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

[wasana]

Butta:

when speed matters...

is 50-100K the total image size per page or per image...

if per image, you need to optimize them (photoshop or fireworks or something else - I think image handler using the other programs referenced in docs etc works but I use off-line tools - fireworks is my favorite)

if you are not using now, check out Firefox with the optional Web Developer Tool Kit and speed report - very revealing.

good questions about what can be done, but the basic approach of optimizing will have big impact, today - you don't lose as much quality as you think (can always have high resolution 'large' image if customers need/want detail etc

my tag line to this is that 'image isn't everything, perception is' - slow will frustrate more than high res will impress...

[sgflowers]

I saw this asked a few times but couldn't decipher if answered:

additional images for product info not displaying per off-the-shelf zencart method.

ZC v1.3.02 fresh install
image_handler__for_vx_2.0 (downloaded June 27)

I know my naming convention is correct.
additional images added through image handler admin display okay, but standard additional images do not.

double checked to make sure various files mentioned in thread were in fact uploaded.

one quirk may be tabbedproductslite_2.7c contribution, but I think this is Image Handler issue.

help please

how do you add additional images - there used to be a flag on the product info edit screen it is not there anymore

[Butta]

Butta:

when speed matters...

is 50-100K the total image size per page or per image...

if per image, you need to optimize them (photoshop or fireworks or something else - I think image handler using the other programs referenced in docs etc works but I use off-line tools - fireworks is my favorite)

if you are not using now, check out Firefox with the optional Web Developer Tool Kit and speed report - very revealing.

good questions about what can be done, but the basic approach of optimizing will have big impact, today - you don't lose as much quality as you think (can always have high resolution 'large' image if customers need/want detail etc

my tag line to this is that 'image isn't everything, perception is' - slow will frustrate more than high res will impress...

Thanks for the advice, but i think you might have missed the point a bit. =) Image Handler auto-generates optimized thumbnails of the existing images in your catalog. The original images are each 50-100k in size. My problem is that Image Handler takes longer to render these images than compared to downloading the originals.

Image Handler also caches each rendered thumbnail, so that it won't have to re-render it when another visitor attempts to load it. I'm looking for a way to get Image Handler to do a run through the entire catalog, such that every image is pre-cached.

[wasana]

Butta - sorry I was a bit eager with meager advice

Sgflowers - I go to admin/tools/imagehandler2/manager - then select category, then select product, then hit display then hit new file (on right) - then load image into default and everything works like magic

I had hoped it would pick up additional images that were ftp'd using the zencart image naming convention (ie suffix) but it didn't work that way for my install - even after turning image handler off.

I'm very happy with things now though once I got into the rythm -

but similar to Butta it would be nice to do some kind of batch image processing - maybe its in there somewhere I just don't know.

[Jimmy Chen]

Hi, thanks for writing this product. It is excellent work.

I like to report an issue that I am having in the admin/manager page. I searched this thread and it doesn't seem anyone else had this problem. ZC = 1.03.01

In the manager page, I cannot see any of the images after the bottom of the page. A quick look I noticed the links did not pick up the proper directory.

My site is not live yet so I have not redirect my domain name with DNS, so I am still using the default http://gator54.hostgator.com/~username directory that was assigned to me by Hostgator. What I noticed is the missing images are not using the proper directories as it is using just the hostname w/o the userdir, like http://gator54.hostgator.com/bmz_cache/ instead of http://gator54.hostgator.com/~username/bmz_cache/

This is not a show stopper, so please look into this when you have a chance.

[wasana]

and one more question...

any way to keep animated gif's working for product images?

yes, I know they are so 90's but I've got one image that works great for what I need but IH stops the animation... I tried deleting in IH2 manager and loading it via ZC categories/products but IH2 still controls it (hover)

ideas....

[johnny43]

I insatlled IH2, what a great cont.
However I get a syntax error, code 0 when there is no product image for a product.
Any Ideas on how to overcome this ?

[cherylkemp]

I've been having fun playing with this mod in my test store tonight.

I have the css flyout categories installed and one thing I noticed is that on some of the product pages if you try to navigate the menu shows under the product. Not on every product page though...weird. Also, when I hover over the + sign for the zoom, the pic shows way up in the right hand corner of the browser (FF) in IE the zoom doesn't do anything at all. Is there some way I can fix both of these issues...not sure if it's just my install or a general bug.

[Linux]

Tim, I am curious why my image does NOT open up all the way on NS. I have a fresh install of Zen & IH. I tried on your demo and the image opens all the way. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Shelia]

I've tried to read this entire support thread...........after awhile things just started to run together. I have one question! Do I have to upload three of the same images - one defult, one MED and one LRG to three different directories?

I installed IH2 I see all the images I uploaded in three different sizes but (unless I have to upload the other two) when I Click to Enlarge brings up the dreaded red x and there is clearly no image in the properties path for the image.

Am I expecting too much or did I not understand what I read about how IH2 works?

HELP!

Shelia