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

**DivaVocals** · 31 Jul 2011, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by autoace

http://www. a u t o motiveace.com/upgrade/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_150_163_162&products_id=543

and you will need un/pw of auto1 for access

Thank you!

And yes, I just installed IH3, hoping that would solve the problem, but it didn't, still have the same error.

If you are now in fact using IH3, and NOT IH2, you should post your questions and seek support in the IH3 support thread..

**Serious** · 4 Aug 2011, 04:22 AM

v1.39
IH2

I've been thinking about this for a a while and wanted to ask before messing up my site.

I currently have all of my images in one directory....thousands of images to be exact.

.../Large/Normal/PicName.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName2.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName3.jpg

etc, etc.

So, I've got lots of different product/manufacture categories and would like to group the pics according to the manufactures.

Possible or not?

Would the following work:
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName2.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName3.jpg

.../Large/Normal/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1563/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/ManufactureABC/PicName56.jpg

Make sense?

**DarkAngel** · 4 Aug 2011, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by Serious

v1.39
IH2

I've been thinking about this for a a while and wanted to ask before messing up my site.

I currently have all of my images in one directory....thousands of images to be exact.

.../Large/Normal/PicName.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName2.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName3.jpg

etc, etc.

So, I've got lots of different product/manufacture categories and would like to group the pics according to the manufactures.

Possible or not?

Would the following work:
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName2.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName3.jpg

.../Large/Normal/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1563/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/ManufactureABC/PicName56.jpg

Make sense?

personally since you are running 1.3.9h then I would install IH3.

but back to your question..I have my images set up as this:

store/images/promos/vendor folder/pictures in here

with IH you do not and will not need the medium or large fodlers anymore. as long as you let IH know where the image is stored you will only need the main image then the rest will have the same name as the main one with _01.jpg after it...changing the number for each additional image.

you will then be able to get rid of the images you have in the large and medium folders.

hope that makes sense, they would look as this for additional images:

.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_01.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_02.jpg

then the same for each manufacturer...and if there is only one image for each manufacturer then just sorting them into each folder for them is fine..just remember to name the image as close as the product so you don't accidently overwrite the other one.

**DivaVocals** · 4 Aug 2011, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Serious

v1.39
IH2

I've been thinking about this for a a while and wanted to ask before messing up my site.

I currently have all of my images in one directory....thousands of images to be exact.

.../Large/Normal/PicName.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName2.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName3.jpg

etc, etc.

So, I've got lots of different product/manufacture categories and would like to group the pics according to the manufactures.

Possible or not?

Would the following work:
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName2.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName3.jpg

.../Large/Normal/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1563/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/ManufactureABC/PicName56.jpg

Make sense?

Originally Posted by DarkAngel

personally since you are running 1.3.9h then I would install IH3.

but back to your question..I have my images set up as this:

store/images/promos/vendor folder/pictures in here

with IH you do not and will not need the medium or large fodlers anymore. as long as you let IH know where the image is stored you will only need the main image then the rest will have the same name as the main one with _01.jpg after it...changing the number for each additional image.

you will then be able to get rid of the images you have in the large and medium folders.

hope that makes sense, they would look as this for additional images:

.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_01.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_02.jpg

then the same for each manufacturer...and if there is only one image for each manufacturer then just sorting them into each folder for them is fine..just remember to name the image as close as the product so you don't accidently overwrite the other one.

**DivaVocals** · 4 Aug 2011, 06:41 AM

**Poof**

Originally Posted by Serious

v1.39
IH2

I've been thinking about this for a a while and wanted to ask before messing up my site.

I currently have all of my images in one directory....thousands of images to be exact.

.../Large/Normal/PicName.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName2.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName3.jpg

etc, etc.

So, I've got lots of different product/manufacture categories and would like to group the pics according to the manufactures.

Possible or not?

Would the following work:
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName2.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName3.jpg

.../Large/Normal/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1563/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/ManufactureABC/PicName56.jpg

Make sense?

