New Provider

Production Workstations

See New Provider Wiki page.

Ship Workstations

- Ask the provider these questions:

What is the shipping "from" name and phone number?

What is the shipping return name, phone number, and address?

- Create a new provider-<provider>.json file to configure the from info, return info, and shipping accounts.

Code

- If provider is not explicitly specifying shipping (carrier and service), then create the appropriate PHP source file lib/shipspec_<provider>.inc.php

- If provider has a specific notification API, then implement in lib/notify_<provider>.inc.php

Reporting

- Set up semimonthly volume and detail reports for billing

- Set up daily volume reports (for people who want/allowed to have financials)

- Set up daily received reports (for people who don't need/allowed to have financials)

Database

- Add record to provider table (see below)

- If provider is using our API, add a key to api_key table

- Add csr record to access table

Provider Table

name - How provider is referred to in code and database. All lowercase. Not too long.

display - Display name for provider.

explicit_ship - Does provider explicitly specify the shipping carrier and service?

combine_ship - Does provider use combined_shipments?

cache_assets - Should artwork be cached? Useful for providers that expire artwork quickly.

check_mins - How often to check that orders have been received from provider. Zero is don't check.

notify_status - What status states should be notified to provider (production,pending,shipped,cancel,error)