product_listing.php display large image

[jonnyboy22]

Hello,

Wonder if anyone can help me. I'm trying to display the large image in product_listing.php.

at the moment I have

   case 'PRODUCT_LIST_IMAGE':
        $lc_align = 'left';
        if ($listing->fields['products_image'] == '' and PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE_STATUS == 0) {
          $lc_text = '';
        } else {
         if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) {
            $lc_text = '
            ';
          } else {
            $lc_text = '<a href="#' . $listing->fields['products_id'] . '" name="modal">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '</a>
            

<div class="boxes">
<div id="' . $listing->fields['products_id'] . '" class="window">
<a href="#" class="close">Close this window</a>
<br />
' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '
<br />
<b>' . $listing->fields['products_name'] . '</b> | <br />
Product id ' . $listing->fields['products_id'] . '<br />
' . zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id'], PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '
    </div>
</div> 

Ive tried changing

' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . ' 

to

' . zen_image($products_image_large, $products_values->fields['products_name'] . ' 

but no joy.

Any ideas?

[DrByte]

I'm trying to display the large image in product_listing.php.

Why ?

[jonnyboy22]

Hi Byte

Thanks for your reply.

It was for this site

Wanted the image and description in a popup lightbox which was also in the page so we can increase the amount of text on the page for SEO

p.s. we got it working with

<img src="http://www.SITEURL.co.uk/images/large/' . substr($listing->fields['products_image'], 0, -4) . '_LRG.jpg">

for now but could do without the substr. If you could lend me some of your knowledge id appreciate it?

[DrByte]

Seriously? That page is massive. You said this was about SEO, but the sheer size of your page makes it NOT seo-friendly. Pushing larger images to the page just makes it even worse.
Haven't you read all the buzz from Google in the last few years about the importance of small page sizes and fast page loading speed? The sheer size of your page makes it horribly slow. And brings my browsers to a near crash.

[jonnyboy22]

Hi byte
Yes im aware of the seo page size issue and smaller other pages are used for the main keywords etc. I'm open to suggestions regarding not loading the images until needed etc but redirecting the user to another page is not an option (client is specific about this).