USPS question

[janway]

I have searched but cannot find it. Where would I find the lines to change to have USPS standard post show up as different wording? I found and changed fedex's already but cant find this one. I did see some interesting comments about USPS

[havenswift-hosting]

Hi

I have split your post to a new topic.

 

Ian

[Al Brookbanks]

Hi Janway,

 

Welcome to CubeCart! You can change the text by editing the modules/shipping/USPS/languages/module.definitions.xml file.

[bsmither]

The USPS API returns to the calling function the names of all the Services available based on the info submitted in the Rate Request.

 

These USPS Official Service Names are used (with very minor correction) in the list that is displayed to the customer as shipping options.

 

Changing the language file will result in changing what you see listed in the admin screen where you enable/disable the desired methods of shipping.

 

To change what gets displayed to the customer would require a bit of editing to the shipping class -- replacing the returned Official Service Names with custom phrases based on the CLASSID of the service.

[Dirty Butter]

Will editing the CLASSID allow one to remove the "2 Day" type wording on Priority?

 

Since they started that wording, we've had customers from the other side of the country writing 2 days after ordering - wanting a Priority refund because it hadn't arrived.

 

If so, which file needs changing?

[bsmither]

With a bit of coding, I'm sure it would.

 

But this begs the question, if the USPS has given a rate for Priority-2Day, are you actually telling the USPS counter person to send it out as Priority-2Day?

 

I would also look at the admin panel for USPS and disable the Priority-2Day option -- if it's there. If not, the module should be queued for an update.

[bsmither]

Looking at the CLASSID values (dated July 2013), the response will include the phrase "1-Day", "2-Day", "3-Day", "Military", or "DPO" depending on the calculator's best guess at the average in-transit times based on the pickup and delivery post codes. The USPS also states there is no commitment to these in-transit times, other than Priority Mail Express.

 

So, there is probably nothing to update, and finding and killing those phrases should be easy. The code to add would be added near line 160 in shipping.class.php.

 

Try:

$mail_service = str_replace(array("1-Day", "2-Day", "3-Day", "Military", "DPO"),'',$mail_service);
$package[] = array(
  'id' => (string)$option['CLASSID'],
  'name' => $mail_service,

 

[Dirty Butter]

Unintended consequence - the View Basket button disappeared from the little basket after clicking icon. Changed to Blueprint skin and tried to view basket from there. Successfully clicked button, but CC than crashed.

 

Commented out the fix above, and everything back to normal.

[bsmither]

CC crashed? Maybe PHP complained? Any error logged in error_log file?

 

And maybe my instructions were different than how I normally give, in that line 160 is the only new line, while what follows after that new line is existing code shown for context.

[Dirty Butter]

That's what it was - I copied the whole thing -  ugh!! I did see in Debug that it was the shipping file that had not opened - it may have been there is my modified Foundation, but I didn't notice it. I'll work on it again.

[Dirty Butter]

Yes, it appears to have worked. Will comment again if a customer's order info looks different from my test order.

[Dirty Butter]

I'm going to take Military and APO off your strip code, as these are very special circumstances involving separate mailing choices. The Day designation is just for show by the USPS as far as I'm concerned, as these are not true "choices" to be made.