Specify hard to reach shipping locations

Hi,

That's quite a challenge with 9,000 locations! Here's the current situation and a potential workaround:

1. Create a Custom Country Zone :
Go to System > Zones and create a new zone:
Name: "Greece - Hard to Reach Locations" (or similar)
Type: Country
Then add sub-zones (states) under this country zone for each hard-to-reach location. The challenge, as you noted, is that HikaShop doesn't currently have a bulk import feature for zones.

Workaround: Direct Database Import
If you're comfortable with PHPMyAdmin, you can prepare a CSV with columns:

zone_namekey, zone_name, zone_name_english, zone_code_2, zone_code_3, zone_type, zone_published

INSERT INTO `#__hikashop_zone` 
(zone_namekey, zone_name, zone_name_english, zone_code_2, zone_code_3, zone_type, zone_published) 
VALUES
('GREECE_HTR_AEGINA', 'Αίγινα', 'Aegina', 'AI', 'AIG', 'state', 1),
('GREECE_HTR_SPETSES', 'Σπέτσες', 'Spetses', 'SP', 'SPE', 'state', 1);

INSERT INTO `#__hikashop_zone_link` (zone_parent_namekey, zone_child_namekey) VALUES
('GREECE_HTR', 'GREECE_HTR_AEGINA'),
('GREECE_HTR', 'GREECE_HTR_SPETSES');

Hi,

Something like this is already possible with HikaShop with the Shipping estimation plugin:
www.hikashop.com/marketplace/product/244...tion-by-obsidev.html

No, it's on the product page. However, the information you enter for it will carry to other products and to the cart / checkout. This means that :
- once you enter the information on one product page, you'll directly see the shipping estimation on other product pages
- on the registration form, the address information already provided will be prefilled
- the shipping methods selection on the checkout will be based on the information already provided
- the first shipping method being preselected automatically, the cart module will display the shipping fee automatically for it, if the shipping fee display setting is activated in the cart module settings page
So, I think it is even better that what is proposed on the Greek Ikea website.

Note that we've moved forward quite well with the sub zones import, and the shipping methods creation. We'll be able to provide a nice solution to people with the same need to enter a lot of zones / shipping methods with the next version of HikaShop. We're planning the next release for February.