Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Add new shipping method

The list of defined shipping methods is represented as a table consisting of the
following columns:
- Select column;
- Position - ordinal number of the shipping method;
- Shipping name – name of the shipping method;
- Delivery time – delivery time (text field);
- Weight limit (lbs);
- Membership - membership level which can use this shipping method;
- Available – this field allows you to enable or disable the shipping method in the
storefront.



type the desired information into the appropriate fields;
There exist 2 ways of calculating the shipping cost:
1. The shipping cost is based on the manually defined destination.
- select the ‘Manual’ option for ‘Rate calculation’ property;
- click on "Update".
- in the ‘Shipping charges’ form select the destination you wish to set the rate and
enter the desired data.
2. The shipping cost is calculated by realtime shipping calculator.
- select the ‘Realtime’ option for the ‘Rate calculation’ property;
- select the shipping service you wish (the active services (which are enabled in
Administration->Shipping settings section) are colored).
- click on "Update".
- select additional fees to the calculated cost in the ‘Shipping charges’ form.
- click on "Update".

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