I am currently setting up the shipping tables for my redesigned V9 site and am undecided how best deal with the various UK options.
We are using weight based shipping and are not VAT registered.
I have read the numerous posts on this forum, the knowledgebase articles and the AUG.
I am happy with the Europe and Rest of the world set-up.
For the 'British Isles' I am considering the following set-up:
United Kingdom
Mainland UK
UK Offshore Islands
Northern Ireland
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
I was going to keep Channel Islands and Isle of Man separate from the UK as I believe they are not technically part of the United Kingdom.
I am undecide whether to have Mainland UK, Offshore Islands and N.Ireland as states/provinces of the Country 'United Kingdom' or each as a separate country.
The main problem I am having is with the country name that appears on the invoice.
If UK Offshore Islands is set-up as a country then it will appear on the invoice/delivery address as "UK Offshore" when it should be "United Kingdom", equally if it is set-up as a state/province it will appear as UK Offshore Island, United Kingdom which is not ideal. Mainland UK will also appear on invoices which I am not keen on.
I have read this thread Automatically change country name in checkout which would suggest it is not possible to automatically change the country name.
Listing all the UK offshore islands as individual countries would make the list too long.
I would appreciate any information on how others have approached this or suggestions how I might achieve an acceptable solution. I suspect a compromise will have to be made somewhere, unless I have missed something obvious.
On a similar note is it ok to give the Channel Islands Country a UK ISO code (i.e UK3) or is there a requirement to split it into Jersey 'JE' and Guernsey 'GG'. I am using Actinic Payments and not HSBC.
P.S. I do have a copy of Crystal Reports that I have not yet installed or looked at if that makes any difference.
We are using weight based shipping and are not VAT registered.
I have read the numerous posts on this forum, the knowledgebase articles and the AUG.
I am happy with the Europe and Rest of the world set-up.
For the 'British Isles' I am considering the following set-up:
United Kingdom
Mainland UK
UK Offshore Islands
Northern Ireland
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
I was going to keep Channel Islands and Isle of Man separate from the UK as I believe they are not technically part of the United Kingdom.
I am undecide whether to have Mainland UK, Offshore Islands and N.Ireland as states/provinces of the Country 'United Kingdom' or each as a separate country.
The main problem I am having is with the country name that appears on the invoice.
If UK Offshore Islands is set-up as a country then it will appear on the invoice/delivery address as "UK Offshore" when it should be "United Kingdom", equally if it is set-up as a state/province it will appear as UK Offshore Island, United Kingdom which is not ideal. Mainland UK will also appear on invoices which I am not keen on.
I have read this thread Automatically change country name in checkout which would suggest it is not possible to automatically change the country name.
Listing all the UK offshore islands as individual countries would make the list too long.
I would appreciate any information on how others have approached this or suggestions how I might achieve an acceptable solution. I suspect a compromise will have to be made somewhere, unless I have missed something obvious.
On a similar note is it ok to give the Channel Islands Country a UK ISO code (i.e UK3) or is there a requirement to split it into Jersey 'JE' and Guernsey 'GG'. I am using Actinic Payments and not HSBC.
P.S. I do have a copy of Crystal Reports that I have not yet installed or looked at if that makes any difference.