Image Handler 2 (for ZC v1.3.8 ONLY) Support

[mzimmers]

So clearly the issue is in something being installed wrong.. I suspect that something which affects the product image display on the product detail page is MISSING code which IH2 needs to display the watermarks.. Now I can't tell you WHAT is missing, but I can tell you based on what I see what the issue likely is. It's not a IH2 setting.. Your settings are fine.. The INSTALL is the issue.. and I don't know if it's IH2, the lightbox module or another module you've installed.. but something is not installed properly and is causing the watermarks to not work..

OK, I just wiped out every file pertaining to IH2 and re-installed from a fresh copy. (I believe that in so doing, I've removed Lightbox from the equation, as I'm not getting watermarks in places that have nothing to do with Lightbox.)

Behavior is the same.

For the life of me, I don't know what to do now. There are a couple of files that differ between the IH2 versions and the v139 versions, but trying to determine which change to pick up is an absolute guessing game for me.

I think I'm just going to have to give up on this, and do without watermarks, as I'm absolutely out of ideas.

Thank you to everyone who tried to get this working with me.

[nigelt74]

OK, I just wiped out every file pertaining to IH2 and re-installed from a fresh copy. (I believe that in so doing, I've removed Lightbox from the equation, as I'm not getting watermarks in places that have nothing to do with Lightbox.)

Behavior is the same.

For the life of me, I don't know what to do now. There are a couple of files that differ between the IH2 versions and the v139 versions, but trying to determine which change to pick up is an absolute guessing game for me.

I think I'm just going to have to give up on this, and do without watermarks, as I'm absolutely out of ideas.

Thank you to everyone who tried to get this working with me.

Someone else is going to probably correct me here, but bear with me
on this page
http://www.cinderellaantiques.com/in...products_id=14

The link for the bigger image - this is the code that is appearing on your page

<a title="Napier Sterling Brooch" rel="lightbox-g" href="images//products/jewelry/brooches/100002.jpg">
<img width="240" height="180" title=" Napier Sterling Brooch " alt="Napier Sterling Brooch" src="bmz_cache/6/6209beca6b535c306215c0a434bee30f.image.240x180.jpg">
<br>
<span class="imgLink">larger image</span>
</a>

if you look at your href it is images//products/jewelry/brooches/100002.jpg
1) note the double slash
2) also that image will never be watermarked as it isn't coming from imagehandlers bmz_cache

I know nothing about lightbox, but i assume there is a way to make it recognise imagehandler

[nigelt74]

Lightbox apparently does give you the option to watermark your large images provided you have the watermark PNG in your images folder

[nigelt74]

Just for comparison Micheal

This code is taken from

http://fantasiesrealm.com/market/ind...roducts_id=518
Which is DarkAngels site

<a title="Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar" rel="lightbox-g" href="bmz_cache/6/61c2f367159ac30e1bfb5ea647b78a31.image.408x320.jpeg">
<img width="225" height="176" title=" Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar " alt="Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar" src="bmz_cache/4/422553687778162b77707aec2943d187.image.225x176.jpeg">
<br>
<span class="imgLink">larger image</span></a>

as you can see the HREF in her link is pointing at the bmzcache, also if you note when you click on the link the image is watermarked.

It might be an idea to post your page here, as it seems you should be able to get the large waterarked image through image handler, unless DarkAngel has used some strange voodoo to do it

[mzimmers]

Thanks for the reply, Nigel.

The double slash is interesting, and worth tracking down, but I don't think it's coming into play here. The UNIX file system should be able to look past that.

So, the obvious question is, what do I need to do to get my shop to point to the bmzcache? All I did to put the images into my shop was to upload a directory structure and have the Easy Populate file point to those products when I created them. Did I omit a key step? (I did experiment with uploading one image via IH2, and that didn't get watermarked, either.)

Or, to ask a different way: is it necessary to manually upload each image via IH2 to get the watermark? This would seem odd, since IH2 does indeed see the images. Plus, I am able to get watermarks on my small images.

What exactly do you mean by "post your page here?" Explain and I'll do it.

[DivaVocals]

Thanks for the reply, Nigel.

The double slash is interesting, and worth tracking down, but I don't think it's coming into play here. The UNIX file system should be able to look past that.

