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aschobey
Newbie
Joined: 30 Dec 2004
Posts: 2
Location: NM
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 FedEx Real-time shipping calculations
Are FedEx Real-time shipping calculations no longer available?
I find nothing listed about it beyond the statement on the Agoracart.com homepage that it IS available.
If it IS available, where could I find instructions on setting it up?
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| Tue Jun 14, 05 3:52 pm |
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scottcrew
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Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 7516
Location: The West Side of MI USA
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It is not available for this current version... actually, not even for the next version.
FedEx has made it very difficult to connect to their API, therefore the FedEx shipping module has been put on the back burner.
HTH!
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| Tue Jun 14, 05 4:35 pm |
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abayyari
Newbie - Two Blades
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
Posts: 26
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I went to the Agora Database Manager and modified my Shipping Settings so that i would only accept USPS. I selected "NO" for FedEx and UPS and saved my changes but they still show up every time i checkout.
Is there a trick that I'm not aware of or something? 
http://www.softkeyconsulting.com/shoppingcart3/agora.cgi
Thanks
Ahmed
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| Wed Jun 22, 05 3:30 pm |
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scottcrew
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Location: The West Side of MI USA
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Yep, you also have to edit the 2Checkout-orderform.html file in the 'html/forms' directory of the store.
In viewing your source code I noted that you have some elements that are out of place in your header file.
In particular:
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Treasured Secret</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style6 {
font-family: Script;
font-size: xx-large;
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
}
.style8 {
color: #DA0008;
font-size: 36px;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" background="images/fon.gif">
Please view the following threads for information as to proper placement of these elements used with AgoraCart:
http://www.agoraguide.com/faq/viewtopic.php?t=1156
http://www.agoraguide.com/faq/viewtopic.php?t=358
Improper placement of HTML tags and elements will affect the rendering of a dynamically built page, ultimately affecting the function of the cart....
HTH!
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| Thu Jun 23, 05 4:36 am |
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abayyari
Newbie - Two Blades
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
Posts: 26
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Thanks for the reply. I corrected the CSS code and edited the 2Checkout-orderform.html to allow only USPS delivery. I then registered with USPS and received the following URL for their test server and entered it in Agora manager under the shipping settings (USPS API URL):
http://testing.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll
I entered my user id and password that i received from USPS but it still doesn't calculate the shipping cost in real time.
As i understand it, FedEx is not supported so i removed it completely. However, let me know if it's currently supported in this version of Agora.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ahmed
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| Wed Jun 29, 05 4:27 pm |
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scottcrew
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Location: The West Side of MI USA
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Ahmed,
Do not use the test URL, it is well known that it will not work.
Just tell USPS that you are ready for the production URL and it WILL work.
FedEx is not supported in this version nor is it in the next version. FedEx just keeps making a can of worms for the programmers. It may be made available for the next version, but it would only be available to Premier Members when it is available.
HTH!
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| Wed Jun 29, 05 5:50 pm |
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MarcyM25
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Joined: 31 May 2005
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Fedex is supported in the Pro version though, yes?
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| Thu Jun 30, 05 12:16 pm |
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scottcrew
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Joined: 13 Feb 2004
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Location: The West Side of MI USA
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No... There is no working FedEx module for either versions.
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| Thu Jun 30, 05 12:32 pm |
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abayyari
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Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Scott, i did just like u said and everything worked great. I emailed USPS customer service last night to activate my account to use their production server and they updated my profile this morning. I ran a quick test on my website and it worked with no problems.
One question though, if some one entered an incorrect combination of zip code and state, what would happen? I ran a few tests and it looks like the zip code info overrides the state. For example, if i supplied a zip code for Ohio and selected New York from the drop down menu for the state it will still calculate the shipping price for Ohio and ignore the state.
Is my assumption correct?
However, It would be nice if this gets checked against the credit card billing and shipping info so that no one can trick the system into charging less shipping. For example, if someone lived in New York, they could supply false shipping info to the Agora Cart so that it would charge less for shipping and then supply the correct info when processing their credit card (Basically supply a zip code in the Agora cart that is close to the shipper to avoid paying extra shipping charges). Does that make sense? Is there anyway to avoid that?
Thanks
Ahmed
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| Thu Jun 30, 05 5:24 pm |
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scottcrew
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Location: The West Side of MI USA
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Ahmed,
I thought USPS did check state & zip... maybe they loosened it up.. I dunno...
I'm not sure what gfateway your are going to use, but if you use Offline, you can manually check that info and charge the appropriate amount.
HTH!
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| Thu Jun 30, 05 5:45 pm |
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abayyari
Newbie - Two Blades
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
Posts: 26
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I supplied an Ohio zip code and selected "AR" and it calculated the shipping for Ohio. Then i reversed it, entered an Arkansas zip code and selected "OH" and it calculated the shipping for Arkansas. It doesn't give any errors for such a mismatch.
I will be using an online gateway to process credit cards and will add paypal as an option. I still haven't figured all that out yet but hopefully it won't take too long to set all that up. Any helpful resources?
Thanks a lot for all your help and the quick responses
Ahmed
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