Jquery Zoom [Support thread]

[philip937]

I cant seem to find Jquery Zoom in the downloads section? anyone got a link to it?

[philip937]

Just installed fine on a site I am building. Well, OK I had forgotten a css file but that is now rectified. The more complete version is attached.

Looking at your site I suspect that the reason it doesn't work is the version of jQuery that is loaded on the site. That is an OLD version :-) Some of the stuff that jqzoom use were introduced in version 1.2.6 . That was a long time ago.

You need to update your version. You can download a recent version easily enough but I would think about using a version from a CDN - either jquery themselves or google. If you search for something like 'loading jquery from google' you'll find information. Others may disagree with this but to me it makes more sense.

And for anyone else trying this - you will need to have jQuery loaded on the site one way or another. That is not included in the files so you will have to make it happen if it is not already loaded.

doesnt work.

when I hover, the small image is displayed.. ?

[niccol]

Well I think it might be more accurate to say that it isnot working for you. if you want people to help you with that the you might post a url to the site and let us know what other mods you use. you probably have a javascript conflict but without more information it is hardto give you more advice.

[philip937]

Well I think it might be more accurate to say that it isnot working for you. if you want people to help you with that the you might post a url to the site and let us know what other mods you use. you probably have a javascript conflict but without more information it is hardto give you more advice.

niccol,

you're right, forgive me. it didnt work for me.. though from reading the thread i'm not convinced I have the full file set. I downloaded the files you uploaded a few posts back, however I get the impression there should be a database patch which configures some settings for this mod? is that correct? If so, where can I get the full fileset to try?

I use Small, Medium and Large images in the respective directories.
As I mentioned, on the product info page when I hover over the main image, I get the cross curser thing and the image goes from my medium image straight down to what appears to be my small image size.

I wonder if this is because if thee are settings to say how much you want to zoom by etc, that without the database setting there its defaulting to a very small value?

Thanks
Phil

[niccol]

Ok. that makes some sense. i think the problem is the small medium large set up you use. as it stands it will zoom to the default image which in your case is small. that is an idiosyncrcy of zen.
i will have a look at writing a version for your set up when i get back to my desk in a few days.
looks like i may have to turn this into a proper module and not just a few code snippets on the forum! You may have just volunteered to beta test it.

[philip937]

Ok. that makes some sense. i think the problem is the small medium large set up you use. as it stands it will zoom to the default image which in your case is small. that is an idiosyncrcy of zen.
i will have a look at writing a version for your set up when i get back to my desk in a few days.
looks like i may have to turn this into a proper module and not just a few code snippets on the forum! You may have just volunteered to beta test it.

Sounds good to me! in the mean time can you point out to me where I could potentially look to change the code to default to the large file? I guess I will have to do a similar thing as zen does with string replace to re-write the image file name and directory but i've done this before so shouldnt be too difficult.

Is there supposed to be a database patch? I would have sworn i saw a thread on here talking about settings for this mod?

Also, I noticed on your site your additional images switch to the main image position don't they? do I need to install image swap for this or should this mod be doing this when I click on additional images?

Thanks

Phil

[niccol]

I am working on a phone at the moment so cant say off the top of my head. weak i know! I need to look at the files. i guess it is in additional_images.php where it ceates the <a> tags.

there is no sql. the zoom factor is just determined by the size of the large image.

having said that there are some jq settings that are initialised in the javascript.

jqzoom also does the image swapping which is one of the reasons i like the script

[philip937]

Hmm ok so I don't need to also have image swapper installed? I will have to test again as I'm pretty sure when I clicked on the additional images it was just loading the large images in a new window?

When you say it goes by the large image I assume you mean it goes by the actual size of the default image?

[niccol]

No you should nt need image swapper.

yes it uses the default image to zoom. basically designed for set ups that do not use smallmediumlarge but might use image handler.

yes i will be more use to you in 24hrs!

[Kevin205]

It would be nice to have a complete set of this plugin!