So, the obvious question is, what do I need to do to get my shop to point to the bmzcache? All I did to put the images into my shop was to upload a directory structure and have the Easy Populate file point to those products when I created them. Did I omit a key step? (I did experiment with uploading one image via IH2, and that didn't get watermarked, either.)

Or, to ask a different way: is it necessary to manually upload each image via IH2 to get the watermark? This would seem odd, since IH2 does indeed see the images. Plus, I am able to get watermarks on my small images.

What exactly do you mean by "post your page here?" Explain and I'll do it.

To be perfectly honest NONE of us in here can really answer this.. We are at this point GUESSING since none of us can see your store's back end files. The issue stems from the fact that ALL of the image on your product detail pages are NOT reading from the IH2 cache folders, and that can only mean that some other module you are using is interfering with that process in some way.. Which module??? NO CLUE.. The lightbox contrib seemed most likely, but it may not be that.. Could be EZ Populate, could be something else.. I wish I could help more, but I am out of ideas here.. I strongly suggest searching this support thread and seeing if any other issues with EZ Populate pop up..

[DivaVocals]

Just for comparison Micheal

This code is taken from

http://fantasiesrealm.com/market/ind...roducts_id=518
Which is DarkAngels site

<a title="Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar" rel="lightbox-g" href="bmz_cache/6/61c2f367159ac30e1bfb5ea647b78a31.image.408x320.jpeg">
<img width="225" height="176" title=" Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar " alt="Fantasy Realms 2010 Calendar" src="bmz_cache/4/422553687778162b77707aec2943d187.image.225x176.jpeg">
<br>
<span class="imgLink">larger image</span></a>

as you can see the HREF in her link is pointing at the bmzcache, also if you note when you click on the link the image is watermarked.

It might be an idea to post your page here, as it seems you should be able to get the large waterarked image through image handler, unless DarkAngel has used some strange voodoo to do it

IH2 is a straight forward install.. It should just WORK.. Clearly there is another add-on that is interfering, and it's hard to say which one working in the blind..

[mzimmers]

IH2 is a straight forward install.. It should just WORK.. Clearly there is another add-on that is interfering, and it's hard to say which one working in the blind..

Hi, Diva –

Since I completely reinstalled IH2 last night, and overwrote EVERY file in my shop with the IH2 counterpart, doesn't that rule out any other add-on interfering? If anything, it would seem that my doing that would break the other add-ons.

[stellarweb]

Yes, you are definately right about it being an extreme response - but when it is my good name and reputation on the line that I have worked for years to establish - with me any way. it emitted that extreme response.

I PM'd Dr. Byte yesterday to please remove it because of this thread - and he did so very quickly - THANKS Dr. Byte!

I am "over it" now and back to my usual not freaking out self and will continue to support this community with updates of other mods as I can and hope that it will be a much better experience than what trying to help in this case was. I have been building sites with zen cart since version 1.2.4 and have been in love with it from the first day I used it - and will not let an incident like this sway that dedication to this software, the developers and the community that uses it.

Sorry you were offended.. Not my intent at all.. I was simply expressing an opinion about how I thought things were handled. There was no anger or malice behind anything I wrote.. (though some might assume otherwise) Again, my concerns centered around the fact that the two mods being out there REALLY would have been a cause for confusion. Surely you can see that right?? (hence why this flurry of posts over the last few days..)

It's too bad you will walk away from this not wanting to share with the community as a result.. I personally think that is an extreme response to this whole situation, but certainly your prerogative to do so if you feel strongly about it..

[mzimmers]

OK, I'm not quite ready to give up yet.

I've created a brand new DB, and a brand new install of v139. To this new install, I added IH2.

I believe there were three potential file conflicts between v139 and IH2. In all three cases, I took the IH2 files whole.

No new templates. No other add-ons. NOTHING but v139 and IH2.

I added two products. One I gave an image via the standard method (through editing the product details). The other, I gave an image via IH2.

I've set image settings for watermarks on medium and large images.

I get watermarks on rollover, but not on the images. Identical behavior to my working shop.

What on earth could I be doing wrong here? I think I've eliminated most of the variables.

Thanks.