The french store is an old test store that i have re-purposed but I've compared all administrative settings and they all seem to be the same.
I'm using this technique with other language sites including German (babblekidsde.foxycart.com) and Italian (babblekidsit.foxycart.com) and it is working fine.
I do not think it is related but i am only using Foxycart for checkout. I'm maintaining my own cart and passing that to foxycart via the URL when the user clicks 'checkout'.
The easiest way to test this is by using these URLs. They go to different Foxycart stores but both stores use the same checkout template:
I had forgotten to set the default category to 'Shipped using a flat rate fee' on my french store, instead it was on the default setting of 'no shipping' which is why the shipping logic was not being applied.
I had forgotten to set the default category to 'Shipped using a flat rate fee' on my french store, instead it was on the default setting of 'no shipping' which is why the shipping logic was not being applied.
All working ..... #happynow