Image Handler 2 (for ZC v1.3.8 ONLY) Support

[billmad]

Imagehandler not displaying PNG files

Can anyone help me - I have image handler working with JPG and GIF but it will not display PNG files. I have set all Config > Images to PNG but it does not work. All PNG files show as blank. If I try to save the blank PNG and load in photshop, it says it says the file is corrupt.

thanks

[blackhalo]

Just a couple questions I can't seem to figure out myself...

1) I'm using EPA to upload my products to the store (which only handles the FIRST image)...
is there a way to pre-name files and have them on the server so they're detected once the product is uploaded?
I have 2 additional images I'm trying to add to each product, having to add them manually really defeats the purpose of Easy Populate.

I've searched, but most everything relates to the _MED and _LRG technique...
so if I just name the images the way IH2 does when added manually (image01_02.jpg - image01_03.jpg), will this work automatically? Or am I stuck adding them manually?

2) The IH2 hovers seem to 'pop' underneath my dropdown menus, but only in IE6...it works fine in Firefox.
I imagine it's a css 'z-index' issue, but I thought someone may already know where the problem lies.

So many little things to figure out...

[Scrat]

I am sure there is but... is there way to not use IM2 for the large image on the product page but for all the other images on the site, as I have an animated .gif I would like to use and it is being flattened by IM2.
Thanks

[blackhalo]

I am sure there is but... is there way to not use IM2 for the large image on the product page but for all the other images on the site, as I have an animated .gif I would like to use and it is being flattened by IM2.
Thanks

I think that would take some serious coding changes...
IH2 has such a (relatively) simple interface, there's no admin options for something as complex as what you're asking.

You would have to rewrite the way IH2 integrates with ZenCart...as it is, IH2's options are either 'on' or 'off'.

[mrmeech]

Perhaps this has been answered already, but i have been un-successful in locating an answer.

Why is IH2 only updated/current through 1.3.7? And when ZC 1.4 is released some time between now and December, is there someone at the wheel of this ship to navigate through the update/upgrade?

Does anyone know if this is planned to be fully implemented into the ZC code in any of the near future releases?

Thanks!

[barco57]

Scrat,
Yes indeed there is a way to do what you want. lets say you have a product with an image name of "image.gif", you upload that into the main directory and it currently being used as the large image for the product. If you want to override that behavior and still maintain the images currently in use for the small and medium versions you would upload to the large folder your animated gif named "image_LRG.gif". Once you put an image in the large folder image handler knows that you would like to use this as the large image rather than the one in the main directory. IH2 uses the large and I suppose the medium folders as overrides. I tested this on one of my sites and it worked great for me.

[Scrat]

barco57, Thanks for your reply. I have tried what you suggest and in the product info page the image still is gen. by IH and then the larger popup image is created from the 'large' folder of images. I have done the same for the 'medium' folder as well thinking that it is a medium image on the product info page but still IH supplies the image for that page
Any other ideas ?

[shoulders]

I recently installed IH2 Version: 2.0_for_137 from 10/21/07.

I was wondering what to do with category_product_listing.php.patch

admin/includes/modules/category_product_listing.php.patch

do I leave that out of the install? or do I patch something with the code in this file?
php.patch can't be executed right?

How do i apply this patch to the category_product_listing.php?

I do not mean how to use ftp or a text editor but more how do i know where to put the patch text in to the main file. I have searched on this thread and the wiki.

thanks

[blackhalo]

ignore...

[blackhalo]

I have done the same for the 'medium' folder as well thinking that it is a medium image on the product info page but still IH supplies the image for that page

The big image on the product page IS "Medium" size...
when you click on that image and get the popup, is when it becomes "Large".

I didn't think this override technique mentioned would work...
I always assume the mod that's installed takes over all functions, until it's deactivated.

But I could be wrong, it's basically the same concept as overriding templates...
it all depends on the code for IH2, and whether it's built to ignore this technique.