Fwd: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
Ed LaFrance
interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Nov 30 12:17:00 2001
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:14:13 -0800
>To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
>From: Ed LaFrance <edl@newmediaems.com>
>Subject: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
>
>At 10:41 PM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>nobody got priority mail to work? come on guys im dying here.
>
>I have done it (once) with a 4.6.5 store.
...and though I neglected to mention here, in this case it was regular
ParcelPost service, but I imagine adding Priority service would be quite
similar.
- Ed L.
> Basically:
>
>I took a look at this document:
>http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/r700.htm#Xih82834
>
>..and made an educated guess as to which rate table would best apply. Then
>I downloaded the corresponding csv file here:
>http://www.usps.com/consumer/csv.htm
>
>...and modified it to follow the format of the other rate tables (i.e.:
>Ground.csv).
>
>Finally, I manually added the ParcelPost field to ###.csv, (your zone
>table) which itself is a standard zone chart from UPS, which of course did
>not originally include ParcelPost. Zones, rarely change, if ever; rates
>tables are what my periodically need to be updated.
>
>Finally, I added ppost shipping mode entries to shipping.asc, following
>the model of the UPS entries, and added ppost as a valid mode to US in the
>country table.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>- Ed L.
>
>
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <steve@moddepot.com>
>>To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:42 PM
>>Subject: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
>>
>>
>> > I spoke with Jim privately and we tried a bunch of things and still no
>>luck.
>> > can somebody please help me. I need this working tonight.
>> > www.moddepot.com/shipping I put the files there so you can tell me what's
>> > up. thanks in advance. I will personally paypal you some money if you help
>> > fix this problem.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jim Balcom" <jim@idk-enterprises.com>
>> > To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:07 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [ic] Priority Mail
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 steve@moddepot.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >>How can I get priority mail working? I've tried everything and it just
>> > wont
>> > > >>show as a option. I have the zone and price charts. Please help ASAP
>> > since I
>> > > >>need to convert my business to usps cause FedEx has screwed me 3 times
>> > so
>> > > >>far.
>> > >
>> > > Did it feel good? FedEx is very good at it. But, they are not as good at
>> > it
>> > > as UPS.
>> > >
>> > > Here's the short course in using Priority Mail.
>> > >
>> > > shipping.asc has got have entries in it for Priority. Here is mine:
>> > >
>> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 0 0 e Nothing to ship!
>> > >
>> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 0 150 u PriorityMail [value
>> > > name=zip filter=digits default=22306] {}
>> > >
>> > > uspspm Priority Mail weight 150 999999 e @@TOTAL@@ lbs too
>> > > heavy for Priority Mail {}
>> > >
>> > > That is actually 3 lines, and the columns are tab delimited.
>> > >
>> > > My zone table 220.csv, has had a column added to it called 'Priority
>>Mail'
>> > > which matches the second column in shipping.asc. In 220.csv I added a
>> > column
>> > > labeled 'Priority Mail' and populated it with the data in the first
>>column
>> > > for UPS Ground. It seems pretty close.
>> > >
>> > > My rate tables are in PriorityMail.csv. Someone on the list made them up
>> > and
>> > > posted them. Pattern them after whatever tables you presently have.
>> > >
>> > > I think that you need a PriorityMail.csv.numeric. I've got no idea what
>>it
>> > > is, or why. Just make it. Pattern it after comparable ones in that
>> > > directory.
>> > >
>> > > Go into dbconf/default_db (in my case). Copy something else to
>> > > PriorityMail.dbm and edit it to suit the Priority Mail names.
>> > >
>> > > And, finally, go into country.txt and make sure that you have a line
>>like
>> > > this:
>> > >
>> > > US US fdxg fdxb fdxa uspspm United States
>> > > ^tab^ ^tab^ ^tab^
>> > >
>> > > The order that those shipping methods are in will determine the order
>>that
>> > > they appear in in the drop-down menu.
>> > >
>> > > I also recommend going into catalog.cfg and adjusting mv_shipmode to
>> > > Priority Mail.
>> > >
>> > > Go in to the Admin interface and apply changes. And, then restart the
>> > > server.
>> > >
>> > > Maybe some of these steps are superfluous and unneeded. I dunno. I just
>> > know
>> > > that I've added a few shipping methods this way and it works.
>> > >
>> > > I hope that it works for you!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -= Jim =-
>> > >
>> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > Jim's Linux-Operated Underground Bomb Shelter
>> > >
>> > > Tagline for Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 18:45 PM:
>> > > If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
>> > >
>> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > This Linux System has been up 99 hours
>> > >
>> > > My web page: http://www.idk-enterprises.com
>> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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