I looked through the forum quiet a bit but couldn't find a post which really combined all the things im after.
Ok... Here goes... hopefully this all makes sense and is possible.
First of all I want the view cart page to show no shipping catagory...
Now here is the hard bit (hard for me anyway)....
When a customer clicks the complete order link instead of being taken to the current default order form I want it to go to a form where the customer enters in their shipping address and chooses from a range of shipping method options for example Express, Courier etc. Also I want to have a Local Pickup option in which no shipping is charged.
Then when proceeding to the next page (which will ask for their payment information + enter the shipping information they have already entered) their shipping will be calculated on weight (entered in product add) + shipping method (courier, express) + postcode. So on the page where they enter their payment information it will display shipping in their total price.
The way I want to do it is so I will have set prices for each post code based on a weight division and the shipping method they choose for example.... Probably an easier way to do this but this is all I have come up with because I only ship in three weight divisions. which are 0-3kgs 4-16kgs 16-25kgs.. If an order weight exceeds 25kgs then the price needs to be doubled.
WEIGHT = 0-3kgs
POSTCODE = 2000 - 2220, 2234, 3000-3333 (and so on... would be a very long list)
Express = $5
Courier = $3
WEIGHT = 4-16kgs
POSTCODE = 2220, 2234, 3000-3333 (and so on... would be a very long list)
Express = $9
Courier = $6
WEIGHT = 16-25kgs
POSTCODE = 2220, 2234, 3000-3333 (and so on... would be a very long list)
Express = $15
Courier = $11
When I think about this it seems as though in theory it should work... I just don't know the process I need to use to make this all possible.