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#1

General Support / Re: Abantecart Ver. 1.4.3 erro...

Last post by timlight10 - July 22, 2026, 05:38:45 PM

Try running the upgrade_sql.sql file against your database server manually.

#2

General Support / Following error has occurred d...

Last post by timlight10 - July 22, 2026, 05:36:03 PM

Installing AbanteCart 1.1.4 on Windows, using XAMPP with PHP version 8.2.12...see below screenshot of a not very helpful error message. Can you help?

#3

Built-in Features / Re: Import PDF

Last post by timlight10 - July 22, 2026, 05:20:49 PM

I previously donated $200 on 11/7/25, I will made an addition $100 donation today. Looking forward to seeing this feature in AbanteCart!

#4

Built-in Features / Re: Import PDF

Last post by Basara - July 22, 2026, 09:20:58 AM

Thank you for the suggestion and for your willingness to support the development of AbanteCart.

This is certainly something we could consider adding. A donation of $300 USD or more would help prioritize and accelerate the development process. With that level of support, our developer should be able to complete the feature in approximately one business week, assuming no unexpected technical issues arise.

#5

Built-in Features / Import PDF

Last post by timlight10 - July 21, 2026, 11:06:16 AM

The CSV importer supports adding images through a list of URLs, could I also import other file types, such as PDF? Many of my products are very technical. I would like to attach a manual or specification sheet or brochure to the product during import, much like I can with the images. Again, I would be willing to make a donation to get this added. Let me know what donation would be needed and what the timeline would be.

#6

Support / Re: How Can i remove un-necess...

Last post by timlight10 - July 21, 2026, 11:04:01 AM

Unfortunately, I don't think that is what's happened. I have run a daily product import on my store. With "Update on SKU" selected, with a column of images, the importer created a new image each time the import was run. So I now have 20 copies of the same image. Some are assigned to a product, others are abandoned and not used. I want to remove the 20 copies * 5000 products that were uploaded.

Trouble is, these 5000 items are not the only products in the store. So I cannot just delete all images and then re-run the import. That would remove all images from all products and I do not want to do that. I just want to target the images that are abandoned.

#7

Support / Re: USPS Commercial Rates

Last post by Heemet - July 21, 2026, 07:46:53 AM

Hello Basara,

If you ship via PayPal, the USPS rates are commercial rates.  However, the default USPS extension in AbanteCart returns retail rates, which are higher.  Thus, if a customer checks-out and selects a USPS shipping option, he will be overcharged at the retail rate.

It appears that the USPS API allows for the API call to request commercial rates.  See here:
https://github.com/USPS/api-examples

The field is "priceType": "COMMERCIAL"

It seems that this would be an easy change in the USPS extension in AbanteCart, but I can't figure out where to set this field.

Thanks,
Peter

please change manually file (via cPanel filemanager)
public_html/extensions/usps/storefront/model/extension/usps.php

See lines 514 and 545.

Please let us know about result.

Hi adolabo,

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of where the rate type is set in rate query.  I made the change to 'priceType'                   => 'COMMERCIAL' and now I'm seeing appropriate rates.  Thank you!

One idea for a change to the USPS extension would be to provide a toggle in the extension interface to allow the user to select whether commercial rates are used by the store.

Regards,
Peter

#8

Support / Re: How Can i remove un-necess...

Last post by Basara - July 21, 2026, 04:03:39 AM

Hello. Usually, when you delete a product, AbanteCart also removes the images assigned to that product.
You can clear all AbanteCart caches to remove the generated thumbnails, which may delete also hundreds or thousands of cached tmp files. The thumbnails will be generated again automatically only when they are requested.

The resources directory contains the original uploaded files, so it should not be deleted or cleared manually.

#9

Support / Re: USPS Commercial Rates

Last post by abolabo - July 21, 2026, 04:01:49 AM

Hello Basara,

If you ship via PayPal, the USPS rates are commercial rates.  However, the default USPS extension in AbanteCart returns retail rates, which are higher.  Thus, if a customer checks-out and selects a USPS shipping option, he will be overcharged at the retail rate.

It appears that the USPS API allows for the API call to request commercial rates.  See here:
https://github.com/USPS/api-examples

The field is "priceType": "COMMERCIAL"

It seems that this would be an easy change in the USPS extension in AbanteCart, but I can't figure out where to set this field.

Thanks,
Peter

please change manually file (via cPanel filemanager)
public_html/extensions/usps/storefront/model/extension/usps.php

See lines 514 and 545.

Please let us know about result.

#10

Support / Re: USPS Commercial Rates

Last post by Heemet - July 20, 2026, 11:13:05 PM

Hello Basara,

If you ship via PayPal, the USPS rates are commercial rates.  However, the default USPS extension in AbanteCart returns retail rates, which are higher.  Thus, if a customer checks-out and selects a USPS shipping option, he will be overcharged at the retail rate.

It appears that the USPS API allows for the API call to request commercial rates.  See here:
https://github.com/USPS/api-examples

The field is "priceType": "COMMERCIAL"

It seems that this would be an easy change in the USPS extension in AbanteCart, but I can't figure out where to set this field.

Thanks,
Peter