Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

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Hope niestudio does not take my posts as critical of his/her terrific add on. Works fabulous site wide - except on the ez pages. And really only needed it on 15 or 20 images on one page. Obviously I'm a little confused about which functions are served by zen lightbox and which by IH. And what the mod is designed to do and not do. Just loved the effortless "zoom in" effect on the images and wanted the same functionality on my ez pages.

Overjoyed to only need my little workaround on a few images and tickled pink by how effortlessly this works everywhere else.

Which module provides which feature is IMHO clearly laid out in each modules (ZLB and IH2) respective readme file, but since we've already gone down this path let's make sure it's clear for those following this thread..

The "on hover" functionality (what you have referred to as the "zoom in effect") you added to your EZ Pages is NOT a feature of Zen Lightbox. Nor is the "on hover" functionality a "primary" feature of IH2. By this I mean that as clearly outlined in the IH2 readme file, IH2's primary purpose is to manage and optimize the PRODUCT and CATEGORY images ONLY (it does NOT work on other site images). IH2's TRUE value is in the image management /optimization of product and category images that it provides. It's "on hover" feature is a "bonus" feature, and has IMHO LONG been a source of confusion about the TRUE purpose/value of IH2 for shopowners.

Zen Lightbox as it's readme clearly indicates adds a lightbox effect to not only product image images, but other images on your Zen Cart site as well. A lightbox effect is different from the "on hover" effect as follows:

lightbox also is a simple, unobtrusive javascript used to overlay images on a web page

You undoubtedly have seen information or forms or other calls to action appear over the top of a web page you're visiting. The rest of the web page is shaded or grayed out.
These are sometimes referred to as a lightbox. Often, a lightbox overlays a black or other solid color with content in a div. The lightbox in this article allows you to change the opacity of the overlay behind the lightbox to allow a hint of the content on the page to show through.

The "on hover" effect you've added to your EZ Page images is not a feature that either ZLB or IH2 will provide. This explains WHY I was confused. Though you have a solution to your "issue", as it turns out the "issue" you had is not related to EITHER of these modules.. (ZLB or IH2)