Fetch doesn't use Shipping. How can I turn off the Shipping messages?

Forrest Maready — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:03:03 +0000

I'm using Fetch for an all download store. Nothing will ever need to be shipped. Is there a way to disable the shipping messages when you check out? I deleted all the shipping preferences, and added one called "Digital Download- This Will not be Shipped" with a rate of $0.00, but when the user checks out they still have a couple of shipping messages before they get to that screen (like is the shipping address the same as the billing). It's not a hugie problem, but thought if someone knew how I'd love to know. Tanks!!!!!!!!

Jared Burns commented

Jared Burns — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:08:10 +0000

Unfortunately not. Shopify requires those fields during checkout.

ovrcast collective commented

ovrcast collective — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:34:39 +0000

i think digital downloads are a big part of e-commerce these days… hopefully big enough to get shopify to help iron some of these little nuances – ive been commenting on the fetch tax issue a lot too

cooperwd commented

cooperwd — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:03:49 +0000

I’m working an a CSS solution for this. It’s not elegant, but it seems to be working. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll post it.

Kenzie commented

Kenzie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:01:31 +0000

Is there any way Shopify can identify digital or virtual products so the shipping address can be skipped?

Maybe a checkbox in the product page, or by using weight (zero or negative)?

Caroline Schnapp commented

Caroline Schnapp — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:31:28 +0000

I’m working an a CSS solution for this. It’s not elegant, but it seems to be working. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll post it.

It is possible to apply display:none to anything that mentions shipping. It works. Including the checkbox that is ticked by default.

However, one is still required to provide an address, the
‘Billing address’.

That’s good enough for me. The client is free to fill in a bogus address anyway.

Kenzie commented

Kenzie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:11:24 +0000

In my case the client is mixing tangible and virtual goods, so can’t always hide shipping fields.

Jared Burns commented

Jared Burns — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:48:24 +0000

You can conditionally add the custom checkout.css and hide the shipping fields as caroline suggests only if the cart weight is greater than zero. Something like this…

{% if cart.total_weight > 0 %}
    {{ 'checkout.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{% endif %}

Just set digital product weights to 0 and physical good to anything above 0. If the cart contains digital goods only the shipping fields would be hidden. If the cart has even one physical good then the shipping fields are shown.

Could that work for you?

Kenzie commented

Kenzie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:37:12 +0000

Where would I add this condition?

I thought the only way to alter the checkout page was with the checkout.css file, but this is my first Shopify site in a couple of years, so I may have missed something.

Jared Burns commented

Jared Burns — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:53:26 +0000

Yes, the only way to alter the checkout pages is using checkout.css. What I’m suggesting is that you only load up checkout.css if there are digital products in the cart.

You put the statement above in the head of theme.liquid. Then you “hide” the desired elements in checkout.css.

If you need help with this you can contact us directly through the contact us link in the footer of our homepage.

plainspace commented

plainspace — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:30:04 +0000

Help,

We are seeing some dynamic stylesheets being generated that are overriding our checkout.css file. Any ideas?

https://static2.shopify.com/s/stylesheets/forms.css?979847326953fbf78c8c513e961870b46cc55d9a
https://static1.shopify.com/s/stylesheets/checkout.css?979847326953fbf78c8c513e961870b46cc55d9a
https://static3.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/7262/assets/checkout.css

Thanks!

Jamie commented

Jamie — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:42:13 +0000

Is it just a few rules getting superceded? If it is I had something similar. I just went back and tracked down each one and used the ! important rule on each on and it cleared things up.

Richard Bird commented

Richard Bird — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:20 +0000

I don't believe this solutions works any longer. Just for testing, I put the follwing in the head of theme.liquid

{% if cart.total_weight < 0 %}
    <!-- total weight is less than zero -->
{% endif %}
{% if cart.total_weight == 0 %}
    <!-- total weight is equal to zero -->
{% endif %}
{% if cart.total_weight > 0 %}
    <!-- total weight is greater than zero -->
{% endif %}

And it does not render on the checkout page no matter what.

Caroline Schnapp commented

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:45 +0000

@Jared,

You can conditionally add the custom checkout.css and hide the shipping fields as caroline suggests only if the cart weight is greater than zero. Something like this…
{% if cart.total_weight > 0 %}
    {{ 'checkout.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{% endif %}

Coding dyslexia.

Code should be:

{% if cart.total_weight == 0 %}
    {{ 'checkout.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{% endif %}

@Richard Bird

The code provided by Jared goes into the header element in theme.liquid. However, you won't see your HTML comment on the checkout pages. You will see your HTML comment on any page but the checkout pages. An that's normal.

Bad news:

Jared's solution won't work because linking in your own checkout.css file in the header is not even required for that stylesheet to be used. The mere presence of a stylesheet named checkout.css in your Assets folder will be enough for Shopify to 'link' it in at checkout. Unfortunately. So your own overrides will be applied, whether you have tangible goods inside the cart or not.

Caroline Schnapp commented

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:25 +0000

What we need here is a way to use global objects in .css.liquid files, not only the theme settings.