AJAX IMAGE Swapper support thread

[Danielle]

Danielle,
See post #709

Thank you, I missed that!!!

[Danielle]

Hmmm I've installed the 1.3.9h version, but just getting the spinning wheel on the product page. I tried clicking both the Setup Images button and the Cleanup button but that didn't help. I have a few other mods installed but I've turned them all off, and still am just getting the spinning wheel. You can see here: http://lolasboutiquenyc.com/new/inde...oducts_id=2060

What else can I try?

Thanks!

[Danielle]

Hmmm I've installed the 1.3.9h version, but just getting the spinning wheel on the product page. I tried clicking both the Setup Images button and the Cleanup button but that didn't help. I have a few other mods installed but I've turned them all off, and still am just getting the spinning wheel. You can see here: http://lolasboutiquenyc.com/new/inde...oducts_id=2060

What else can I try?

Thanks!

Nevermind, missed a step

[Danielle]

I apologize if I missed this in the instructions, but how do I make the border fit to the image? If you look on this page: http://lolasboutiquenyc.com/new/clot...ny-cargo-beige, the image is 200px tall but the whitespace between it and the border is huge. How do I make that fit the image?

Thanks!

[Danielle]

I apologize if I missed this in the instructions, but how do I make the border fit to the image? If you look on this page: http://lolasboutiquenyc.com/new/clot...ny-cargo-beige, the image is 200px tall but the whitespace between it and the border is huge. How do I make that fit the image?

Thanks!

Ah found it in the css :)

[conor]

Hi John,

Thanks for the nice comments, but really, the amount of time you spend helping here shows an unbelievable commitment to this community, it is you that really helps things move along here!

I was quite surprised upon examining the AIS module's files to see what you were doing with it; restructuring it and rewriting the instructions to make it easier for people who want to use it on their sites.

To look after someone else's code is a brave and noble thing indeed and you can't be commended enough for what you've done!

If you need my help of course do just ask.. I think though you are at the point that your knowledge is way past dangerous and at the point of very helpful and useful indeed!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[MikeyG]

Conor / John,

Okay, with the release of 1.5RC1 I have given up on trying to get 1.39h up and running. So good news is - I have got the URL mod running and I have the AIS running in 1.5.

Conor I have read your mod page registration post under the upgrade section of the forum (thank you for this a very useful post) and have got the link/page running for AIS main control page under catalog in main menu. Anyone else should read that post.

John there is a config page I believe that under 1.3.9h sat under configurations. DO I register this page separately in 1.5 and if so please could you give me the parameters as I cannot work out which is the file / file name defines needed.


Thank you to you both for yet again making life with Zencart that little bit easier for a novice like me and the rest of the community.

[Alex777]

John and Connor,
Thank you very much for all of the hard work you've put into this forum. I think I've read all of it (over a few days, hopefully I didn't miss anything crucial to solving my problem). Warning: I'm fairly new to PHP and MySQL (but excited about learning it).

Firstly, I'm running:
PHP 5.2.17
I'm not sure how to find the MySQL version
working in Firefox
Zen 1.3.9h
fresh install, no mods or add-ons

But, I'd love to install this mod! I first tried to install the version for zen 1.3.8 on my 1.3.9h and had no luck (I quadruple checked everything and edited tpl_product_info_display.php). When I ran into trouble, I started working my way through the forum and found the more recent version of ais that you posted, John (thanks!).

As I'm starting a new shop anyhow, I figured it made sense to start the install of the updated version after a fresh zen install. So, starting with the fresh install, no other mods added, I installed ais for 1.3.9h. But, it didn't work. I get the endless spinning wheel:

http://alexmetalarts.com/index.php?m...&products_id=3

I've gone through everything at least three times. I've checked the code changes in tpl_product_info_display.php ,and didn't see anything weird (not that I would recognize weird). The bits I had previously had to change by hand, were already changed (thanks again John!).

I wonder, maybe I'm doing something wrong on the admin side? How does ais work with the image config menu? Does it override it, or do they need to agree, do either the width or height need to be left blank? Do I upload a medium sized main product image and then do the attribute or additional images in the image stacker manager? Or do I not upload an image on the product creation page at all?

I'm actually not using different attributes. I'm a metalsmith; I fabricate silver jewelry. I need to show multiple detailed shots of the each item (front details, back, full-view, clasp operation, sometimes close-ups of stone settings). From the manager options, it appears that you can turn off attributes and just use additional images, which is what I'm counting on. But, I did go ahead and try it setup with each image as an attribute, just to see if that would work. I've been trying every setting permutation I can think of. I know Zen is talking to my database. Just not sure if it's something I'm doing wrong in admin or in the code, or if I just need to install a different version of zen. If that is the case I guess I have to step back to 1.3.8? I want my shop to go live soon, and from the sounds of it 1.5 isn't stable yet, right?

Other things I've tried:
-putting AJAX_servers folders (and it's file) in includes and in my template
-changing what folders I told ais manager to upload my images to. (/images , /images/large , /images/medium , /images/attributes)
-clearing my cache after each thing I tried, before reloading my product info page.

Thank you very much in advance for any help anyone can provide. I realize any help I receive here come from donated time and energy, and I appreciate it!

Alex

[dbltoe]

Got a short break in the action.
Unfortunately we are doing 14-16 hour days in the mall through Christmas Eve. Thus, the sparse presence on my part.
Not sure when I can look but, PM your e-mail along with your geographic location and I will try to set something up with you.

[Alex777]

John,
Thanks for the reply. It's the busy season, don't worry about it!

I installed the current incarnation of Zen 1.5.0 and installed ais. I was a little thrown by the lack of /includes/boxes but i worked it out. Looking in the 1.5.0 forum, I saw a comment explaining how the issue was resolved for another mod (I forget which) by installing a sql patch. It took a bit of hunting and pecking around files whose structures I don't fully understand, but I finally worked out what needed to go in which fields. I also had to move the ajax_image_swapper_catalog_dhtml.php file out of the boxes folder. I didn't know where to put it, and I ended up putting it in a few places. I later tried renaming them, one at a time, but I could never make the image swapper manager stop working!? So, i went a renamed them all back to what they were, and left them. Anyhow it works. But, if someone could explain that, I'm curious.

I put copies of ajax_image_swapper_catalog_dhtml.php in:
/admin/
/admin/includes/
/admin/includes/languages/english/extra_definitions

This was my patch:

INSERT INTO admin_pages (page_key, language_key, main_page, page_params, menu_key, display_on_menu, sort_order) VALUES ('aisCatalog', 'BOX_CATALOG_AJAX_IMAGE_SWAPPER', 'FILENAME_AJAX_IMAGE_SWAPPER', '', 'catalog', 'Y', 999);

I hope this saves someone a little time, but be warned, I don't really know what I'm doing. You might want to wait until someone who actually understands what I did weighs in and okays the work around.

Alex