[solved] transportation amount "on request" and not automatic?

[damien3000]

hello,

 

I have a transportation problem : in some cases, the price should be calculated considering weight and/or size, and may also differ according to the final destination (for example from France (pardon my english) to différents states of the US).

 

I have seen that there is no simple solution in that (complex !) case, and therefore think that it would be easier to tag certain destinations (countries or states) and/or certain products with a "transport price on request" that would appear when the product is added to cart, or when checking the order if the country requests so...

 

Is this possible ? and how ?

 

thanks in advance...

[damien3000]

after a few thinking, i found an easy solution, 'cheating' a bit with an existing option : as my client does not need the 'online only (not sold in store)' option, in product.tlp and product-list.tpl I changed the folling line :

 

{l s='Online only'}

 

into :

 

{l s='Shipping price on demand'} - <a href="mailto:[email protected]">{l s='Please contact us'}

then updated the two new translations in the FO (as the main language is french), and then in the BO where i told PS that 'online only (not sold in store)' in adminproduct means in french 'Prix transport sur demande'... and in english 'Shipping price on demand'.

 

the option is then very obvious in the product page, and you can choose to let on the price and/or availibility, as you want...

 

quite easy to do !

 

hope this will serve, and enjoy !