[ic] Handling showing up in Ship Modes list

[Ed LaFrance]

At 05:06 PM 02/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Short version: how do I get a handling charge, listed in the shipping
>table, to NOT show up as a valid shipping charge?
>
>Long version: I need to allow customers to be able to upgrade their
>shipping option which is a $4 shipping charge in addition to whatever
>comes up on the standard table. What I have done:
>
>Added shipping method 'gelpack' to the shipping table. Since I didn't
>know how to do a flat rate, I made it 'by price' and price from 0 to
>infinity is $4. (We also have 'usps' and 'nextday' which are both
>tables selected by price.)
>
>Removed the restriction from catalog.cfg to allow customers to select
>their own handling charge. (Commented out # FormIgnore   mv_handling)
>
>Added a checkbox (default checked) to the checkout page for that
>option. (<input type="checkbox" name="mv_handling" checked value="gelpack">)
>
>What I am getting:
>
>The checkbox works correctly ... if I check it, I get $4 in [handling]
>and if not, then $0. So far, so good.
>
>However, 'gelpack' is also showing up in the shipping modes drop-down
>list, allowing customers to choose this as a regular shipping
>option. So, my list might look like:
>
>GelPack $4
>US Priority Mail $7
>US Next Day Express $23
>
>Naturally, people choose the 'cheap' shipping option ... how do I get
>the handling charge to NOT show up as a ship method?
>
>I have not changed the shipping code from checkout, so it looks like this:
>
><SELECT NAME=mv_shipmode>
>   [shipping
>     label=1
>     mode=|[data table=country key='[default country US]' col=shipmodes]|
>   ]
></SELECT>
>
>Thanks for any pointers!!!!
>
>   -- Loy

Check your country table. Is 'gelpack' in the shipmodes column for country 
'US'?  If so, remove it.

- Ed L.


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