The Shipping Container table has the following fields.

Shipping Containers

Field	Purpose
Title	Short name for container
Description	Short description of container type
Length	Length of container.  This and other measurements will be in the default unit of measure (English) unless changed to metric in the Shipping Section of the Site Settings.
Width	Width of container
Height	Height of container.
Max Weight	Maximum weight for container
Max Value	The maximum order value that can be shipped in the container.
Packing Preference?	A whole number value that prioritizes which container might be used first (for example, an envelope rather than a box).  If no numbers are entered, all containers have the same priority.
Shipper Name?	Name of shipper used for the container.  If the container is used by multiple shippers you can leave this blank.
Box Code	Box code used by shipping company.  Shippers often have their own size codes, and may offer a discount for using the code (as it speeds processing).
Status	Active or Deactivated

 

To add or edit container information, right-click and select Add new Shipping Containers or Edit Shipping Containers as appropriate.

If boxes run low, they can temporarily be taken out of shipping calculations by right-clicking and selecting Make Shipping Container Inactive. Be sure to reactivate them later.  Inactive containers will not show by default but can be seen by checking the “Show Inactive Shipping Containers” box in the upper-right.

You can also delete shipping containers entirely, if wished.

For shipping and packing estimated to calculate correctly, you also need to include the packing algorithms, which calculate how to best fit items into the smallest available shipping containers and uses those containers to calculate the shipping prices.  The algorithms involved are:

• AutoPackager, which packages the items from whatever warehouse which has most items.

• CostEffectivePackingProvider, which considers available quantity in each warehouse and delivery zones to create packages,

• Note that packages created by CostEffectivePackingProvider may be cheaper to ship but they take more time to calculate.

• From v4.8, iAPPS no longer uses the Solvingmaze packing provider, as it does not support multiple warehouses.

Place the following packing providers into your web.config.

<packingService defaultProvider="CostEffectivePackingProvider">

<providers>

<add name="CostEffectivePackingProvider" type="Bridgeline.FW.Commerce.Providers.CostEffectivePackingProvider, Bridgeline.FW.Commerce.Providers, Version=4.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, publicKeyToken=d94118ec66347585" />

<add name="AutoPackingProvider" type="Bridgeline.FW.Commerce.Providers.AutoPackingProvider, Bridgeline.FW.Commerce.Providers, Version=4.8.0.0, Culture=neutral, publicKeyToken=d94118ec66347585" />

</providers>

</packingService>

To set up FedEx real-time shipping, first access the site settings by logging into the admin interface as an installation administrator.

1. Enable the real Time shipping by updating the site setting UseRealTimeShippingRate to true.
2. Ensure that the Default Address ID has a valid ID in it.
3. Update the following site settings
   1. FedexKey
   2. FedexPassword
   3. FedexAccountNumber
   4. FedexMeterNumber

4. Ensure that RealTimeFedexShippingRateProvider is a provider in the addressValidationService section in the web.config.  This is a default setting.
5. Change the default provider in the shippingService section in the web.config to look like the following:
   <shippingService defaultProvider="RealTimeFedExShippingRateProvider">
6. Ensure that the service.serviceModel section has binding and end point defined for FedEx Rate Service (binding named: RateServiceSoapBinding).  This should be defined by default.
7. Update the endpoint address to use a production service address instead of the test service. The default endpoint configuration is below;  Update the address attribute value to the production service.
   <endpoint address="https://wsbeta.fedex.com:443/web-services/rate" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="RateServiceSoapBinding" contract="FedExRatePortType" name="RateServicePort" />

 

To set up UPS real-time shipping, first access the site settings by logging into the admin interface as an installation administrator.

To set up FedEx real-time shipping, first access the site settings by logging into the admin interface as an installation administrator.

1. Enable the real Time shipping by updating the site setting UseRealTimeShippingRate to true.
2. Ensure that the Default Address ID has a valid ID in it.
3. Update the following site settings
   1. UPSUserName
   2. UPSPassword
   3. UPSLicenseNumber
4. Update the endpoint address to use a production service address instead of the test service. The default endpoint configuration is below;  The default endpoint configuration is below;  Update the address attribute value to the  production service URL provided by UPS.  This should be reflected in the UPSShippingProdURL site setting.
   <endpoint address="https://wwwcie.ups.com/webservices/Rate" binding="basicHttpBinding" 
bindingConfiguration="RateBinding" contract="RatePortType" name="RatePort" />
   
5. Ensure that RealTimeUPSShippingRateProvider is a provider in the addressValidationService section in the web.config.  This is a default setting.
6. Change the default provider in the shippingService section in the web.config to look like the following:
   <shippingService defaultProvider="RealTimeUPSShippingRateProvider">
7. Ensure that the service.serviceModel section has binding and end point defined for UPS Rate service (binding named: RateBinding).  This should be defined by default.

 

To set up US Postal Service real-time shipping, first access the site settings by logging into the admin interface as an installation administrator.

1. Enable the real Time shipping by updating the site setting UseRealTimeShippingRate to true.

2. Ensure that the Default Address ID has a valid ID in it.
3. Update the following site settings
   1. USPSUserName
   2. USPSPassword
4. To switch to production change the site setting IsDevelopment to false and make sure your USPS user account has access to it.
5. Ensure that RealTimeUSPSShippingRateProvider is a provider in the addressValidationService section in the web.config.  This is a default setting.
6. Change the default provider in the shippingService section in the web.config to look like the following:
   <shippingService defaultProvider="RealTimeUSPSShippingRateProvider">
7. Ensure that the service.serviceModel section has binding and end point defined for USPS Rate service (binding named: RateBinding), although this should be defined by default.