Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

[Alex Clarke]

Thanks for all the bug reporting and code examples.

I'll look at addressing these issues in the next release. :)

[billedmunds]

I am trying to get this plug-in to work with the default template and I am failing. I suspect the problem lies in the renaming of the files. What is the file structure when using the default template? I can't rename the existing files since they are already in use.

[barco57]

Well any files with the same name that are in the lightbox mod and the default template, you would just replace the default ones with the ones from the light box mod......BUT YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING IT THIS WAY. Ok enough yelling. You should be using the overrides sytem otherwise you risk losing everything on an upgrade. You also now have no ability to switch between the default and a custom template for troubleshooting purposes. You can do it if you want but as it is not the right way you'll find yourself chastised for doing it this way everytime you ask questions.

[billedmunds]

OK. I know there is a message in there somewhere. My guess is the following:

1. I should not be using or modifying the default template as an *actual* template. I should modify these files and save them under another name?

2. I should learn the override system. Back to the tutorials ...

[barco57]

With the overrides system you create a new directory in the includes/templates directory. In that directory copy over the template_info.php from the template_default and open it and edit it to reflect your template name, copyright info, etc.... Go admin>tools>template selection and click edit and select your new template. The directory structure in your new template should be the same as the default template. Only copy over and edit those files that need to be changed for your template, leave the rest alone.

[samad64]

With the overrides system you create a new directory in the includes/templates directory. In that directory copy over the template_info.php from the template_default and open it and edit it to reflect your template name, copyright info, etc.... Go admin>tools>template selection and click edit and select your new template. The directory structure in your new template should be the same as the default template. Only copy over and edit those files that need to be changed for your template, leave the rest alone.

Not sure if you've seen the site though.. he's using the "classic template"

you can just copy paste that entire "classic" folder in includes/templates, rename the folder, and change the template_info.php like barco said above.. and follow the rest of it :)

[barco57]

That only gives you part of it. If you compare the classic template and the default template you will see that the classic template just has the common template files, css and images.....You will still need to override specific template files from the default directory as needed.

[billedmunds]

FYI: The new site is loacated at http://www.billedmunds.com/exhibition.

[hankliu]

I transfered my site to a new domain and the product info page is not working, the following message shows:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: zen_image_lightbox_ih2_url() in ../templates/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php on line 17

Any idea on this? Thanks!

[s_mack]

Hi all...

Just discovered an oddity.

Not sure if this was covered previously, sorry if this is old news...

I had a photo given me by a supplier and it wasn't working with LightBox. Tried various things and finally noticed that it was a 32-bit RGB Jpeg instead of the more normal 24-bit. Converted it and everything worked.

Symptom was the image would not load in IE (just got the pre-load "star") and would show as an inverted image in Opera.

So if anyone has a similar problem - check to make sure the image is a 24-bit jpeg!

- Steven