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Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

I am using xcart ver 4.3.0 . Is ther a way to edit the check out area where the customer chooses a shipping method? The drop down automatically shows the UPS shipping choices and despite BOLD letters saying USE THE DROP DOWN for other choices,.... people cannot seem to find it.

What I want to do is just have the drop down say Select a Method instead of having UPS being the selected. Where can I edit this?

Any ideas??

Thanks!

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

You can edit the template that shows the shipping methods and just add another <option> to the <select> and make it selected by default. Which template depends on the checkout you are using - if it's FLC check in modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Thanks for replying,
In the skin1/customer/main/cart_totals.tpl I did do exactly that but had no affect,... I don't believe we are using FLC but I will re-look.
I did look at the modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/ before. What file would it be??

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

skin1/modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/shipping_methods.tpl

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Thanks Steve,...

That pointed me in the right direction,.... I do have Fast Lane Checkout enabled. To make the changes I needed I had to edit the skin1/main/select_carrier.tpl file. Although I got some of the changes I wanted I still could not get it exactly the way I want it.

I want "no" delivery method showing until the customer actually selects a method. After reading many posts on Google this seems to be a concern of many of the users of xcart and I sure would like to know how to make these changes so I can help others.

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

i have similer concern.. i have 2 shipping method in drop down .. even after changing the pos. # UPS comes as default while i want my FLAT RATE come as default any help with this?

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

I'm in the same boat, I want USPS to be the default, not UPS.

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Quote:

Originally Posted by cflsystems

How do I make it selected by default? I'm using 4.4.3 One Page Checkout. Here is what I have...

Code:

{*

$Id: select_carrier.tpl,v 1.1 2010/05/21 08:32:18 joy Exp $

vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et:

*}

<select{if $name} name="{$name}"{/if}{if $id} id="{$id}"{/if}{if $onchange} onchange="{$onchange}"{/if}>

<option value=""{if $current_carrier eq ""} selected="selected"{/if}>Please Select</option> <<<=== THIS PART ADDED

{if $is_ups_carrier_empty ne "Y"}

  <option value="UPS"{if $current_carrier eq "UPS"} selected="selected"{/if}>{$lng.lbl_ups_carrier}</option>

{/if}

{if $is_other_carriers_empty ne "Y"}

  <option value=""{if $current_carrier ne "UPS"} selected="selected"{/if}>{$lng.lbl_other_carriers}</option>

{/if}

</select>

Instead of "Please Select" coming up, it defaults to "Other Carriers", regardless of what the added option vales are.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Because $current_carrier is never empty

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Quote:

Originally Posted by cflsystems

Because $current_carrier is never empty

OK, then how can I "edit the template that shows the shipping methods and just add another <option> to the <select> and make it selected by default." as you suggest?

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

Add the option and put selected="selected" without any conditions and take out the condition for selected from the other options

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

How about a way to do away with the drop down box and just show all shippings methods together sorted by price so that the customer can choose the best shipping method for themselves?

Thanks,

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

@GMarler - the solution for this can be found here:

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?p=322593#post322593

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

I have tried to set default shipping method like this

{*
$Id: select_carrier.tpl,v 1.1 2010/05/21 08:32:18 joy Exp $
vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et:
*}
<select{if $name} name="{$name}"{/if}{if $id} id="{$id}"{/if}{if $onchange} onchange="{$onchange}"{/if}>
{if $is_other_carriers_empty ne "Y"}
<option value=""{if $current_carrier ne "FedEx Home Delivery"} selected="selected"{/if}>{$lng.lbl_other_carriers}</option>
{/if}
</select>

in the select_carrier.tpl but it is not defaulting to fedex home delivery.

Re: Shipping Method Drop Down Menu

i use xcart4.5.4 how can i use this?