Add rate per weight option [#2345427]

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	add_rate_per_weight-2345427-1.patch	7.84 KB	rcodina
	newRatePerWeight.png	80.5 KB	rcodina

Comment #1

rcodina CreditAttribution: rcodina commented 26 September 2014 at 12:35

Title:

Add rate per weight to flate rate

» Add rate per weight option

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Comment #2

rcodina CreditAttribution: rcodina commented 26 September 2014 at 12:38

Status:

Active

» Needs review

File	Size
add_rate_per_weight-2345427-1.patch	7.84 KB

I enclose the patch. It also allows you to specify the weight unit like is seen in screenshot.

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Comment #3

rszrama CreditAttribution: rszrama commented 29 August 2015 at 02:45

Priority:	Major	» Normal
Status:	Needs review	» Fixed

While I understand the rationale behind this feature request, I'm not sure it's necessary to patch this module to support weight based shipping. Instead you should use a rate calculation rule to outright set the rate (or multiply the base rate) by the total weight of the order. If this isn't already supported, let's add the necessary token to the order property info via Commerce Physical Fields.

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Comment #4

rcodina CreditAttribution: rcodina commented 29 August 2015 at 09:27

@rszrama I understand but my approach is much easier for users than creating rules. I think Commerce depends too much on rules, making things too complicated and not as user-friendly as it could be.

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Comment #5

rszrama CreditAttribution: rszrama commented 30 August 2015 at 01:24

I can definitely sympathize with that. My preferred option is to create user interfaces on top of Rules where appropriate that uses Rules for data storage but provides a rational UI for a merchant. It takes a bit more work, but I'm not sure that overloading the flat rate service table is the thing to do here.

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Comment #6

rcodina CreditAttribution: rcodina commented 4 September 2015 at 06:16

I'm not sure that overloading the flat rate service table is the thing to do here.

I understand your point of view but sometimes it's annoying to have to install many modules to do things which may be considered basic for a commerce. Also, it would be more handy and user-friendly to have Flate rate rules combined with physical rules.