Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

[mali]

Hi Alex,

I've just installed it today and it works great!. Just a little problem with the 'wrong order of Additional Images'. It's a tricky one.


When I click on the 'Main Medium image', it shows the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. Which apparently is not right order according to normal human sense.

Please have a look at this link. then you will get what I mean.
http://www.theartofthailand.com/garu...-art-p-23.html

This is the paths of my images (Sorted by name).

Small
/images/3786.jpg
/images/3786_01.jpg
/images/3786_02.jpg
/images/3786_03.jpg

Medium
/images/medium/3786_MED.jpg

Large (Sorted by name)
/images/large/3786_01_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_02_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_03_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_LRG.jpg

** Apparently when you sort the images by name, The large image 3786_LRG.jpg will alway be the last picture. And that's why it show the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. I want this to be the first picture because it's linked from main medium image.

I think I have to work around the name of images as this problem is not caused by lightbox. But can someone suggest me how to do this please.

Regards,

[jetx]

Hey Alex, can you think of a way to use this for category images?

[Alex Clarke]

If people click on the category image they expect to be taken to the category, right? So would using Zen Lightbox to display large category images caue problems (navigational) for your visitors?

Also, can Zen Cart currently display a larger category image if you click on it? If so, the answer is yes - Zen Lightbox will be able to display larger category images.

[jetx]

If people click on the category image they expect to be taken to the category, right? So would using Zen Lightbox to display large category images caue problems (navigational) for your visitors?

Also, can Zen Cart currently display a larger category image if you click on it? If so, the answer is yes - Zen Lightbox will be able to display larger category images.

Actually what I'm interested in doing is not using individual product images at all. What I'm wanting is to use small category and sub category pictures which are used to display applications of the product, which for my products are a far more interesting way to show them.

The issue is picture size. So the ideal is to have one or more 100 to 150 px wide pics for each category or sub-cat, the visitor can open these to large, higher res 500 px wide pics if they so desire.

Navigation issues aside at this point, I guess modifying the tpl_modules_category_icon_display.php? Any thoughts?

[Alex Clarke]

Hi Alex,

I've just installed it today and it works great!. Just a little problem with the 'wrong order of Additional Images'. It's a tricky one.


When I click on the 'Main Medium image', it shows the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. Which apparently is not right order according to normal human sense.

Please have a look at this link. then you will get what I mean.
http://www.theartofthailand.com/garu...-art-p-23.html

This is the paths of my images (Sorted by name).

Small
/images/3786.jpg
/images/3786_01.jpg
/images/3786_02.jpg
/images/3786_03.jpg

Medium
/images/medium/3786_MED.jpg

Large (Sorted by name)
/images/large/3786_01_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_02_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_03_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_LRG.jpg

** Apparently when you sort the images by name, The large image 3786_LRG.jpg will alway be the last picture. And that's why it show the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. I want this to be the first picture because it's linked from main medium image.

I think I have to work around the name of images as this problem is not caused by lightbox. But can someone suggest me how to do this please.

Regards,

Sorry Mali... I seemed to miss your post.

I'll look into this issue, but I think it is (as you guessed) due to the filenames of your images.

I'm planning on releasing an updated version of Zen Lightbox soon and if I find that the above is a problem/bug I'll try my best to fix it.

Keep watching this topic for an update! :)

[sleastack]

Still not working for me.. have no idea why..

installed IH2 first and then the newest version of lightbox.

Whats wierd is that when I load the Main image through the traditional add item method, it will show in lightbox and the additionals wont work.

When I use imagehandler to load all three images, none of them work.

Am I missing something? ... I am loading the images into a folder in the images dir
(images/books), does it matter where I upload them to?

here is a link to the store. It is not done yet, thanks..

http://www.thelab101.com/store/index...products_id=10

[Alex Clarke]

Actually what I'm interested in doing is not using individual product images at all. What I'm wanting is to use small category and sub category pictures which are used to display applications of the product, which for my products are a far more interesting way to show them.

The issue is picture size. So the ideal is to have one or more 100 to 150 px wide pics for each category or sub-cat, the visitor can open these to large, higher res 500 px wide pics if they so desire.

Navigation issues aside at this point, I guess modifying the tpl_modules_category_icon_display.php? Any thoughts?

I'll look into this, but it'll have to be next week as I'm going away for a few days. Even away from the Internet!! But I'll look at this when I get back.

Do you have a link to you site in the meantime?

Still not working for me.. have no idea why..

installed IH2 first and then the newest version of lightbox.

Whats wierd is that when I load the Main image through the traditional add item method, it will show in lightbox and the additionals wont work.

When I use imagehandler to load all three images, none of them work.

Am I missing something? ... I am loading the images into a folder in the images dir
(images/books), does it matter where I upload them to?

here is a link to the store. It is not done yet, thanks..

http://www.thelab101.com/store/index...products_id=10

Have you setup certain product types? Also, what version of Zen Cart are you running?

It looks like you could have an out-dated version of additional_images.php

Post back with the above info and we'll try and get to the bottom of this. :)

[jetx]

I'll look into this, but it'll have to be next week as I'm going away for a few days. Even away from the Internet!! But I'll look at this when I get back.

Do you have a link to you site in the meantime? :)

Thanks Alex. This shop is on a test (home) server right now.

[sleastack]

Thanks for the Quick reply Alex,

I have all my products under products general, should I set up product types for each type of product?

I am running Zen version 1.3.5

I dont understand what you mean about an Outdated version of Additional images.php, I uploaded the most recent version of lightbox and renamed the my TEMPLATE Folder.

It is a fairly new install (a week prior to 1.3.6)

[flightoffancy]

I just wanted to say thanks for this GREAT contribution! I've got it installed on my site which runs Zen Version 1.3.0.1 with IH2 and it works flawlessly. The image presentation looks so much better now.

I do have a quick question, what will happen if someone is viewing the site that has javascript disabled?