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VirtueMart 2 + 3 + 4 => Plugins: Payment, Shipment and others => Topic started by: johnlanglois on December 15, 2011, 18:08:58 PM

Title: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: johnlanglois on December 15, 2011, 18:08:58 PM
Before I can begin evaluating VM2 under Joomla 1.7, I need to know if it already has real time shipping quotes from UPS and/or USPS?
Thanks.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Stephen Roberts on December 16, 2011, 18:03:42 PM
It's not in the current release (RC3) and I haven't heard of anyone building this plugin yet.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: robbluther on December 20, 2011, 02:26:34 AM
I would also love to know if someone is developing this!  This  is really important for our store
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Stephen Roberts on December 21, 2011, 18:29:02 PM
I might be interested in doing some dev work on this. I would need to work with someone who knows something about it. I guess I would need some credentials to the service, and some description on how it should work. The VM1 plugin would also be useful.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: robbluther on December 22, 2011, 20:13:01 PM
I will be interested in this in the near future.  For now, I decided to  offer free shipping... ;)
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: NawtyAtNight on February 04, 2012, 03:07:00 AM
Quote from: Stephen Roberts on December 21, 2011, 18:29:02 PM
I might be interested in doing some dev work on this. I would need to work with someone who knows something about it. I guess I would need some credentials to the service, and some description on how it should work. The VM1 plugin would also be useful.

Has any work begun? Maybe you could develop it and release it as a commercial plugin , I would definitely buy it.  ;D
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: spyderwebdesign on February 07, 2012, 19:56:11 PM
Quote from: NawtyAtNight on February 04, 2012, 03:07:00 AM
Quote from: Stephen Roberts on December 21, 2011, 18:29:02 PM
I might be interested in doing some dev work on this. I would need to work with someone who knows something about it. I guess I would need some credentials to the service, and some description on how it should work. The VM1 plugin would also be useful.

Has any work begun? Maybe you could develop it and release it as a commercial plugin , I would definitely buy it.  ;D

I would buy it too. This is a requirement for the store I am building so I am currently S.O.L.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: dmccreary on February 07, 2012, 22:50:05 PM
count me in on paying for development of this. i'm rather surprised that it's not in 2.0!
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: CBriddell on February 08, 2012, 22:44:07 PM
It's a major issue.

I contact the folks at the plugin for VM 1.1.x that does this and this was their response:

QuoteTo answer your first question: yes, our shipping extension allows you to tether your UPS account to VirtueMart so that you can get accurate UPS shipping prices based on weight and distance.

At the moment, our shipping extensions only support VirtueMart 1.1.x (I'm assuming you meant VirtueMart rather than Joomla). However, we do hope to provide support for VirtueMart 2.0 in the future. Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Sincerely,
Julian Sherr
DCJ Cool Tools Support

I suggest everyone petitioning them for an update: helpdesk@dcjcooltools.com

Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: NawtyAtNight on February 08, 2012, 23:32:29 PM
I have just emailed them, hopefully they develop it soon. Im surprised alot of developers are not jumping on the demand of a plugin for UPS, I would be willing to pay a premium for this plug in.

Comon devs - supply and demand, simple economics. ..lol
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: NawtyAtNight on February 09, 2012, 01:52:44 AM
QuoteHello,

Thank you for your inquiry. We do plan on updating our shipping plugin to support VirtueMart 2.0 in the near future, as we have had many requests; however we don't have an ETA at the moment. Would you like me to include you on a mailing list for when it becomes available?

Please people, email them so we can get it developed!!
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on February 14, 2012, 19:42:47 PM
joomlacache.com will develop it,    hope to complete by the end of the month if not distracted.

it will have to be commercial though to cover my programmers time.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: NawtyAtNight on February 15, 2012, 08:11:34 AM
Great, is there a newsletter where i can sign up to receive updates on this plugin?
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on February 15, 2012, 16:57:24 PM
due to forum rules,   i am not allowed to promote it or i will be banned

i can make it and distribute it,   but i cant tell anyone any more about it, or even how to get it or that it exists through the forum
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: NawtyAtNight on February 15, 2012, 19:12:00 PM
Is it because you are the developer? Thats wierd! If I find it can i mention it here, or will I be banned?

I noticed a developer in this forum promoting his plugin for Authorize.net, nothing was done to him. How about you PM'ing me where I can get it from. Much Appreciated
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on February 15, 2012, 19:58:22 PM
yes   you can post away    i can't

i will pm you when its done
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on March 21, 2012, 19:00:00 PM
Has there been in progress on the development of the UPS plugin for VM 2.0?

