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

[DivaVocals]

thanks for the tips...

Got image handler working ! Great Mod! Don't know how I missed this...but our server said they did not support it.....news to them!

Like I said previously, it would be hard to believe that a host worth their weight in salt would NOT have either "GD libraries or ImageMagick" installed. They don't need to support IH2.. They do need to have the right hosting configuration to support it's USE.. (Sounds like your host does)

My disable right-click jscript works just find in zencart...but not in the lightbox. Why doesn't it load in the lightbox?

I can't help you with getting your right click script working with the ZLB module.. It's actually not an IH2 support related question.. If niestudio is willing to help you with this he can and will on the ZLB support thread..

I only suggested IH2 so that you could use it's watermarking feature which IMHO is the BEST way to deter image thieves.. Right click scripts are so 1990s and are EASILY defeated by ALL modern browsers. A picture thief who is ACTUALLY wanting your images will EASILY work around your right click scripts.. I could name ALL the ways how, but again that is off topic for this support thread..

The watermarking feature in IH2 is a BETTER deterrent to image thieves as watermarked images will need to be edited to remove your watermark, and this is not a skillset most images thieves have. Lastly it's been posted many times in this support thread and in the ZLB thread, ZLB and IH2 share one common file, and the one from ZLB should be used for both modules to work together (as opposed to merging them). The link below should help in that regard.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...45314&page=253

[DivaVocals]

Seriously without a link to your site I won't try and GUESS at what might be happening on your site.. Please post a link to the specific page you are having issues with..

v1.3.9h Zen. Used Easy Populate to upload entire database to Zen. Image names that appeared in database appear in Zen under image name, but the image does not. Using file manager, I can see and open image in the images directory, and if I fill in the lines below product by product, it will work. The site is not published yet, so I can't send a link, but is hosted on a Hostmonster server. All other relevant product information does appear for each product. This is what I see basically under Zen admin, and as you can see, the image name is there. Do I need to remove the image extension? If I re-enter image name using last line below "select an existing image file from server, filename: " then the image does appear for that product. The only other problem I am having is the Product description field could be a little longer.


Products Image: Image Name: 2403.jpg Upload to directory:
Delete Image? NOTE: Removes Image from Product, Image is NOT removed from server: No Yes

Overwrite Existing Image on Server? No Yes

Or, select an existing image file from server, filename:

[athena]

sorry...thought i was posting that in the zen lightbox thread...no wonder it wasn't there....

[flix]

IMAGES COPIED TOO MANY TIMES BY IH 2?!?!?

Hi there,

I love the Image Handler, but surprisingly when I create a new product and upload an image using IH 2, it sometimes creates 4 copies of this 1 uploaded image and in addition adds 4 copies of a second image as well which I did not upload for this new product.

E.g. the follwing screenshot from the product detail / info page shows you what happens if I upload 2 images via the IH:




The 2 correct images are marked with a green checkmark, the additional unwanted copies automatically and wrongly added by IH are crossed in red.

Has anyone experienced the same?

-> This only happens from time to time!

-> I have set "Product Info - Number of Additional Images per Row" to 4. This should not have anything to do with IH but I ask myself whether it is a coincidence that IH produces 4 additional images... ????



Image names are very simple without special characters (e.g. 4001_iphone4_display_02.jpg).
I am running ZC 1.3.9d.

[ScriptJunkie]

I only suggested IH2 so that you could use it's watermarking feature which IMHO is the BEST way to deter image thieves.. Right click scripts are so 1990s and are EASILY defeated by ALL modern browsers. A picture thief who is ACTUALLY wanting your images will EASILY work around your right click scripts.. I could name ALL the ways how, but again that is off topic for this support thread..

The watermarking feature in IH2 is a BETTER deterrent to image thieves as watermarked images will need to be edited to remove your watermark, and this is not a skillset most images thieves have.

Can I just add to that sentiment? Websites that use a no right click script are, IMHO, just lame and they communicate a message of "website homemade by paranoid person".

While it's not paranoid to want to protect yourself from theft, it does look paranoid to use "beginner tools" to do it. People who are serious about loss prevention use the appropriate modern tools to manage their inventories and property.

