Let user choose when to get the delivery.

[Premitium]

Hi, I want to add a new functionality to my store.

 

Let people decide when they want to receive their stuff. A couple or radio buttons that will show options like:

 

1. Delivered tomorrow after 12:00

2. Delivered today in three hours.

3. Delivered in 48 hours.

 

My questions are:

 

1. Should I create a carrier module?

2. Which object should I alter with the users choice so that I know when to ship it?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[NemoPS]

It really depends on your needs.
If you have a single carrier, just create 3 instances of it and label them as needed.

If you have more, you might want to extend the cart and order objects, add a dropdown in the checkout and save it during the order process

[Premitium]

It really depends on your needs.

If you have a single carrier, just create 3 instances of it and label them as needed.

If you have more, you might want to extend the cart and order objects, add a dropdown in the checkout and save it during the order process

 

NemoPS, thank you for the reply.

 

I am going to build a new carrier for the purpose.

So when I create the carrier I will have to extend the cart object too and pass the info from the carrier to the cart in order to save the users choice, right?

 

And should I do that in the carrier module?

[NemoPS]

Well it's not strictly necessary to have a module, as long as you override the classes. Basically you need an ajax call on the cart, which saves the user's choice when the selection is made. I don't think you need to override the carrier object, unless the price changes depending on the user's choice

[Premitium]

Thank you for the help I succeeded so far.

 

However, one last thing that bugs me is where to hook the *.tpl file so that I can show a list of options in the carrier div.

Which hook should I use?

[NemoPS]

You can't hook it there, I think the only solution is editing order-carrier.tpl

Otherwise hook to ShoppingCart and use javascript to append the div where you need