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

[ezskratch]

Hello -

I installed IH2 but seem to be experiencing a few problems.

When I pull in my pics I was under the impression I did not have to upload a small, medium and large version. I uploaded a jpeg file for each of my products and was happy to see displayed the 3 sizes and different byte sizes (slave to speed). The small and medium images seem to work ok but when I click to see a larger view - I get a smashed small version.

ideas? - hopefully it is something simple.

thanks

skratch

http://ezskratch.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=

cart in progress so be kind

[Get Em Fast]

Hello -

I installed IH2 but seem to be experiencing a few problems.

When I pull in my pics I was under the impression I did not have to upload a small, medium and large version. I uploaded a jpeg file for each of my products and was happy to see displayed the 3 sizes and different byte sizes (slave to speed). The small and medium images seem to work ok but when I click to see a larger view - I get a smashed small version.

ideas? - hopefully it is something simple.

thanks

skratch

http://ezskratch.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=

cart in progress so be kind

Go to Admin>Configuration>Images and set IH large image maximum width to the size you want your larger pop-up image to be. Looks like right now, it's set to 100x80

[ezskratch]

I made those changes to IH with negative results...

Think this might be it? I am not using ImageMagick -

IH resize images
Select either 'no' which is old Zen-Cart behaviour or 'yes' to activate automatic resizing and caching of images. If you want to use ImageMagick you have to specify the location of the convert binary in includes/extra_configures/bmz_image_handler_conf.php.

yes
no

[Get Em Fast]

ez, it could be. You also, DID upload a big image (not with a _LRG suffix) as the Default image file, didn't you?

[Zinfandel]

Hello Get Em Fast.

After resetting the IH large image maximum width , shouldn't ezskratch then clear the cache of all the images. I suspect the admin settings are only used if and when the required image is not in the cache.

whaddaya think? I could be wrong.

[Get Em Fast]

Hello Get Em Fast.

After resetting the IH large image maximum width , shouldn't ezskratch then clear the cache of all the images. I suspect the admin settings are only used if and when the required image is not in the cache.

whaddaya think? I could be wrong.

I think you might be right, Z. Sounds like a good thing to do, just to be on the safe side.

[mrbert]

I am trying for days now to get a waternark on the large product images and what I try I do not get it.
I tried to upload teh files agian.
Tried disabling and enablin again.
For the medium size the watermark is OK.\

IS tehre anyone that can give me a clue?

Bert

[Robbyn7]

I'm having the same issue as Sleepless. After I upload my Large image, IH2 then resizes my small images to different heights even though I set the width and height in Admin.
I would like for all my small images to be the same height. How can I achieve this? Thanks.

[Zinfandel]

I'm having the same issue as Sleepless. After I upload my Large image, IH2 then resizes my small images to different heights even though I set the width and height in Admin.
I would like for all my small images to be the same height. How can I achieve this? Thanks.

I'm going to direct you to the IH2 author's documentation at:

http://www.breakmyzencart.com/ih-doc

There you'll find the following:

There are different approaches to setting the dimension of images.
You can do it the normal way and simply specify width and height dimensions in pixels. Set width to 100 and height to 80 for example. If your image is 200×200 it will be resized to 80×80 because this is the biggest size that fits into 100×80.
You can just set width (or height) to e.g. 100 and leave the other dimension blank (or set to 0). Now you specified a width (or height) that the image in question will be resized to. The height (or width) will be calculated according to the correct aspect ratio.
You can for example set it like the first example but append “!” to one value (for example 80! for small image height). The generated resized images are centered on a canvas that matches exactly the given size for the corresponding image. If you specified 100×80! your 200×200 image from the first example will be resized to 80×80 and placed centered on a 100×80 canvas filled with the specified background color. Think of it as kind of forcing image dimensions without messing up the aspect ratio.

In your case set only the height, and the width will be the variable. Bear in mind that the aspect ratio is going to match the original image, if they are all of different sizes, well....
clear the cache after you make these setting changes.

This should address your question.

[cedaranderson]

Yes i'm having the exact same problem. IH2 admin works fine but it doesn't actually create the images in the medim and large image folders hence dead links on website for medium and large images. IH2 is not compressing the thumbnail either. I'm using zen 1.3.7 with GD libraries and image magik enabled. Is this an issue with 1.3.7?

please help as IH2 looks like a great thing when it's working.