Flexicharge modifications to add charge selection on node/add/product
Flexicharge allows a lot of customisation via custom.inc provider files, but it requires multiple product types for applying different charges to products. Duplication of product modules to create new product types seems like a hack just to be able to assign a different Flexicharge rate based on the product type. It also makes updating difficult if you have many copies of the same basic product type.
Adding new postal rates isn't possible for 'site administrators' who don't know Drupal module coding, and only want to set a new shipping rate for products.
The proposal
I think it would be cleaner to provide a method for selecting a particular Flexicharge preset on the node/edit form. This can be included with the current weight option in the Flexicharge options on product node forms.
This also means products can have the charges changed to a different rate, since the charge is not specific to the type of product.
I am writing changes to the Flexicharge module (for EC v3.4 the current stable release) and a custom.inc and would like some opinions on whether this is useful?
Does anyone involved with Flexicharge.module think this is a bad idea?
