Hello,
 
A quick question to determine if it's worth upgrading, considering the template changes...
 
Does the new shipping cost field accept the percentage of the product cost as a method to determine shipping cost, or only a flat rate?
 
Thanks!
 

 
The shipping costs currently allow only flat rates.
 
Thanks,
ViArt Support Team

I asked them for a way around this in a previous release. I have edited /shipping/usps.php to make the following changes:
 
$module[3] = $postage["Rate"];
change to
$module[3] = 1.1 * $postage["Rate"];
 
and
 
$module[3] = $service["Postage"];
change to
$module[3] = 1.1 * $service["Postage"];
 
By multiplying by 1.1, I'm adding 10% "handling fee" under the covers. This allows you to do it by percent. The new feature added with 2.6 should be changed in the future to allow percentages. It would be nice not to have to do these customizations at each release.