[URGENT!] "Show Shipping in the Cart" not working

I want the cart to show the current shipping charges depending on the order ammount. So I have activated the option "Show Shipping in the Cart". The problem is that the charges are shown only from beeing in the last step page of the checkout. When I change the page (e.g. to "home") the shipping charges disappear in the cart again.

How can I reach that the shipping charges in the cart module are steadily visible and up to date (e.g. by increasing the ammount the charges of the next shipping method must be shown)? This is a MUST and VERY IMPORTANT. I hope this is possible in Hikashop which should be.

once I selected the shipping method in the checkout

That´s the issue. The shipping charges should be listed in the cart automatically from beginning without getting to the checkout page first. This doesn´t make much sense.

However, there is no system yet in place to update the shipping method selected in the cart module when the cart content is changed via the cart/add to cart.

That´s pity. Could you change it by adding this feature in the next version?

Well, another question:
Where can I add a link to the shipping charges page (file/view -> which line?)

Hi Nicholas, I am also having the same issue as user ff87.

I activated the "show shipping in the cart" and it seems to be intermittent.

I tested the following(maybe it helps):
- Logged in, viewed an item and clicked the "add to cart"
- no shipping fees appeared in the cart:

- refreshed several times, no success
- clicked the "proceed to check out"
- Shipping appeared under the Shopping cart
- clicked on the product once again and the shipping fee was still visible:

- clicked "home" and several other pages and shipping fee was still visible.
- added another item to cart (same item - so not I have more than one) and shipping disappeared again.

apparently the shipping fee appears only after clicking proceed to checkout...and disappears again once you update the cart with something.

Hope this helps

PS: I also cleared the Joomla Cache, browser cache and also tried on different computers (and mobiles), same problem.

Hello,

apparently the shipping fee appears only after clicking proceed to checkout...and disappears again once you update the cart with something.

You should probably set the "Auto select default shipping and payment methods" option to YES via "Hikashop->System->Configuration->Checkout", so that your cart module will automatically display a shipping method if you're shipping method isn't restricted (on zones for example)

In my case I have different rates and discounted rates based on zones, and total cart cost.

So you'll have to go to your checkout to add your shipping zone so that the shipping system display available shipping methods.

Hi,

I'm having exactly the same problem as dashmalta and tried everything you said without any success...

1. I add a product to the cart : NO shipping fees

2. I go to checkout, everything works fine (shipping fees calculation is automatic, because it depends on the total weight)


3. I come back to the cart : Shipping fees are showing


Obvsiously, if the "checkout" page code calculates the shipping fees, it should be possible to calculate it on the cart page. Can you help me on this ? I'm ready to change the code, or write a new one, but I need help on this...

Thanks !

Thanks a lot for your answer

Here is how I configured the shipping method :

Here are all my shipping methods (auto selected depending on the weight in KG)



And here is an example for one on my shipping method (bet. 1 and 350kg) :




The website i'm working on is : antin.jonchere.fr

I created visitor access for you, so you can see by yourself. I'll send it to you in a private message.

Thanks !
F

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. I'm not sure I understand what you mean, since I have a cart module oalways showing at the bottom of my page... The top menu link is not important for me, it's just another way to go to the shopping cart for the customer. The most important car is the the truck shaped that appears on every page.

1. Link the cart menu link to checkout : I't wont solve the problem of the bottom page truck shaped cart, am I wrong ?
2. I could take the customer directly to checkout, but, as we say in France "Le client est roi", "The client is the king".... And in this case, my client what the 'continue shopping" pop-up to appear.

What I have to do :
1. The client arrives on the website and see the categories (OK)
2. He clics on one of the categories and see the products (OK)
3. He clics on "add to cart" and "continue shopping" (OK)
4. The page bottom truck shaped cart shows the products (OK), the prices (OK) AND the updated shipping (NOT OK)

I'm ready to go into code if needed, but I can't tell to my client "the customer have to go to checkout, and then come back to cart to see the updated shipping price".

Could you help me on this ?

Thanks
F

PS : what do you call "cart manager" ? Is this the "cart module" ?

Hi,

May i ask why this isnt by default and custom plugin is need it?
Usually after buyer adds something to cart he should see default shipping cost there. Most shopping components have it by default, like prestashop and no plugin or whatever need for it.

Thanks

I totaly agree with you Kyratn !

Hikashop is great, flexible, and the price is good. The idea of an open code based component is really a good one. But some "main" functions are missing and we must spend a lot of time developping them...

Anyway, I must have this for my client, so I'll do the big jump into code

Thanks Nicolas for your answer. I'll probably need help, but first I'll try it by myself.

AntinJH if you could share that plugin with me i am happy to pay so i wont need to contact my Indian developer friend for it.

Thanks

Hi Nicolas,

I thought about a simple way to calculate the shipping in my case : since my cart calculate the total weight, and my shipping fees depend only on that weight (as explained before), maybe I could use a kind on "SWITCH" function of the shipping methods like :

For (each_shipping_method_in_the_database)
{
If ($my_total_weight > method->min_weight && total_weight < method->max_weight)
$my_shipping_price = method->price;
}

You know what I mean ? I guess shipping methods are saved somewere in the database ? Could you tell me where and how I can access it ?

Thanks !