Telling shipping.cgi not to display certain options

[Michael Wong]

Is there any way to pass a variable to shipping.cgi so that different
shipping options will appear depending on the variable?

I'm trying to set up one ordering page for the US and one for Canada,
along with custom shipping formulas for both. It seems ridiculous to
make the user click on the USA order page and then have to select "ship
to US" again when he places his order.

It would also be nice to have shipping options that only apply to
certain situations. For example, giving you an option of cheap "small
packet" air mail for a small order, but not for big orders (since that
type of parcel is limited to 1kg by the postal service).

Oh, and another thing (yes, I'm starting to sound like Columbo): is
there any way to set a weight for the shipping box? If I have a
weight-based shipping formula and the box typically adds, say, 0.3kg,
there's no way to handle that. All of my weights will be underestimated
by 0.3kg because I can't tell it that the box weighs that much.

[Jim]

It sounds like you need to use the UPS shipping option or perhaps if you
have a ShopSite Pro store, you could create a Custom Shipping Addon
module to handle specific requirements.
Jim

See answers marked ***** below

Michael Wong wrote:

Is there any way to pass a variable to shipping.cgi so that different
shipping options will appear depending on the variable?
***** This would be possible using a custom shipping addon module but

not with any of the other shipping options

I'm trying to set up one ordering page for the US and one for Canada,
along with custom shipping formulas for both. It seems ridiculous to
make the user click on the USA order page and then have to select "ship
to US" again when he places his order.

***** UPS shipping would only return shipping options based on the

location (zip or postal code) where the product(s) are being shipped.
This could also be done with a custom shipping addon.

It would also be nice to have shipping options that only apply to
certain situations. For example, giving you an option of cheap "small
packet" air mail for a small order, but not for big orders (since that
type of parcel is limited to 1kg by the postal service).
***** With UPS shipping you can set shipping box dimentions for each

product that would allow for more exact shipping charges for larger
products. This could also be done with a custom shipping addon.

Oh, and another thing (yes, I'm starting to sound like Columbo): is
there any way to set a weight for the shipping box? If I have a
weight-based shipping formula and the box typically adds, say, 0.3kg,
there's no way to handle that. All of my weights will be underestimated
by 0.3kg because I can't tell it that the box weighs that much.
***** simply add the .3kg to the weight of the product.

Jim