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Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx

Last Post 12/22/2009 10:16:30 AM By Applied. 4 replies.

12/22/2009 1:55:54 AM
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Is there a reason why product height/width/length editing is commented out in ProductBasic.ascx? I want to show and edit these values. Is it OK to just uncomment the 'dimensions' template field? Anything else that needs to be done to show/edit/update product dimensions?

12/22/2009 8:23:19 AM
lukezy Posts: 2109 Joined: 6/12/2007 Location:WA, US website	Re: Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx
	Originally they were used to calculate the shipping cost. But they were obsolete. The weight is used for shipping cost instead. If you just want to display those in product page, please use descriptor tab instead. You can place any html in it. DotShoppingCart Staff

12/22/2009 9:40:38 AM
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Re: Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Hmmm, I think that size is important (so to speak). For example, you could well pay more for shipping a large empty box than a small full box. So at the moment I am putting back the product size feature. Shipping calculation will need to be modified to take weight and size into account.

12/22/2009 10:11:00 AM
lukezy Posts: 2109 Joined: 6/12/2007 Location:WA, US website	Re: Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx
	The product size is not neccessary the shipping package size. Also the Fedex and UPS web service APIs don't seem to take size into account. Anyway we leave it to individual site owners to customize it whatever they want. DotShoppingCart Staff

12/22/2009 10:16:30 AM
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Re: Product Size Values - not bound in ProductBasic.ascx
Applied Posts: 93 Joined: 9/18/2009	Thanks. Here in the UK some carriers use both criteria. We are adding 'package' dimensions to the system as well, to cater for this.