Originally Posted by DarkAngel

personally since you are running 1.3.9h then I would install IH3.

but back to your question..I have my images set up as this:

store/images/promos/vendor folder/pictures in here

with IH you do not and will not need the medium or large fodlers anymore. as long as you let IH know where the image is stored you will only need the main image then the rest will have the same name as the main one with _01.jpg after it...changing the number for each additional image.

you will then be able to get rid of the images you have in the large and medium folders.

hope that makes sense, they would look as this for additional images:

.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_01.jpg
.../images/manufacturers/Manufacture2/PicName_02.jpg

then the same for each manufacturer...and if there is only one image for each manufacturer then just sorting them into each folder for them is fine..just remember to name the image as close as the product so you don't accidently overwrite the other one.

**ScriptJunkie** · 4 Aug 2011, 05:51 PM

Agree with DarkAngel, upgrading to IH3 is a good choice. Also, there is a very nice image naming tutorial in the IH3 Read_Me on the Troubleshooting tab in the section "Prepare Your Site for Growth"

Originally Posted by Serious

v1.39
IH2

I've been thinking about this for a a while and wanted to ask before messing up my site.

I currently have all of my images in one directory....thousands of images to be exact.

.../Large/Normal/PicName.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName2.jpg

.../Large/Normal/PicName3.jpg

etc, etc.

So, I've got lots of different product/manufacture categories and would like to group the pics according to the manufactures.

Possible or not?

Would the following work:
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName2.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1/PicName3.jpg

.../Large/Normal/Manufacture2/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/Manufacture1563/PicName.jpg
.../Large/Normal/ManufactureABC/PicName56.jpg

Make sense?

**ilmarchez** · 29 Aug 2011, 10:38 PM

Hi, my BMZ_CACHE folder is full of images.
Can I delete it regularly? Do I create any error for ImageHandler2 or catalog?
Is it un unuseful directory or I have to leave it?
Thank you

**nigelt74** · 29 Aug 2011, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by ilmarchez

Hi, my BMZ_CACHE folder is full of images.
Can I delete it regularly? Do I create any error for ImageHandler2 or catalog?
Is it un unuseful directory or I have to leave it?
Thank you

Imagehandler will not work without the bmz_cache it is where image handler stores the images it creates,

Don't delete the images manually unless there is an actual problem using the image handler clear cache function loxcated

Admin --> Tools --> Image handler2

There should be 4 tabs

manager - admin - preview - about

go to the admin tab and click "Clear image cache" and this should delete all images in the cache

Image handler will rebuild the cache as images are requested by your store, so there should be no problems, i personally clear the cache about once a year (or before I do a full site back-up), just to clear out any images of products that are no longer available.

Ps if you are using the latest version of zencart you really should be using IH3, as it contains a few bug fixes and better compatibility for IE9

**ilmarchez** · 29 Aug 2011, 11:04 PM

The problem is that the IH2 clear cache tool is not working.

If I empty the bmz_cache every month the images in the store are continuing working?
I'd like to know if bmz_cache can be emptied without damaging anything.

Thanks

Originally Posted by nigelt74

Imagehandler will not work without the bmz_cache it is where image handler stores the images it creates,

Don't delete the images manually unless there is an actual problem using the image handler clear cache function loxcated

Admin --> Tools --> Image handler2

There should be 4 tabs

manager - admin - preview - about

go to the admin tab and click "Clear image cache" and this should delete all images in the cache

Image handler will rebuild the cache as images are requested by your store, so there should be no problems, i personally clear the cache about once a year (or before I do a full site back-up), just to clear out any images of products that are no longer available.

Ps if you are using the latest version of zencart you really should be using IH3, as it contains a few bug fixes and better compatibility for IE9

**nigelt74** · 29 Aug 2011, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by ilmarchez

The problem is that the IH2 clear cache tool is not working.

If I empty the bmz_cache every month the images in the store are continuing working?
I'd like to know if bmz_cache can be emptied without damaging anything.

Thanks

If its not clearing the cache something is screwy with your setup (normally a server side permissions/ownership thing)

Yes you safely can delete all images and folders in the bmz_cache folder. image handler will recreate them as they are required.

do not delete the .htaccess file and the .keep file, the main reason we try to avoid people going the manual route is quite frankly some people delete first ask later and then neglect to tell us what they've done when something goes wrong.