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Hi,
My apologies if this has been discussed before, however, I couldn't find a solution to my problem.
My current syntax which work very well:
name=NO POSTAGE TO Western Australia; 6000<=ZIP<=6999; shipping=1000
name=NO POSTAGE TO TASMANIA; 7000<=ZIP<=7999; shipping=1000
name=N.T. Express post Flat Rate - SMALL PLANTS ONLY; 0800<=ZIP<=0999; shipping=27.95
name=South Australia; 5000<=ZIP<=5999; shipping=19.95
Name=Flat Rate, add as many plants as you like!; shipping=16.25

I wanted to add the following:
name=Seeds only; Categories==list(97); Shipping=7
But it returns error: Unknown error occurred during evaluation of rule 'Categories==list(97)'.

What I'm trying to achieve is
IF ONLY products from category 97 are in cart, shipping = $7
IF cart includes products from other categories, shipping is flat rate as per syntax above.

Would you be able to help me?

Hello,
Are you using the advanced shipping by rules plugin? The list(...) function is available only in the advanced version, not in the free version of the plugin...

Best regards,
Reinhold

Hi Reinhold,
I'm using the Advanced version.
Thank you, Elle

Dear Elle,
Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the problem with the latest version of the plugin... With the advanced version of the plugin, the rule is properly applied, as you can see on our demo server with the following product (category 15, the rule checks for Categories==list(15), similar to your rules):
demo.open-tools.net/index.php?option=com...ory_id=15&Itemid=104

Can you please tell us the following information, which might help track down the issue:
-) VirtueMart version
-) Joomla Version
-) Version of the shipping plugin (go to Joomla's Menu "Extensions" => "Extension Manager" => Tab "Manage")
-) PHP version
-) Do you see any PHP errors or warning messages in your web server's log.

Best regards,
Reinhold

Hi Reinhold, as follows:
1. VM 2.6.10
2. Joomla 2.5.24
3. Shipping Version 2.2.2
4. PHP 5.3.29
5. no errors

Noticed your latest version is 5.4, do you think that's the problem?
thank you, elle

Dear Elle,
Yes, your version of the shipping plugin is the cause of the error: Functions (and thus also list(95)) was only added in version 3.0 of the plugin (see open-tools.net/documentation/shipping-by...html#version_history).

If you upgrade, things should work just fine.

Best regards,
Reinhold

Great, thank you.
Can I just upload the zip file or do I need to delete the old version first?

You can (and should) simply install the new version using Joomla's extension manager, without removing the old version before.
If you have both the free and the paid version installed, remember to update both, because they share some code and the wrong (old) helper class might be used otherwise.

Best regards,
Reinhold

Thank you Reinhold, this fixed the issue!
One more question. If I wanted to add more categories to my $7 shipping rule, how would I add them?
Would it be separated with commas?
from name=Seeds only; Categories==list(97); Shipping=7
to name=Seeds only; Categories==list(97,100); Shipping=7
?
I just wanted to thank you for this amazing module, it is simply the best extension for my Virtuemart shop and your support is absolutely incredible!
Thank you, El

To add more categories, you should not use "Categories==list(97,100)", because that required BOTH categories to be in the cart (i.e. the categories list must be exactly 97 and 100). Rather, you need to check whether the categories list contains only categories 97 and 100 (not neccessarily both):Please notice the "Condition=", because otherwise the plugin might fail to detect the contains_only call as a condition...

Best regards,
Reinhold

Thank you again.
When tested, the shipping price remains $16.25 instead of $7.
This is my syntax
name=NO POSTAGE TO Western Australia; 6000<=ZIP<=6999; shipping=1000
name=NO POSTAGE TO TASMANIA; 7000<=ZIP<=7999; shipping=1000
name=Seeds only; Categories==list(97); Shipping=7
name=N.T. Express post Flat Rate - SMALL PLANTS ONLY; 0800<=ZIP<=0999; shipping=27.95
name=South Australia; 5000<=ZIP<=5999; shipping=19.95
Name=Flat Rate, add as many plants as you like!; shipping=16.25

Where am I going wrong?

Are your products assigned to other categories than 97, too? E.g. do you use hidden categories for tax / discount / shipping purposes?
In that case, the list of categories also contains other categories than 97 and then of course your "Seeds only" rule does not apply.

Apart from that, I can't see any reason why your seeds only rule would not apply.

Best regards,
Reinhold

Ah, I put the products in 2 categories! Thank you once again, all sorted!

Problem solved.