Change "shipping amount" to "phone number"

bucks · March 26th, 2009, 04:30 PM

When a user is placing an ad there is a text box for "shipping amount"

Id like to change that to say "phone number" instead..

What do i need to edit ?

Chuck S · March 26th, 2009, 07:41 PM

You really cant just change that to a phone number sorry. I would say change the language string but the database field is a float field for currency 0.00 so you would also need to say alter the mysql field in the products table also.

bucks · March 26th, 2009, 10:09 PM

Fair enough, how would i go about removing "shipping amount (none)" from displaying in the ads then, see bleow;

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Chuck S · March 27th, 2009, 08:42 AM

You would need to edit the showproduct templates and say remove this

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videogamemojo · April 21st, 2009, 12:35 AM

Hey chuck, currently running 3.0 and was wondering if there was a way to add the shipping amount option directly to a template since that is the one thing I would like to have from 3.1 Thanks for the reply

Chuck S · April 21st, 2009, 10:55 AM

You would need to upgrade because there needs to be database changes and script changes not just a template change.

mike_bbf · August 26th, 2009, 03:32 PM

Hi Chuck, most of time on my site ad users have several shipping options so they leave the shipping field empty when they publish their ad, and include the shipping info in the description.
Problem is the ad ends up with "none" for shipping when that is not correct.

What I want to do is change the "none" in the finished ad to "see below" or "see description" or something.
how do I change this?

many thanks
Mike.

Chuck S · August 26th, 2009, 03:38 PM

You really cant the shipping amount is a numeric amount stored in the database. I would more so think you might want to require shipping amount on upload like so in the uploadproduct template. You add say this in bold in that template

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mike_bbf · August 26th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Hi Chuck, if it has to be a numeric amount, how do I end up with "NONE" in the shipping amount and not "0.00" ?

It is that "NONE" i want to get rid of and show "See Description" instead.

mike

Chuck S · August 26th, 2009, 05:22 PM

Thats just a clause to say none if no shipping is entered. I merely stated the field itself is numeric meaning you can not enter non numeric data in it. Like I said the easiest thing is to make the field required on upload which is what i posted does.

mike_bbf · August 26th, 2009, 05:53 PM

And therein lies the problem, a compulsory shipping amount does not work either, because shipping can be complex; a couple of local price options, couple of overseas options, etc.

Here’s an example:

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Advertiser has not entered shipping, because he knows the item could sell to a buyer in Canada and shipping could be $10, a buyer in the U.S and be $15 or a buyer in the UK and be $20. So he doesn't enter anything in the shipping field but puts shipping details in his description: “Shipping is at cost to destination.” (of course he could have easily detailed each option as well). But now look at the advert the shipping in the shipping field is shown as “None” but that is contradictory with the description. What’s needed, for ads with more than one shipping price, is for the shipping field to show “see description”

(I perhaps should also have said that I am removing the 'buy it now' option form the templates as well because of the shipping complexity)

Anyway, if there is no way to change that "None" to "See Description" then the next best thing is to remove the shipping field/options from the templates altogether, so if you could tell me what I need to remove that would be just as good.

thanks
Mike.

Chuck S · August 26th, 2009, 10:15 PM

Mike you have the option to modify anything you wish. I am only responding here in a support manner. You can modify the templates and add some info to see above for shipping amount if you wish instead of displaying shipping.