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

[hutting]

Tim> Thanks for the response. I've had a further check and the quantity thing appears to have been a red herring. The problem is that the images that have a file size of more than 700k are being uploaded to Zen Cart but not to the bmw_cache directory. Is there a limit on file size set anywhere that I can increase?

It's just a problem because we were trying to upload photos direct from a digital camera where the files are like 1.2MB for a JPG without needing to edit all of them to make them smaller.
Is this possible?

[Sermonzone]

Tim,

Sent files by email. Algozone is an OSC site that edits graphics to work in ZC. I aksed many pointed questions about the template working with 1.3+. Purchased based on answers. Turns out Algo was misleading.

Thanks again for a very good contrib.

[jobiwankinobi]

Does anyone know if there is an imaging solution that uses the conventional 'prefix'.'suffix' naming convention. That is, use the DB ID# for each product as its prefix, and the suffix being _small.jpg, _medium.jpg, or _large.jpg. It seems to me that this way of image handling would be more beneficial to Zen-Store owners who do not know much about ftping images, as images would be replaced automatically and thumbnails would be created on the fly. Tried IH2's latest release, and it is everything one could hope for except being friendly to the average middle-aged store owner.

Zen-Cart has revolutionized the way business is done online, and I am truly grateful to the people involved.

Jobi

[timkroeger]

@hutting: How large a file you can upload depends on yours server configuration. It's more the dimensions than the size of the image that imposes restrictions. I suppose you're using GD (you are if you don't have ImageMagick installed). The only way to make IH2 resize the larger files is to increase the amount of ram, the php-interpreter is allowed to address. If you don't own your server or at least have rented a root server, you may be out of luck here since you won't have the permissions to change the php configuration.

@jobiwankinobi: I don't know what you mean. It is a good thing you don't have to learn about _MED and _LRG image suffixes, isn't it? Those things are only important if you want to FTP your images to the server. And even with IH2 you can still do that and it will behave just like you expect from Zen-Cart.

So please explain, why is it more beneficial to Store-Owners, who don't know much about FTPing files to the server, to have files created with conventions you only need to care about IF you are FTPing files?

The manager page takes care of prefixing for additional images. It takes care of suffixing for medium and large images, too, if you want different images there. You can even FTP files with the right prefix/suffix combination and IH2 will pick them up. Essentially IH2 moves image resizing from your browser to the server. It doesn't mess with your files. It's just like a pimped-up browser cache, only it is located on the server.

I explained before, how IH2 works, you might want to have a look at that thread. It's inner workings are quite complicated, that's why it is so easy to use. So far I have only found it to confuse people who know about how stock Zen-Cart imaging is supposed to work

Cheers,
Tim

[jeff_fwd]

@jeff: Have a look at my first post on page 14 of the old IH2 support thread. The first three paragraphs should contain the information you're looking for.

Cheers,
Tim

Tim

thanks for clearing it up for me and saving me time from scanning the other threads...

now lets see if we can figure out whats going on with the popup image - I am digging into code as we speak....

[jeff_fwd]

never mind...
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[jeff_fwd]

I replaced the includes/modules/pages/popup_image folder and now popups are working correctly...

I dont think I changed anything in that folder for any mods I am using so its very strange.....

go figure...

[jobiwankinobi]

Tim,

Thanks for your patience with computer caveman (me). I was in left field about image handler 2, it is truly a valued contribution.

Joe

[maxus]

Im install this mod,

i dont see old pictures ... IH dosnt show me product images for start work with it
I need add all this pictures agane ?

[maxus]

Damn , I cant edit my previous post

I will say - I cant see categories images...
Im must be ?
Image Handler dosnt work with categories pictures ?