Zone Shipment Scheduler

Hardiness zones divide the USA into 11 areas based on the average annual minimum temperature. Products are assigned to a Zone Schedule by the client based on how well they will survive within given ship-to climates (zones) upon certain date ranges within a year. This gives customers the ability to select when a product is able to be shipped providing the best survival of a plant.

Implementation Steps

Follow the steps below to add the plug-in to a website.

Step	Action
1	Configure Zone Shipment Schedule 'Plug-In': (templates & plugin_tag are created in conversion) ex. name: zone_label_template data: <br/><b> Suggested Ship Dates </b> {$zone_label}</br> name: zone_schedule_template data: <br/>Ship {$zone_schedule_label} the week of {zone_date_dropdown}<br/> name: zone_static_area_template data: The Suggested Ship Dates are teh most appropriate for the growing Zone. More information is available <a href="#">here</a>.
2	Make changes to the following unprotected templates: name: order_summary_header name: multiple_ship_to_order_summary_order_item_group_header (mst template) <---- add this line before the Product Name - Part # - Qty header section ----> <tr><td colspan="6">{zone_shipping}</td></tr> <---- add this section after the Part # section or Send To section (mst) ----> <---- note: because this is adding a new column to the order summary section, some of the widths for other columns may need to be adjusted to add up to 100% ----> <td width="10%" nowrap="nowrap"> <b>Ship Date</b> </td> name: order_summary_order_item_row name: multiple_ship_to_order_summary_order_item_row (mst template) <--- add this line after the product_part_number section or multiple_ship_to_address_selector section (mst) ----> <td> {order_item_delivery_date} </td>
3	Import existing Zone regions and existing Zone schedules.
4	Use the Zone Schedule Manager to add some merchandise hierarchies to existing zones schedules.