ECSQuest

New Wiki

Greg — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:43:12 +0000

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know that I have started a wiki to keep track of how to configure and use man of the projects that I work on. Currently I have information on the new USPS module and how to set up PayPal Standard Payments 2.0 but I will be fleshing it out as I go along.

This is an effort to create more documentation for the wordpress e-commerce plugin and anything else I may work on!

To view the wiki, please go Here
If you would like to become a contributor, please email me.

Thanks!

USPS Testing Environment Issues

Greg — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:04:54 +0000

The USPS testing environment will not work for most API users at this time. If you are having issues with getting shipping rates and you have completed the following steps:

Filled in weights for all products
Selected a USPS in shipping
Filled in the API key
Filled in the Base City (with just a City name, don’t do [city], [state] – that never works!
Filled in the Base Zip Code (With just the simple zip code, 28360 not 28350-8502 !

If you have not failed any of the above situations, try requesting production access for your USPS api key. Don’t worry, there is nothing that you can get charged for when using the rating API. When they approve your access, make sure the “Use Testing environment” box is unchecked in USPS settings and give it a try. If you are still having issues, just fill out my Contact form and I’ll help you through it !

Purolator Canada module coming soon!

Greg — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:40:29 +0000

Thanks to Nathan ( clicknathan.com ) I will be releasing a brand new WordPress e-Commerce shipping module for the Purolator shipping service for Canada!

Updates coming soon with download links when it is ready!

New USPS Module and UPS module to be released

Greg — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:33:59 +0000

Hello everyone,

It seems that the United States Post Office decided to break our old USPS module for WP-E-Commerce when they installed the new version of their API. Bravo for reverse compatibility guys! Anyways, I have been working for the past few days trying like mad to get a new USPS module up and running on the new API. One of the changes that they made with the new API is that they are requiring package dimensions for international rating.

The need for dimensions is pushing forward my plans to release an Advanced Shipping module for WPEC that handles this and more. I have already built this for UPS and Fedex, I will now be adapting my new USPS module to work with this and release it as a plugin as soon as possible.

I am working tirelessly to get this out the door as I understand this effects a large number of people / sites.

Expect a postmortem post about my experience working with the USPS API.

Too much business not enough Fun!

Greg — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:36:57 +0000

So far I have only posted items for business on this blog. I figure its time to break it up a little with some fun. I give to you, Darth Gator!

Gotta love University of Florida fans!

Fedex : Planned Production API outtage in November

Greg — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:18:37 +0000

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know that Fedex has posted a planned outtage for the production api. Please do not be alarmed if you cannot get rates on your site during this time.

November 6, 2010 update:

Start Date and Time	End Date and Time	Duration	FedEx Systems Affected
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010; 9 p.m. CT	Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010; 11 p.m. CT	2 hours	Production rating, shipping, dispatch and tracking (Production environment)

New poll added and Support for a separate address (ups) now available

Greg — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:53:39 +0000

I have added a poll (look to the right ->) to see if there is a need for the ability to set a shipping address per product or category for the case where different products may be shipped from different locations. This is most often seen when someone uses multiple drop-shippers but I have only personally been contacted by one person with that scenario. Please vote in the poll, if there are people that need this I will work on it!

Also, I have the ability to add in a secondary address if you use a different address than your HQ address for shipping. Please let me know if you need it !

Greg-

Fedex API September Outtage Notice

Greg — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:49:59 +0000

Hello Everyone,
Fedex has put out a notice that their production API will be down for maintenance on September 19th, From 9 PM Central time to 11PM Central Time.

What does this mean to you ? If you are using the Fedex plugin for WP-E-Commerce or any other e-commerce solution, you will not be able to get rates during this time!

This is no fault of the plugin.

There were also outages on Sept 8th to the test environment API and Sept 4 to the production API.

Moved Site

Greg — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:21:49 +0000

Hello,
Just dropping a notice that I have moved the site off of the sub-domain “wp.ecsquest.net” and promoted it to the main address “http://www.ecsquest.net” .

Please update your bookmarks if you have any. “wp.ecsquest.net” is now redirecting to the main domain now.

Let me know if you see any errors.

Greg -

Regarding issues with Fedex, UPS or USPS

Greg — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:23:20 +0000

Please do not submit comments when you are needing help with Fedex, UPS or USPS modules for WordPress e-commerce. Please use the Contact form and supply the relevant information and ups.php or fedex.php for quicker help.

Update: I have started using a Fogbugz issue tracker to keep track of all requests through the contact form. When you send a request through the contact form you will get an automatic message with the tracking ID and a url to view your ticket with. No log-in necessary.

Thanks!