Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

[DBB1]

Well, I was a bit quick to state that Lightbox was working (see previous posts).

When using the demo DVD images that came with the ZenCart install, I get varying results, depending on the browser being used.

Yesterday when I originally posted, I was using the latest version of Firefox. The Lightboxed image was a small one (ZenCart demo images), but the "CLOSE" and "NEXT/PREVIOUS" tags were overlaying and obscuring the actual image, and the product description was word-wrapped vertically. I thought that Lightbox would auto-size depending on the image size or description length, but this doesn't appear to be the case. I played with all the settings, but with no luck.

Today, I tried using InternetExplorer, v7.0.x. Mostly, I get the lightbox with no image, but sometimes I'll get just a white box in the middle of the screen, with no darkening of the background. A mouse click to the screen will then cause the background to darken, but again, no image.

Anyone else see these types of behaviors, or found a way to address them?

This seems to be a very slick contribution, but it's looking like it may not play well with other add-ons and/or environments.

Thanks!

I grabbed some screen shots to illustrate my last post:

Firefox:


IE:

As mentioned with IE, I occasionally have to click on the screen somewhere after the empty lightbox appears, in order for the background shading to take effect.

[Alex Clarke]

Alex my info is:

i am running zencart 1.3.8a
mysql is 5.051a community
php version 4.4.8(zend:1.3.0)
php on server is 5.2.6


is that what you wanted to know?

That's the stuff. :)

I'll be testing the install.sql code soon to find out it works for some people, but not others.

In the meantime, anyone having trouble running the install.sql code should review the following post.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...postcount=1240

It may prove helpful.

Well, I was a bit quick to state that Lightbox was working (see previous posts).

When using the demo DVD images that came with the ZenCart install, I get varying results, depending on the browser being used.

Yesterday when I originally posted, I was using the latest version of Firefox. The Lightboxed image was a small one (ZenCart demo images), but the "CLOSE" and "NEXT/PREVIOUS" tags were overlaying and obscuring the actual image, and the product description was word-wrapped vertically. I thought that Lightbox would auto-size depending on the image size or description length, but this doesn't appear to be the case. I played with all the settings, but with no luck.

Today, I tried using InternetExplorer, v7.0.x. Mostly, I get the lightbox with no image, but sometimes I'll get just a white box in the middle of the screen, with no darkening of the background. A mouse click to the screen will then cause the background to darken, but again, no image.

Anyone else see these types of behaviors, or found a way to address them?

This seems to be a very slick contribution, but it's looking like it may not play well with other add-ons and/or environments.

Thanks!

Thanks for your feedback.

In my opinion, the button overlay behaviour isn't really an issue. Most people display larger images in the lightbox, not ones of the same size.

However, the caption behaviour isn't really ideal. I'll see if this can be improved in a later release.

As for the blank lightbox issue, do you have link to this test site? If so, please PM it to me and I'll take a closer look.

Regards,

Alex

[royver04]

Hello,

First off, this is a great addon!

I'm trying to find out if there is a way to not show the next / prev buttons on the image, until you mouse over that particular area.

I've tried overriding the CSS and created a #lbPrevLink:hover to change the background image, but that doesn't work. Been searching all over the forums and haven't found anything.

I am on ZenCart 1.3.8 and using Zen Lightbox 1.5.

Thanks!

[getsome]

I'm having a problem. I have 1.3.8a and IH2, I installed 1.5 light box and my hover over image disappeared. IH2 pop up box is now a new window. No light box pop up. Sql installed. Anyone else have this problem?

[DBB1]

That's the stuff. :)

I'll be testing the install.sql code soon to find out it works for some people, but not others.

In the meantime, anyone having trouble running the install.sql code should review the following post.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...postcount=1240

It may prove helpful.



Thanks for your feedback.

In my opinion, the button overlay behaviour isn't really an issue. Most people display larger images in the lightbox, not ones of the same size.

However, the caption behaviour isn't really ideal. I'll see if this can be improved in a later release.

As for the blank lightbox issue, do you have link to this test site? If so, please PM it to me and I'll take a closer look.

Regards,

Alex

Alex,

This mysteriously started working after my last post. I didn't change anything. I did upload a test image rather than use the ZenCart default DVD image, and Lightbox seemed to work fine when the new image was viewed with Firefox. Later, I attempted using IE again, and low and behold, IE worked, too!

I thought my issues may have been due to some local caching of pages or something, but the IE that I used was on a different PC. Maybe it had something to do with IH2, which was installed to my site prior to lightbox.

At any rate, both Lightbox and IH2 seem to be working perfectly.

The only Lightbox issue I now have is that "NEXT" is displayed when only one product image is available. Clicking on it gives the "PREV" link, as if a second image has been displayed, but it's the same, single product image.

Thanks for a nice looking mod!

[Alex Clarke]

Hello,

First off, this is a great addon!

I'm trying to find out if there is a way to not show the next / prev buttons on the image, until you mouse over that particular area.

I've tried overriding the CSS and created a #lbPrevLink:hover to change the background image, but that doesn't work. Been searching all over the forums and haven't found anything.

I am on ZenCart 1.3.8 and using Zen Lightbox 1.5.

Thanks!

This should be possible to implement (as it only invloves a simply CSS alteration). I can hopefully add this to the list of features for v1.6.

Wouldn't it be nice to have an admin switch to control this? I think so!

I'm having a problem. I have 1.3.8a and IH2, I installed 1.5 light box and my hover over image disappeared. IH2 pop up box is now a new window. No light box pop up. Sql installed. Anyone else have this problem?

Do you have a link to your website please?

If so, post it here and I'll take a look.

GOT IT!
made this slight change and ran it through again...

SELECT @cgi := `configuration_group_id` FROM `zen_configuration_group` WHERE `configuration_group_title` = 'Zen Lightbox';

Glad you've got this sorted.

You may have noticed that quite a few people are running into problems with the install.sql code at the moment.

Don't worry, I'm working on a fix.

Thanks for posting your solution.

Alex,

This mysteriously started working after my last post. I didn't change anything. I did upload a test image rather than use the ZenCart default DVD image, and Lightbox seemed to work fine when the new image was viewed with Firefox. Later, I attempted using IE again, and low and behold, IE worked, too!

I thought my issues may have been due to some local caching of pages or something, but the IE that I used was on a different PC. Maybe it had something to do with IH2, which was installed to my site prior to lightbox.

At any rate, both Lightbox and IH2 seem to be working perfectly.

The only Lightbox issue I now have is that "NEXT" is displayed when only one product image is available. Clicking on it gives the "PREV" link, as if a second image has been displayed, but it's the same, single product image.

Thanks for a nice looking mod!

Good to hear things are working.

Do you have a link to your site?

[gezuvor]

First off, amazing mod! Just finished the install and it works like a dream. However, I'm also having this problem:

The only Lightbox issue I now have is that "NEXT" is displayed when only one product image is available. Clicking on it gives the "PREV" link, as if a second image has been displayed, but it's the same, single product image.

Also, I hope this isn't a repeat question but I was wanting to add a site graphic to the top of the lightbox. I searched the thread, but didn't feel like reading every page.

Is this controlled via the CSS file or ??

[Alex Clarke]

Do you have a link to your website?

If so, post it here (or PM it to me) and I'll take a look.

Also, what type of graphic are you trying to add? It may be possible to do this via CSS, but I'm not 100% sure.

[gezuvor]

PM sent. Just trying to add a background .gif at the top..