I agree that watermarking is the way to go. If your biggest concern is that you want a copyright notice shown to visitors, then use the copyright notice as the watermark.

Also, it's just not that easy (unless you know how and most image thieves do not) to get images out of light boxes. The fact that they look cool is only one of the reasons people started using them - the other was to protect their images.

So using a light box WITH a right click script is just overkill.

Lastly, if you've installed IH2 and can't get the watermarks to work, you've done something wrong and need to READ the README and then either adjust your settings or your images or reinstall - not revert back to outdated tools created for amateur site builders.

[DivaVocals]

IH2 has NOTHING to do with how additional images are managed in Zen Cart. Additional images and how Zen Cart associates multiple images with one product is core Zen Cart code. Suggest looking at the Zen Cart FAQ for additional images, and taking a look at how your original images are names.. I took the liberty of posting my FAQ search results..

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Otherwise it's a GUESS as to what's ACTUALLY happening on your site. So without a link to your site.. Well you know the drill around here...

The reason folks ask for the site link is that for nearly all modules, it is DIFFICULT and near impossible to help with troubleshooting issues without a link to the site.. This way the people you are asking for help can see what you see.. It's a much more efficient way to help..

For me, given that I work in software dev, I've learned over the years that a written description of the problem is not always in and of itself enough to KNOW and SEE what is happening.. I have to see what you see so that I can get right to the issue versus guessing at what it MIGHT be.. So I personally won't even try an lob guesses at a problem I can't "see" (others may feel differently)..

IMAGES COPIED TOO MANY TIMES BY IH 2?!?!?

Hi there,

I love the Image Handler, but surprisingly when I create a new product and upload an image using IH 2, it sometimes creates 4 copies of this 1 uploaded image and in addition adds 4 copies of a second image as well which I did not upload for this new product.

E.g. the follwing screenshot from the product detail / info page shows you what happens if I upload 2 images via the IH:




The 2 correct images are marked with a green checkmark, the additional unwanted copies automatically and wrongly added by IH are crossed in red.

Has anyone experienced the same?

-> This only happens from time to time!

-> I have set "Product Info - Number of Additional Images per Row" to 4. This should not have anything to do with IH but I ask myself whether it is a coincidence that IH produces 4 additional images... ????



Image names are very simple without special characters (e.g. 4001_iphone4_display_02.jpg).
I am running ZC 1.3.9d.

[DarkAngel]

thanks for the tips...

Got image handler working ! Great Mod! Don't know how I missed this...but our server said they did not support it.....news to them!

Just to recount:

Zencart automatically loads in jscript files in the My_Template > jscript folder

Right?

My disable right-click jscript works just find in zencart...but not in the lightbox. Why doesn't it load in the lightbox?

js code is in above post....

my test site...very raw so don't expect to be impressed:

 www.geoodyssey.com/Products/

I just went to your site and it does not seem to show the popup window associated with IH2 and the lightbox effect...did you change the color of the overlay ? cause it is originally black. It appears to work though and was just curious.

[DivaVocals]

Well stated!!!!

Can I just add to that sentiment? Websites that use a no right click script are, IMHO, just lame and they communicate a message of "website homemade by paranoid person".
While it's not paranoid to want to protect yourself from theft, it does look paranoid to use "beginner tools" to do it. People who are serious about loss prevention use the appropriate modern tools to manage their inventories and property.

I agree that watermarking is the way to go. If your biggest concern is that you want a copyright notice shown to visitors, then use the copyright notice as the watermark.

Also, it's just not that easy (unless you know how and most image thieves do not) to get images out of light boxes. The fact that they look cool is only one of the reasons people started using them - the other was to protect their images.

So using a light box WITH a right click script is just overkill.

Lastly, if you've installed IH2 and can't get the watermarks to work, you've done something wrong and need to READ the README and then either adjust your settings or your images or reinstall - not revert back to outdated tools created for amateur site builders.

[DivaVocals]

I just went to your site and it does not seem to show the popup window associated with IH2 and the lightbox effect...did you change the color of the overlay ? cause it is originally black. It appears to work though and was just curious.

She changed the color of the overlay on the lightbox effect to match her site..

[ScriptJunkie]

Well stated!!!!

Thanks :)