Fedex Shipping Options

Below is what the documentation has to say about adding the shipping options. My question is exactly what code do I need to put into these two fields of the shipping wizard. My site is not a dynamic site so I can not select it from the Dynamic Data dialog. So I will need to know the line of code to insert into these two fields of the shipping wizard so that the shipping can be calculated based on what the consumer selects during checkout.

Here are the two fields and the info that the documentation has:

Carrier type: Chooses the primary carrier method, either FedEx Ground or FedEx Express. To allow the customer to choose the option, insert the FedEx Carrier Type snippet in the shipping form and select that form list's name from the Dynamic Data dialog.

Service type: Selects the specific kind of service desired. To allow the customer to choose the option, insert the FedEx Service Type snippet in the shipping form and select that form list's name from the Dynamic Data dialog.

There are three snippets for FedEx. If you cannot use the dynamic selection then use the correct code for the field in the checkout wizard. For any of these that you use you must ensure that you use that snippet on the checkout page.

Service Type:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["FedEx_Service"]))?$_POST["FedEx_Service"]:"") ?>

Carrier:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["FedEx_Carrier"]))?$_POST["FedEx_Carrier"]:"") ?>

Package Type:
<?php echo((isset($_POST["FedEx_PackageType"]))?$_POST["FedEx_PackageType"]:"") ?>

After you insert the snippet for the service type you will need to ensure that you add a hidden form element with the same name to the confirm page and set the value to this same element.

Thank you for that information. I am now getting an error on the confirmation of:

ERROR: Invalid value in element ReturnShipmentIndicator.

I did not change the Return Type and it was working before I added the Carrier and Service type.

Also, it's it confusing for hte consumer to have all those choices for the Service Type? And not all of them would apply for each Carrier type. Is there a best way to simplify the choices?

Also, for he hidden field on the confirm page do I add:

<input type="hidden" name="FedEx_Service" id="FedEx_Service" value="<?php echo((isset($_POST["FedEx_Service"]))?$_POST["FedEx_Service"]:"") ?>" />

<input type="hidden" name="FedEx_Carrier" id="FedEx_Carrier" value="<?php echo((isset($_POST["FedEx_Carrier"]))?$_POST["FedEx_Carrier"]:"") ?>" />

or is this not right either?

I'm not really sure why are you are getting this error. To help you determine what may be going wrong I will need to see your checkout pages, specifically the confirm page. I have logged a support ticket for you. Please login to WebAssist.com and visit your support history to update the ticket and include your confirm page.

Not sure what people are suppose to do for selecting a Shipping Service. Once they select a Shipping Method - either ground or express, then they have to select from 16 different Shipping Services which obviously can't all apply to all situations.

I've done a lot of web shopping and never before have I encountered such a dizzy array of options and I hoping you can help me narrow this done without scaring people off my clients site.

My client ships all over the world. So what are the best Shipping Service options that I can setup for the Ground and Express Shipping Methods without confusing the customer and without giving them options that either don't apply or aren't valid choices?

Thanks for your support

There are a couple of ways you can do this. There is no requirement to offer you user's all of the shipping service options, you can simply remove the ones that your customers would not need or are not likely to use.

If you wanted to further make it dynamic you can store the service and carrier types in two separate tables in your db and make sure to associate the service type to the carrier type through a foreign key relationship. Once you have done that you can then use Dynamic Dropdowns to filter the service options dependent on the carrier options chosen.