Thanks
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on March 21, 2012, 20:12:30 PM
you can mention   i cant

it will be released next week
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on March 21, 2012, 20:28:01 PM
That's good news. I have a site ready to launch but i'm at a stand still unless I can get this plugin working correctly.  Please let me know if you need any assistance of a tester for the plugin.

Thanks again
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on March 27, 2012, 01:47:39 AM
Hey GeekHead

How are things progressing with UPS?

Thanks in advance
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: alatak on March 27, 2012, 21:10:27 PM
Hi

We have done it. We just need to do some more testing.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on March 28, 2012, 16:06:42 PM
That's great to hear will it be released this week? I would be happy to purchase it now and provide feedback.

Thanks again
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on March 28, 2012, 20:38:42 PM
almost done          will be out this week    testing it now
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: aandcmedia on March 30, 2012, 22:00:35 PM
Looking forward to buying it as well!
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on March 31, 2012, 18:57:13 PM
Geekhead and Alatak,

Does it look like you guys are releasing this weekend?

Thanks
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 02, 2012, 16:04:12 PM
Hey Guys

Any word on the release? Expected date?

Thanks again.
Joe

Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: aandcmedia on April 02, 2012, 16:22:14 PM
Right there with you, only holding my store back from a launch.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on April 02, 2012, 19:49:31 PM
hope to finish the debug phase tonight,   if all goes will it will be available wednesday

sorry it takes so long,   but better right and working that problems

it will be a commercial module

Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: aandcmedia on April 03, 2012, 23:34:57 PM
Please PM when done!
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: 911websiterepair on April 05, 2012, 16:53:17 PM
i will post everywhere,        found another bug,    VM2 is a bitch

next finish benchmark is monday
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: alatak on April 05, 2012, 17:52:09 PM
Hi,

The UPS shipment plugin is available here:
http://extensions.virtuemart.net/extensions-virtuemart-2/ups-detail
Regards,
Valérie
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 05, 2012, 22:11:07 PM
Valarie,

I looks like the cart is not working on the site. I can't add it to the cart either on IE or Firefox

Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 05, 2012, 22:23:25 PM
I registered first than I was able to add to cart. Now I have the plugin but don't see how to install it. The existing zip file contains the XML installer which I rezipped and tried to install via the extension installer with no success. What is the process for getting the plugin working and installed.

Thanks
Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: alatak on April 05, 2012, 22:26:27 PM
Hi,

You have a tutorial here http://extensions.virtuemart.net/tutorials/ups-united-parcel-services
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 05, 2012, 22:36:24 PM
Thanks for the info. So a couple of problems I see so far. The installer has a subfolder with the installer xml file in it so the Joomla installer throws and error because it can not find the XML file. So I extracted it and re zipped the folder, now I'm able to get the installer to run however when I go to step 2 to select UPS it is not showing up

Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 05, 2012, 22:46:12 PM
Got the plugin installed it was throwing an error looking for LOGO_L.gif

<media folder="images" destination="../images/stories/virtuemart/shipment">
      <filename>LOGO_L.gif</filename>
      <filename>LOGO_M.gif</filename>
      <filename>LOGO_S.gif</filename>

These images did not exist but did exist it plugin folder so I copied them to the root of the folder and rezipped the installer which allowed it to install successfully.

Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 05, 2012, 23:25:03 PM
Error while selecting shipping

Fatal error: Call to undefined method VirtueMartModelVendor::getVendorAdressBT() in /home/naturalp/public_html/plugins/vmshipment/istraxx_ups/istraxx_ups.php on line 1034

Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: alatak on April 06, 2012, 08:56:39 AM
Hi,

Please note that the UPS shipment plugin as mentionned here http://extensions.virtuemart.net/extensions-virtuemart-2/ups-detail only works with VirtueMart 2.0.3 I or higher.
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: Joe Bourque on April 06, 2012, 14:37:19 PM
Thanks Valarie I missed that I just upgraded to 2.3j an everything appears to be working fine.

Please look at the previous thread for the installer issues and how I resolved them.

Thanks again for your help

Joe
Title: Re: UPS Real Time Quotes
Post by: alatak on April 06, 2012, 17:18:20 PM
Hi

QuoteThese images did not exist but did exist it plugin folder so I copied them to the root of the folder and rezipped the installer which allowed it to install successfully.
Thanks Joe. Just did a 1.0.b version :)