Apply and OK.
Please make sure that the HTML for Name field is left blank.

To stop the component reference and quantity from appearing in the shopping cart, you will need to do the following :

1. Browse to C:\ProgramFiles\ActinicEcommercev4\Sites\Site1 and find the file ActinicOrder.pm. Right-click on it and open it in a text editor like Notepad.

2. Find the lines :
$pComponent->{'NAME'}, and
$pComponent->{'QUANTITY'},

3. Replace these with :
$pComponent->{''}, and
$pComponent->{''},

4. Save the file and upload the site from Web | Refresh Website.

This will however work only if you are not using the Shipping and Handling tables.

Now when the customer adds the product to cart, he will see a combined price for the product and the custom shipping price. However, to explain the total, you can display a notification to this effect along with the product itself.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[mickc90]

Hi Krithika

thanks for the tip, it works a treat, however if someone ordered say two welding sets it would still only cost them £35.00 as i could get two sets on one pallet, if they ordered 3 it would cost them say £45.00. Hope this makes sense.
If i was to add any other smaller goods i.e would i have to make a new shipping band? to get a total cost.

thanks

Mick

[Krithika]

Hi

I think this might become a little too complicated to do in Actinic. Unless we have a basis in weight it would become difficult to fill in the conditionalities for shipping in batches.

Cheers

[mickc90]

Hi
thanks for the help.
is there a good tutorial any where for using weights in v4

thanks

[Krithika]

Hi Mick

There is ndeed a manual with the basic steps to go about this.

Please browse to C:\Program Files\Actinic ecommerce v4\Starter Guide.
In this folder find the file catalogmanual.htm. If you open this with Word, the steps to set up Shipping and Handling are given on Page 24 onwards.

Cheers

[mickc90]

thanks once again

but is there a more advanced guide or tutorial?
,what will i make my default weight in kg , if there are different weights for machines or spare parts i do not know what the total weight will be.
sorry to sound confused ......but i am

mick

[Krithika]

Hi Mick

You will have to use weight ranges to achieve this. For e.g., if the minimum weight in your catalog is say 50 g and the maximum is 2 kg, then you can specify different rates for the products with weights between the two.

Weight in Kg.....................Cost
0.50................................1.50
1.00................................2.00
1.50................................2.50
2.00................................3.00

The weight entered in the Default Weight in Kg box will be applied when none of the above criteria apply.

Hope this is clear.

Cheers

[mickc90]

Thanks Krithika.
Think i have got the idea

Mick