Zen Cart Button Construction Kit 1.6.5 and up..

[nigelt74]

Its not something i am currently looking at either, mainly as the sites i look after still have at least 30% ie6 usage, although it is dropping rapidly now, I will probably have a look at it again later in the year, but looking at the code it shouldn't be too difficult, it's just it isn't my code and i have got to get my head around all the code before making changes

So for me just using a jpeg and setting the background colour to match the content background is all i need

[torvista]

Version 1.6.6 (for php5.3) now available for download
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=743

for those with 1.6.5 working on php 5.2 this version does not offer anything extra.

[nigelt74]

Version 1.6.6 (for php5.3) now available for download
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=743

for those with 1.6.5 working on php 5.2 this version does not offer anything extra.

I hate to be a party pooper

You missed the buttons/swedish folder

which means the swedish buttons won't generate

[torvista]

which means the swedish buttons won't generate

I always miss something, this time I can blame it on jet lag instead of the kids.

[DivaVocals]

Its not something i am currently looking at either, mainly as the sites i look after still have at least 30% ie6 usage, although it is dropping rapidly now, I will probably have a look at it again later in the year, but looking at the code it shouldn't be too difficult, it's just it isn't my code and i have got to get my head around all the code before making changes

So for me just using a jpeg and setting the background colour to match the content background is all i need

Again no worries.. Just would be nice if this generated PNG buttons.. I have a great javascript I use to make them (PNGs) obey on IE6 that works very well.. For some designs I need buttons with transparent backgrounds.. I have a great graphics person I work with who does 'em for me in those instances..

Anyway if you decide to give this feature a looksee, I'll look forward to seeing that improvement.. I'll still keep this tool in my arsenal as I do find it very useful for some designs.. Am I following this thread correctly in that there is one more modification and re-submission in the works??

[nigelt74]

Am I following this thread correctly in that there is one more modification and re-submission in the works??

the only mod needed is to add a folder called swedish in the buttons directory, I assume torvista is already on to it or sleeping depending on where in the world he is at the moment

[DivaVocals]

the only mod needed is to add a folder called swedish in the buttons directory, I assume torvista is already on to it or sleeping depending on where in the world he is at the moment

Got it!! will update my current install..

[torvista]

Thanks to a pointer from nigel, this bit of code makes png backgrounds transparent, but that includes the text - some of the background seeps through. I think this is easy to fix but I have no time now, someone please investigate imagefilledrectangle etc..

in class.zen_bck.php line 91

        imagefill($btn_body, 0, 0, $bgcolor); 

change to

        imagefill($btn_body, 0, 0, $bgcolor);
        imagecolortransparent($btn_body, $bgcolor); 

[nigelt74]

Thanks to a pointer from nigel, this bit of code makes png backgrounds transparent, but that includes the text - some of the background seeps through. I think this is easy to fix but I have no time now, someone please investigate imagefilledrectangle etc..

yep thats about as far as I got

provided you set the background colour to something almost the polar opposite of the font colour, i got virtually no bleed through, or at least none i noticed, its just a halo of background colour around the button that bugs me.
see here
http://grumpykiwi.com/zen_buttons/zen_bck/
select "transparent test" in the defaults looks good on the red background, but when you actually create the buttons you see the red halo, provided you set the back ground colour to something similar to your site background, the buttons will fit in a heck of a lot better with the above hack, than they previously did

I am looking at imagefilledrectangle, but, todays is my eldests 4th birthday so the will be a sugar crazed midget terrorist stopping me for the next few days

[DivaVocals]

Thanks to both of you.. Ya'll are the BEST!!! Will certainly give all of this a try this weekend (provided I can get folks to leave me alone with my geek toys..)

Nigel are you familiar with the Super Sleight script?? I have had EXCELLENT success making PNGs in IE6 behave with this script in place.. No more blue halos..

var supersleight=function(){var root=false; 	var applyPositioning=true; 	var shim='images/x.gif'; 	var shim_pattern=/x\.gif$/i; var fnLoadPngs=function(){if(root){root=document.getElementById(root);}else{root=document;} for(var i=root.all.length-1,obj=null;(obj=root.all[i]);i--){if(obj.currentStyle.backgroundImage.match(/\.png/i)!==null){bg_fnFixPng(obj);} if(obj.tagName=='IMG'&&obj.src.match(/\.png$/i)!==null){el_fnFixPng(obj);} if(applyPositioning&&(obj.tagName=='A'||obj.tagName=='INPUT')&&obj.style.position===''){obj.style.position='relative';}}};var bg_fnFixPng=function(obj){var mode='scale';var bg=obj.currentStyle.backgroundImage;var src=bg.substring(5,bg.length-2);if(obj.currentStyle.backgroundRepeat=='no-repeat'){mode='crop';} obj.style.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+src+"', sizingMethod='"+mode+"')";obj.style.backgroundImage='url('+shim+')';};var el_fnFixPng=function(img){var src=img.src;img.style.width=img.width+"px";img.style.height=img.height+"px";img.style.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+src+"', sizingMethod='scale')";img.src=shim;};var addLoadEvent=function(func){var oldonload=window.onload;if(typeof window.onload!='function'){window.onload=func;}else{window.onload=function(){if(oldonload){oldonload();} func();};}};return{init:function(){addLoadEvent(fnLoadPngs);},limitTo:function(el){root=el;},run:function(){fnLoadPngs();}};}();supersleight.init();

yep thats about as far as I got

provided you set the background colour to something almost the polar opposite of the font colour, i got virtually no bleed through, or at least none i noticed, its just a halo of background colour around the button that bugs me.
see here
http://grumpykiwi.com/zen_buttons/zen_bck/
select "transparent test" in the defaults looks good on the red background, but when you actually create the buttons you see the red halo, provided you set the back ground colour to something similar to your site background, the buttons will fit in a heck of a lot better with the above hack, than they previously did

I am looking at imagefilledrectangle, but, todays is my eldests 4th birthday so the will be a sugar crazed midget terrorist stopping me for the next few days