ABFS Shipping Module for magento

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Before you start any module installation you should backup your database & Server files first.
Log into the admin area and turn off caching (this will keep most problems from occurring)

If your are using non standard checkout templates you will need your designer to copy the modifications over from the templates in the archive - be sure not to upload the design folder until your templates have been matched / updated.

Extract the files from the archive to a location on your local computer.

Edit the templates if need be ( only necessary if you are not using stock onepage checkout)

the archive will have a __MAGE_ROOT__ folder
anything in that folder will need to be uploaded to the server.

Go to admin | Catalog | Attributes | manage attributes sets

There will be 4 new attributes there
abfs_quote
product_abfs_class
product_abfs_nmfs
product_abfs_subclass

You will need to add those to the product attribute sets
Do this by dragging them to your general tab or you can create a new one called ABFS

You will only need these attributes if you plan on using product specific configurations - if you are using single quotes (all products) and all your items are shipped ABFS with the same class / nmfs codes you can skip this

save the attribute sets and configure a product or two for testing

Go to admin | system | configuration
Select Shipping Settings down the left side
- ensure this is configured for your shipping location
* notice you MUST spell the city name out properly or ABFS will error
Click Save configuration

Next goto Shipping Methods
Find ABFS and expand it

Here are some details on the configuration values
Always Quote (yes) / Product based (no)
Should the module always return quotes or just if there are product with abfs_quote set to yes in the shopping cart?

Single Package Shipment (combined weight)
combine all product weights for a single package quote or handle them separately?

Single Package Commodity / System Default
Single Package NMFC / System Default
Single Package Sub NMFC / System Default
These are the default codes that will be sent for single package Or when a product does not have them set

Select Specific Pickup Options
Limited Access Pickup (*Requires Limited Access Pickup option)
These are system wide Pickup options for the shipment quotes
If you do not select Limited Access the second will do nothing

Select Specific Delivery Options the customer may select
Limited Access Delivery Options (*for the customer to choose from)
These are the options the customer will be able to select when checking out for their delivery situation

Once you have the configuration set, save the settings and go add one of your test products to the cart
you should first try the cart quote
then try in the onepage checkout system (billing address and shipping address)
if you enter an invalid address it will give you a selection to choose from to correct it