Re: coding for flat rate shipping

["Kenn Martin" <kmartin@infoteam.com>]

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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 08:36:16 -0500 (EST), Larry Leszczynski wrote:

>******    message to minivend-users from Larry Leszczynski <larryl@furph.com>     ******
>
>Hi Kenn -
>
>> I have a client that will be using a flat dollar amount for shipping.
>> The checkout page has no shipping selection and just a line item
>> before TOTAL.
>> 
>> I tried a default entry in shipping.asc with no luck.  I looked through
>> the FAQ and Docs.  There is a reference to a handling charge, but I
>> fall into that group that has trouble understanding the documentation :-(
>> 
>> Anyway, at checkout, how do I get $3.00 to show up for shipping and
>> get counted in the total?
>
>You need to leave "CustomShipping" blank so shipping.asc is ignored,
>then set "Shipping 3.00".
>
>Try these in catalog.cfg:
>
> ########### CustomShipping
> ##
> ## Default: blank
> #
> # The default database column which is the key to the custom shipping
> # calculation. If left blank, no custom shipping calculation is done.
> #
> CustomShipping
>
>
> ########### Shipping
> ##
> ## Default: 0
> #
> # A flat shipping charge that will be added to any order. A
> # zero value disables it.
> #
> Shipping 3.00

It looks very promising, but I must still be missing something.  I
still get Shipping of $0.00.  I did a reconfig in that catalog;
anything else I could be forgetting?

thanks,
kenn

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