Image Handler 4 (for v1.5.x) Support Thread

[DivaVocals]

I have installed Image Handler 4 with no problems from my end. However since installing I have had emails from my webhost like this: "The following files/folders and some of their sub directories can be overwritten by other users (permissions set to 777), this is considered unsafe and as others could change these files we recommend setting the permissions to 755 using the file manager in cPanel or an FTP program.
public_html/store/bmz_cache/b/ba81d6ef157adcd5a5973c5672beef91.image.99x100.jpg
public_html/store/bmz_cache/b/bba473373a7c31fe75bc4e9ff0134d74.image.100x100.jpg......."
All the folders are set to 755. However the actual images were set to 666 and I have since changed them to 644. The lastest email is due to a new set of products I added. So I have set them from 666 to 644 too.
Do I have to do this everytime I add a new product?

Robyn

Dunno, and this is a question you should probably ask your webhost.. Their message about folder permissions being 777 on folders where the permissions are set to 755 is curious, and I would say you need to clear that up with them first.

[zenartman]

Does IH4 add watermark to all images at push button or does one have to do it one by one which is hard work?

[Thannaree]

Probably the class : bmz_image_handler.class.php
And the javascript : jscript_imagehover.js

Would be good places to start. However, you will need to be aware that the image needs to exist before the javascript calls it -- so using a different size of the zoom may turn out to be quite problematic.

Thanks niccol!!

I now use 3 image dimensions, which I edit and size myself. (I use this wonderful mod for the hover/zoom feature only.) The small and medium images are identical, only different in dimensions. The large images show more views/details and the images dimensions are, well, large. The mediums and larges are stored in their respective _MED and _LRG folders.

I'm trying to hover/zoom so that the large images (re-dimensioned) appear, without re-dimensioning the large images themselves.

I'll look into the files and post a solution if I find any.

[niccol]

@Thannaree
Well good luck. I suspect that you are stepping into a minefield :-)
If I was you I might step back and look at the issue again. If you really do not need IH for image scaling then do not use it all. That is what it does best and if you do not need it then it is a big overhead for nothing. You will probably find it easier to build the hover effect of your dreams from scratch than adapt IH's hover effect to do what you want.

[Thannaree]

@Thannaree
Well good luck. I suspect that you are stepping into a minefield :-)
If I was you I might step back and look at the issue again. If you really do not need IH for image scaling then do not use it all. That is what it does best and if you do not need it then it is a big overhead for nothing. You will probably find it easier to build the hover effect of your dreams from scratch than adapt IH's hover effect to do what you want.

Thanks niccol. I am right now looking at the files and guess I should not play around as I do not have enough knowledge. I have indeed thought about finding a way to install another zoom/hover mod.

Thanks again and take care!

[ScriptJunkie]

The instructions for how to use IH4's watermarking feature can be found here: IH4 readme file > Configuration tab > Section on Watermarking

Does IH4 add watermark to all images at push button or does one have to do it one by one which is hard work?

[DivaVocals]

Thanks niccol!!

I now use 3 image dimensions, which I edit and size myself. (I use this wonderful mod for the hover/zoom feature only.) The small and medium images are identical, only different in dimensions. The large images show more views/details and the images dimensions are, well, large. The mediums and larges are stored in their respective _MED and _LRG folders.

I'm trying to hover/zoom so that the large images (re-dimensioned) appear, without re-dimensioning the large images themselves.

I'll look into the files and post a solution if I find any.

I agree with niccol.. Using IH4 JUST for the hover feature is a LOT of overhead for a feature which is NOT (never has been) the PRIMARY reason to use Image Handler..

However, reading your post, I'm not entirely sure I understand why you are not using IH4 for all this image re-sizing anyway.. Most shopowners opt for the simpler single image option (upload ONE large image and let IH4 create the optimized small medium and large images). However, if you read through the IH4 readme, you'd know that IH4 ALWAYS has supported a shopowner having three distinct small, medium, and large images if they wish.. In other words each of these could be a completely different image..

From what you have described your large image uses a different image than the small and medium image?? IH4 allows you to do do that (always has.. this is not a NEW feature this has been a feature from the beginning of IH when Tim first wrote it..). Additionally a feature introduced in v3 of Image Handler, Image Handler allows you to choose between the medium or large image for the hover image.. So I am not sure what it is you are trying to do that is so different..

[niccol]

@Diva
The bit of it that I couldn't work out in IH is how to have the large hover image a different size to the large image. I think that the aim is to have a big 'large image'. And to have the hover image a thumbnail kind of thing of that 'large image'.

[DivaVocals]

@Diva
The bit of it that I couldn't work out in IH is how to have the large hover image a different size to the large image. I think that the aim is to have a big 'large image'. And to have the hover image a thumbnail kind of thing of that 'large image'.

Yeah, you can have the hover display the large image, but what it sounds like you are saying is that you would want a large image displayed in the hover which is bigger than the "regular" large image.. If I am understanding this correctly, then no IH4 doesn't do that since Zen Cart itself doesn't support this additional "bigger" image..

[Thannaree]

I agree with niccol.. Using IH4 JUST for the hover feature is a LOT of overhead for a feature which is NOT (never has been) the PRIMARY reason to use Image Handler..

However, reading your post, I'm not entirely sure I understand why you are not using IH4 for all this image re-sizing anyway.. Most shopowners opt for the simpler single image option (upload ONE large image and let IH4 create the optimized small medium and large images). However, if you read through the IH4 readme, you'd know that IH4 ALWAYS has supported a shopowner having three distinct small, medium, and large images if they wish.. In other words each of these could be a completely different image..

From what you have described your large image uses a different image than the small and medium image?? IH4 allows you to do do that (always has.. this is not a NEW feature this has been a feature from the beginning of IH when Tim first wrote it..). Additionally a feature introduced in v3 of Image Handler, Image Handler allows you to choose between the medium or large image for the hover image.. So I am not sure what it is you are trying to do that is so different..

I am aware that I can upload 3 different images.

I have been using the medium image for the hover image, although the difference between my small image size (150x150px) and medium image (200x200px) is not very significant. With this version, I like that I can now also use the large image as the hover image. However, I find my large image dimension too large (approx. 1000x500px) for the hover image. That's why I was asking if I could have a large image displayed in the hover which is smaller than the "regular" large image, yet larger than my medium image.