I haven't seen this in any of the other shipping logic posts or the documentation, so here goes. I want to set up a completely custom shipping logic based on cumulative product weight, with weight ranges set by me, but NOT referring anything to the UPS or USPS shipping charges. (Over half of my sales go USPS first-class-parcel.) If that's not possible, I want to set up total-product-cost based shipping, again with ranges. It looks like there is a sample of this in the shipping.txt file, but I can't see where or how to put that so AgoraCart would know to use it.
I also get the feeling AgoraCart is really designed for the fairly-computer-knowledgable folks who like playing with code, rather than less-knowledgable people. I didn't think of myself as computer illiterate: I've maintained my own web page www.SteigerFamily.com for years (mostly using Netscape Composer), and set up HTML pages with add-to-cart buttons using PayPal's own usable (but limited) shopping cart feature. I was able to recognize the state/country options in the Paypal order form and remove those outside the U.S. since I don't ship internationally. I even renamed a couple of the user fields. But most of the instructions I've found don't actually tell me what to do -- I do better with examples where I can copy-and-paste and change the elements of the additional lines than "REPLACE ENTIRE SHIPPING SELECT ELEMENT" or "you will need to define the logic array and call the subroutine in the custom shipping logic." After two full days of working with AgoraCart, I have 10 products listed that I'm not satisfied with and I'm not even close to ready to actually use the shopping cart. I can't afford a pro, my net profit from my 2007 schedule C was $98. I don't mind the learning curve and doing the work myself, I just can't figure out how. (I'll be posting questions on other topics in the appropriate fora.) And I couldn't find anything close to how I want to arrange shipping, hence my question here. Has anyone written an "Agoracart for Dummies?" The categories and search function look like they will be big plusses if I can get the system up and running.
Let's see if I can supply all the proper information. I just downloaded and installed the most recent Agoracart version 5.2. My web page is http://www.SteigerFamily.com and the Agoracart home page is at http://www.steigerfamily.com/agoracart/store52/agora.cgi and for comparison, my current store pages are accessible from http://www.SteigerFamily.com as well. I've found the Paypal order form (my only gateway) and read the /protected/DOCS documentation (thanks for the pinned reference to that, Bonnie). SBW is ON. I am using only generated product pages. I want to offer 4 shipping methods: local delivery, standard, 2-day, and overnight, and I was able to set those up in the shipping setup section but I'm not sure what to do with the code it generated, especially since I want to customize the amounts. I do not want to set different shipping costs for different zones or states. I'm sure I forgot some essential piece of information but at least I get a gold star for trying, right? <g>
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