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

[tophand]

Hey Guys - just wanted to make sure my post here doesn't disappear into the dark! No guesses what causing this?

Have you tried clearing the bmz_cache?

What I do:
admin->tools->Image Handler->Admin and click "Remove Image Handler from Database".
Note: Doing this does not delete "any" files.
Now click the link "Clear image cache".
Might also ftp or use your host control panel and delete all sub folders under bmz_cache folder.
Now click the link to install image handler.

M

[tophand]

I have a test site site up here:

http://host277.ipowerweb.com/~ninetrea/

I remember having installed an old version of IH 1.x on it. Now i've installed IH2 for 1.3.7 and unfortunately it isn't working.

Image hovers are broken and images aren't being resized.

Can any Zen Master help me or at least shed some light and point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Did you install Image handler?
admin-->tools-->Image handler-->admin

M

[gurudarbar]

Have you tried clearing the bmz_cache?

What I do:
admin->tools->Image Handler->Admin and click "Remove Image Handler from Database".
Note: Doing this does not delete "any" files.
Now click the link "Clear image cache".
Might also ftp or use your host control panel and delete all sub folders under bmz_cache folder.
Now click the link to install image handler.

M

Tried that, no sucesss....

Did you install Image handler?
admin-->tools-->Image handler-->admin

M

Yes, I have installed it using the admin installer. Still no luck. What I do is select an item from the categories, then browse for the picture locally, then it looks like it uploads the image and even spits back a little message saying it saved the image successfully.

However, the image thumbnails are blank and there are seemingly no images visible where I just uploaded the image....check the screen cap...

Any ideas?

[mrmeech]

Have you tried clearing the bmz_cache?

What I do:
admin->tools->Image Handler->Admin and click "Remove Image Handler from Database".
Note: Doing this does not delete "any" files.
Now click the link "Clear image cache".
Might also ftp or use your host control panel and delete all sub folders under bmz_cache folder.
Now click the link to install image handler.

M

Ok - Did all of that and the issue remains exactly as it was before.

So, i tried copying another category image that gets processed correctly, then renamed it to the filename for the Easter category, and the copied file got processed. (Go figure.)

How does it know the difference?? Except for the image, EVERYTHING else is the same - dimensions, file extension, ownership settings, file permissions...

I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my new image files but that's such a crazy explanation that i find it nearly impossible to believe...

Ugh!! So Elusive!

[mrmeech]

Have you tried clearing the bmz_cache?

What I do:
admin->tools->Image Handler->Admin and click "Remove Image Handler from Database".
Note: Doing this does not delete "any" files.
Now click the link "Clear image cache".
Might also ftp or use your host control panel and delete all sub folders under bmz_cache folder.
Now click the link to install image handler.

M

Ok - Did all of that and the issue remains exactly as it was before.

So, i tried copying another category image that gets processed correctly, then renamed it to the filename for the Easter category, and the copied file got processed. (Go figure.)

How does it know the difference?? Except for the image, EVERYTHING else is the same - dimensions, file extension, ownership settings, file permissions...

I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my new image files but that's such a crazy explanation that i find it nearly impossible to believe...

Ugh!! So Elusive!

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!

The actual image dimensions have to be LARGER than the large image size dimensions set in the ih2 settings!!! (In the case of the category image, the actual image sizes of other images on the server were much bigger, so it was getting processed - i was actually wrong in saying that the images were all the same size - i was looking at the sizes of the PROCCESSED images.)

Ok, this prompts me for the back story in case anyone else ever runs into this too:

When i started using zen cart i was already optimizing my images and processing them out of photoshop at the large image dimensions i wanted. So, one of the reasons i installed IH2 was to use the watermarking feature. Well, needless to say, i could never get it to work on the large images and i made a post on here and nobody could figure it out. I figured i messed up something in the core code that i just could - not - find. So i gave up for a while out of frustration.

SO! All i was looking for was to have the large images watermarked, but as it turns out, if an image's actual dimensions are equal to or below the maximum pixel size for width and height in the settings, it will not get processed - even if you want it to put a watermark on it. Since it sees no need to process the image because it is already at the correct pixels, the watermarking never happened on the large images.

Hope that all made sense!

[misty]

mrmeech... Good tips there.. thanks for sharing

[mrmeech]

mrmeech... Good tips there.. thanks for sharing

haha, thanks.

It's only taken me about a year to figure it out! That's not a joke, either!! Hence my excitement.

Perhaps someone who works Image Handler will see my tear jerking story and address this issue because while i might be smart, i'm not smart enough to improve the code!!

One cold beer for me, please.

[tophand]

Tried that, no sucesss....



Yes, I have installed it using the admin installer. Still no luck. What I do is select an item from the categories, then browse for the picture locally, then it looks like it uploads the image and even spits back a little message saying it saved the image successfully.

However, the image thumbnails are blank and there are seemingly no images visible where I just uploaded the image....check the screen cap...

Any ideas?

How big is the image?

You did check that you uploaded all the files needed for IH?
includes/modules/additional_images.php
And the files admin/includes/ ?

M

[jgarrotef]

Hi
please i need help with image handler 2
Trying to add the 2nd picture i recive

.- Image succesfully saved (in green) at top
.-at botton:

Error!

Unable to determine the page link!

Function used:

zen_href_link('', '', 'NONSSL')


I changed ssl and not secure conections but i have the same error

and the page doen't show the 2nd picture...

Great Thanks

[Baa]

My apologies if this has been dealt with before, I've tried searching the threads with no luck so far.

I uploaded IH yesterday to one of my sites and while the image hovers all work, whenever I add an additional image via IH it displays the thumb but doesn't open up, it just hangs there. When I FTP the image it works. The images are all going in the same file whether I FTP them or upload via IH.

I'm using Lightbox and Ultimate SEO URLs, in case any of these might make a difference. I have Lightbox and IH on another site and they seem to work fine.