how to sell high res images allowing download after paying? Gallery2

[GeeWiz]

Great thread, but I'm kind of new at this so please try to ignore my ignorance.

I have installed Gallery2 with checkout, checkout w/paypal and ZIP modules and everything is working. I would however like my HiRes photos to be the downloaded image from gallery and not viewable. I found this topic after some searches and it looks like this is just what I'm looking for.

I think I'm ready to try this, so far I have;

Installed Gallery v2.2.3 on my managed server (hosted at DreamHost) and it's all running. I've tested the PP integration in the PPSandbox. All is working.
Gallery url is running out off of http://mysite.net/Gallery

From what I have read in this thread, I need to do the following;

downloaded zen-cart-v1.3.7.1-full-patched-07052007 and zen-cart-v1.3.7-admin-patch to my windows client, unzip and FTP to my hosted server.

I also downloaded zcg2-0.9.1.zip from Chuck reference and read the Readme1st and readme. Looks fairly strait forward.

Some of these comments are months old, and before I start down this path, I thought to ask the question if these are still the latest bits to use. If not, what's missing and where should I get them. Also there seem to be some confusion about where should I unpack the zencart stuff?
home/Gallery/zencart/ or home/zencart/

Also, do the zcg2 .zip files go on top of G2 and ZC after the base kits are installed ?

Thanks for your replies (and some excellent work)



Also I saw a "A2_ZC1_3_7_GALLERY JPH_V2_1_ISS_2.zip", do I need this?

[Chuckl]

Taking them one at a time, no, it's not the latest. Dayo Akanji posted a link to a version with a couple of additional pricing/photo options on the Gallery2 forums two days ago. Other code is the same a s 0.9.1 I believe.

I don't think it makes any difference which package is in the 'root' folder of the website, or whether they are both in sub folders i.e. one in http://mysite.net/ and one in http://mysite.net.Gallery/, or in in Gallery as before and one in http://mysite.net/Shop/
Whatever works for you. As I mentioned in the one readme file, I usually install Zen Cart first, followed by Gallery, because thats the way I first did it, and it worked. I haven't tried any other way.
Most important is to execute the ALTER TABLE statements in the Readme on the Zen Cart products and categories tables, or you will definitely have problems.

You can install the mod files at any time, makes no difference.

I suspect the two files you are referring to at the end are the files for Hareslades image product type mod, which is nothing to do with the Gallery2 - Zen Cart integration.

Rgds,

Chuck

[GeeWiz]

Found Dayo's post at http://gallery.menalto.com/node/69302

I've already got Gallery2 up so I'll try putting zc on top of it.
We'll see how it works. If I have to I'll delete G2 and re-do.

I've just deleted Checkout and Chechout w/Paypal plugins.

I think zc will work with zip download plugin.

My hosting service has a one click install for ZenCart and that went fine

I am having a problem though. I don't seem to be able to activate my zen cart in Gallery. It installed fine w/out errors but post config, there is no activate.

Any suggestions other than uninstall both zc and g2 and start over ?

Thanks

[Chuckl]

The process I use is:

1. Run ALTER TABLE on products_image and categories_image as per readme file.
2. Create a new category in ZC admin-categories/product types for the Gallery images e.g. Galleries.
3. Select install in Gallery2-siteadmin-plugins, get configure message etc. As requested, enter path th ZC install. This is the full filesystem path e.g. /var/www/fredbloggs/web/shop or /home/fredbloggs/public_html/shop or whatever and save.
3. Enter ZC category to use. Note that this cannot be the Top category. It will be accepted, but never give you a choice to activate.
4. Tick enable long paths and save.
5. Activate.

[GeeWiz]

Great, I totally missed having to add a category. This allow me to activate zc, but now when I go to add items to my album, I get

Security Violation

The action you attempted is not permitted.
Error Detail -
Error (ERROR_BAD_PARAMETER) : 0

Gallery Remote also seems to be having trouble so maybe I messed up a gallery setting. Thanks again...

[GeeWiz]

Oops, since I re-installed, I forgot to re-enable Remote.
One more try, and this time with feeling. Thanks

[Chuckl]

Yup, I know the message well. Often caused by your site running under suExec rather than straight PHP.
Usually means you have some files somewhere (usually the image you are uploading or trying to add) that is not owned by the site user/suExec user, but usually by the Apache user - 'nobody' or 'www-data'.
Also don't forget that Dayos' code adds permission checks on the gallery side?

If it were confession time, I'd say that I have been looking at that message A LOT over the last 2 days, and that I cured it and I don't know how....
Try - setting the album permissions to everybody all access, if you've uploaded images to the server, check their ownership and permissions. Deactivate Zencart module in Gallery, add some images and re-activate. Check the ownership and permissions on your Gallery data folder and sub folders.
I did all of the above, some combination of them worked.

[GeeWiz]

Sure am getting good at reinstalling ...

Things are working pretty well all the way thru checkout. When the image is in the cart and you hit the customized 'back to site' button, I'm getting an error when directed to the URL
http://www.xxx.com/g2/main.php?g2_co...urchaseOptions
"Your change cannot be completed due to a loss of session data. "
* in modules/core/classes/GalleryController.class at line 239 (gallerycoreapi::error)
* in main.php at line 224 (gallerycontroller::assertisgenuinerequest)
* in main.php at line 94
* in main.php at line 83

Thanks more....

[GeeWiz]

Also when actually using Paypal to check out, I'm getting

Warning: reset() [function.reset]: Passed variable is not an array or object in /home/.pooch/.../zen_cart/includes/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php on line 38

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/.pooch/.../zen_cart/includes/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php on line 39

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.pooch/.../zen_cart/includes/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php:38) in /home/.pooch/.../zen_cart/includes/functions/functions_general.php on line 44

hum.. Maybe I'm missing something on the installs.

Install zc, then G2, then the zcg2 1.0 where the following is from the readme;

1) Upload the files in gallery2/ to your Gallery 2 directory and the files in zencart/ to your Zen Cart directory.
2) In your Gallery 2 Site Administration, click on "Modules," find "Zen Cart" under the "Commerce" heading, and click "configure."
3) Enter the full server path to your Zen Cart installation (E.G.
/home/you/public_html/Gallery2/zencart/).
) Create Category in Zen Cart under Catalog/Categories (cant use top) -- added step from post.
4) Select the category in Zen Cart in which you would like your Gallery items to be put.
5) Click "activate" next to the Zen Cart listing on the module page and you're done!

Then update the DB for long file names both products and categories

Configure g2 commerce zencart
Configure zc for pp

?? Did I miss someting here ? I get foggy eyed after midnight... Thanks again...

[Chuckl]

On the 'Paypal' side, that sounds like a Zen Cart error message saying 'If you want me to charge tax you'd better define some tax rates and groups'

Regarding session data etc, I don't quite follow, as I don't get a 'back to gallery' button in the shopping cart. I only have a back to gallery button in the product info page, which takes me back to gallery. If I am logged in to gallery, there are navid's appended to the return path in the url showing.

Could you expand a bit on the process followed to get there - e.g. login to gallery-select photo-select view/add to cart-select add to cart etc.