Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

[Alex Clarke]

Actually what I'm interested in doing is not using individual product images at all. What I'm wanting is to use small category and sub category pictures which are used to display applications of the product, which for my products are a far more interesting way to show them.

The issue is picture size. So the ideal is to have one or more 100 to 150 px wide pics for each category or sub-cat, the visitor can open these to large, higher res 500 px wide pics if they so desire.

Navigation issues aside at this point, I guess modifying the tpl_modules_category_icon_display.php? Any thoughts?

I'll look into this, but it'll have to be next week as I'm going away for a few days. Even away from the Internet!! But I'll look at this when I get back.

Do you have a link to you site in the meantime?

Still not working for me.. have no idea why..

installed IH2 first and then the newest version of lightbox.

Whats wierd is that when I load the Main image through the traditional add item method, it will show in lightbox and the additionals wont work.

When I use imagehandler to load all three images, none of them work.

Am I missing something? ... I am loading the images into a folder in the images dir
(images/books), does it matter where I upload them to?

here is a link to the store. It is not done yet, thanks..

http://www.thelab101.com/store/index...products_id=10

Have you setup certain product types? Also, what version of Zen Cart are you running?

It looks like you could have an out-dated version of additional_images.php

Post back with the above info and we'll try and get to the bottom of this. :)

[jetx]

I'll look into this, but it'll have to be next week as I'm going away for a few days. Even away from the Internet!! But I'll look at this when I get back.

Do you have a link to you site in the meantime? :)

Thanks Alex. This shop is on a test (home) server right now.

[sleastack]

Thanks for the Quick reply Alex,

I have all my products under products general, should I set up product types for each type of product?

I am running Zen version 1.3.5

I dont understand what you mean about an Outdated version of Additional images.php, I uploaded the most recent version of lightbox and renamed the my TEMPLATE Folder.

It is a fairly new install (a week prior to 1.3.6)

[flightoffancy]

I just wanted to say thanks for this GREAT contribution! I've got it installed on my site which runs Zen Version 1.3.0.1 with IH2 and it works flawlessly. The image presentation looks so much better now.

I do have a quick question, what will happen if someone is viewing the site that has javascript disabled?

[jetx]

It opens a new browser window with the LRG image, the next best thing really.

Note: this is the lightbox contrib as I don't use IH2.

[focus360]

Hi Alex,

I've just installed it today and it works great!. Just a little problem with the 'wrong order of Additional Images'. It's a tricky one.


When I click on the 'Main Medium image', it shows the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. Which apparently is not right order according to normal human sense.

Please have a look at this link. then you will get what I mean.
http://www.theartofthailand.com/garu...-art-p-23.html

This is the paths of my images (Sorted by name).

Small
/images/3786.jpg
/images/3786_01.jpg
/images/3786_02.jpg
/images/3786_03.jpg

Medium
/images/medium/3786_MED.jpg

Large (Sorted by name)
/images/large/3786_01_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_02_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_03_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_LRG.jpg

** Apparently when you sort the images by name, The large image 3786_LRG.jpg will alway be the last picture. And that's why it show the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. I want this to be the first picture because it's linked from main medium image.

I think I have to work around the name of images as this problem is not caused by lightbox. But can someone suggest me how to do this please.

Regards,

Your problem has nothing to do with the name of your filenames or the lightbox mod.

You have made changes to the product info template manually or via some mod?

This div
<div id="productAdditionalImages">

is above this div
<div id="productMainImage" align="center">

So consequently your main product image is the last image in the source code.

[Hemma]

Alex, first of all, a big thank you for such a fantastic contribution! It looks absolutely amazing! I am relatively new to Zencart, and at this stage i have not installed the lightbox as yet. This is really due to the reason that (and i have seen this on many sites) that, if the page has not completely loaded, the images will just show up without any of the effects.

I was wondering, when would we expect to see an updated version that resolves this problem? perhaps if page has not completely loaded that it would revert back to the old popups? my main concern is for the few customers out there that are still using dialup.

Anyways, once again, thank you very much for your great contribution

[titangen]

is this compatible with zen 1.2.6 ?

Thanks in advance

[Alex Clarke]

Sorry for the delayed replies! I've been away for a few days. Please find replies to all recent questions below... I'm sure I've missed some out. If so, sorry and let me know!

Thanks for the Quick reply Alex,

I have all my products under products general, should I set up product types for each type of product?

I am running Zen version 1.3.5

I dont understand what you mean about an Outdated version of Additional images.php, I uploaded the most recent version of lightbox and renamed the my TEMPLATE Folder.

It is a fairly new install (a week prior to 1.3.6)

Using the 'products general' type is fine. By 'outdated version' I mean an old version of the additional_images.php file.

Also, I've just tried visiting the link you recently provided (to your site) and cannot see any additional images of the products. Is this right?

I just wanted to say thanks for this GREAT contribution! I've got it installed on my site which runs Zen Version 1.3.0.1 with IH2 and it works flawlessly. The image presentation looks so much better now.

I do have a quick question, what will happen if someone is viewing the site that has javascript disabled?

As previously mention (someone else posted it before me I think) the image will open in a new browser window. This is deafult Zen Cart code.

If anyone can think of a better way to handle images when jscript is disabled please let me know. :)

Alex, first of all, a big thank you for such a fantastic contribution! It looks absolutely amazing! I am relatively new to Zencart, and at this stage i have not installed the lightbox as yet. This is really due to the reason that (and i have seen this on many sites) that, if the page has not completely loaded, the images will just show up without any of the effects.

I was wondering, when would we expect to see an updated version that resolves this problem? perhaps if page has not completely loaded that it would revert back to the old popups? my main concern is for the few customers out there that are still using dialup.

Anyways, once again, thank you very much for your great contribution

Glad you like Zen Lightbox. Thanks for the nice comments! :)

I'm thinking of a way to solve this problem (as it was pointed out to me after the first release). The jscript file in question is 100kb and (you're right) it's a little chuncky for some of the old school dial up people.

If possible, I would like this file to be cached on the visitors pc and called whenever required (so it's not loaded during each page view of product_info_display.php). If this can be done it should solve the problem, but I'll have to look into it.

Keep an eye on this thread as I'll post all update news here.

is this compatible with zen 1.2.6 ?

Thanks in advance

There is no reason why you could not used Zen Lightbox with any version of Zen Cart. However, I've only tested it on 1.3.0.2, 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 (an update for Zen Lightbox will be released soon to fully support 1.3.6).

You could try backing up your site and installing Zen Lightbox. You'll probably need to tweak a few files, but give it a go and see what happens! :)

[mteicher]

Is Zen Lightbox capable of being used to do a popup image for attributes. For example, you have a product that is available in blue and red, Main picture, and blue and red as attributes, but when the potential buyer clicks on red or blue, it pops an image of the product in the selected color ??