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

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@weber
Nice one. Yes that is a good work around. The IH code will be updated next time round I am sure. For the time being people installing in a language other than english can make a small alteration to the file includes/init_includes/init_image_handler.php. Find where it says:

    /* Find Config ID of Images */
    $sql = "SELECT configuration_group_id FROM ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." WHERE configuration_group_title='".BOX_CONFIGURATION_IMAGES."' LIMIT 1";
    $result = $db->Execute($sql);
        $im_configuration_id = $result->fields['configuration_group_id'];

and change this to:

       /* Find Config ID of Images */
    $sql = "SELECT configuration_group_id FROM ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." WHERE configuration_group_title='Images' LIMIT 1";
    $result = $db->Execute($sql);
        $im_configuration_id = $result->fields['configuration_group_id'];
    if($im_configuration_id == '') $im_configuration_id = 4;

This is an error in the code.

For those of you who are going to ask 'why not just set it to 4 in the first place?' the aim was to cover the rare occurence that someone had changed the configuration id of images. It was meant well but was an error.

Thanks for posting this niccol.. I was holding off on posting this fix because I wanted to properly QA the fix and confirm it with my testers.. (color me thorough and cautious!) Just got confirmation form my testers this morning.. (Tested with both Dutch and Swedish language packs)

There is one other tip for those folks who are using a language other than English in their stores:
You MUST copy all of the language files in YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/english to YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/YOUR_LANGUAGE

I have updated the install instructions in the readme accordingly and will be submitting an update for IH4 this weekend. (for those who've already gotten IH4 installed there is NO NEED to update your successful IH4 install with this updated version)

Included in this update is a slight change to the naming convention used for the backup files created by the IH4 auto-installer. It was pointed out to me by a community member that some servers restrict the upload of .BAK files.. So I've modified the IH4 package files and supporting code accordingly.

Finally, if you find yourself in a position where you cannot get into admin because this error is always stopping you then you need to delete a single file which is includes/auto_loaders/config.image_handler.php . That will stop the installer trying to run every time and allow you to make the changes detailed above and solve the problem.

Good tip.. I will also add this to the readme file!

Finally, finally, for those who are saying that the auto-installer is a bad idea the thought is that it just does exactly what you would do if you installed manually. It doesn't do anything new or different. It finds the active template and installs into that. In the same way as one would do by manually. The only difference between this installer and installing manually is that it always creates back-ups of overwriten files. Which has been a source of many many problems on the support threads.

The auto-installer is a GREAT idea, and it is NOT going away!!!!

I firmly believe it will cut down on the number of support questions related to faulty installs (the most COMMON reason for support questions in the IH2 and IH3 thread can be DIRECTLY attributed to faulty installs)

Not only does the auto installer do all the things you normally would do in an install it does all the things that most shopowners DO NOT do (and should) during an install.. The backup and restore features of the auto-installer are what makes this INVALUABLE to shopowners..