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#41

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.

#42

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.

#43

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.

#44

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

#45

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.

#46

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.

#47

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

#48

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

Last post by timlight10 - July 20, 2026, 04:59:46 PM

I have a similar issue. My web host has a limit on number of files. I have some files that are duplicated, or are no longer used/attached to an product/category. Is there a way to easily find and remove these no longer in use images, PDF files, etc... from the Resources folder?

#49

General Support / Abantecart Ver. 1.4.3 errors

Last post by hani - July 20, 2026, 06:11:08 AM

Hi to all

After i upgraded from version 1.4.2 to version 1.4.3 i have been facing some issues, 2 issues until now and possibly there are more.

1- When o tried to add a new coupon i get error message and the cpupon is not added

2- Also when i tried to add an attribute i get these errors

There has been a critical error processing your request
SQL Error: Column 'attribute_parent_id' cannot be null\nError No: 1048\nSQL: INSERT INTO abc_global_attributes
SET attribute_type_id = 1,
attribute_group_id = NULL,
attribute_parent_id = NULL,
element_type = 'T',
sort_order = 1,
required = 0,
settings = 'a:4:{s:10:\"extensions\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"min_size\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"max_size\";s:0:\"\";s:9:\"directory\";s:0:\"\";}',
status = 1,
regexp_pattern = ''PHP call stack:
#0 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/lib/db.php:138
#1 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/extensions.php:1174
#2 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/extensions.php:405
#3 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/lib/db.php:104
#4 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/lib/attribute_manager.php:93
#5 /home/bethlehe/public_html/admin/controller/pages/catalog/attribute.php:154
#6 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php:306
#7 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php:341
#8 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/page.php:110
#9 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/router.php:204
#10 /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/engine/router.php:86
#11 /home/bethlehe/public_html/index.php:81
in /home/bethlehe/public_html/core/database/amysqli.php on line 186

3- In the golbal attributes page in the admin panel all attributes are not available / not seen as if there are no attributes. while in the database they are available.

My webmaster checked my website and he says that this due to incorrect tables structure. As i mentioned in the begining that these errors happened after the upgrade from ver 1.4.2 to ver 1.4.3

#50

Support / Re: ShipStation carrier extens...

Last post by Jerryarrett - July 15, 2026, 11:10:17 PM

Hello.
The "FastCheckout Error: No shipping option offered" message usually means there are no enabled or suitable shipping methods available for the customer/cart/address.

Please try enabling at least one valid shipping method and test again.

For the ShipStation Carrier extension specifically, please contact the extension author through marketplace order support: https://marketplace.abantecart.com/order-support fnf

Yes, the "export" category is a strong indication that this extension only sends order data to ShipStation and does not provide live checkout rates. You will likely need a separate shipping module for customer rates, while using ShipStation only for fulfillment and labels.