Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

[countrycharm]

Sounds good Alex can't wait.

[snowy2007]

Hi all - quick question about this contrib before I install it :

Will it do the following :

When customers are looking through the list of products on my shop they, obviously, see a small image on the product in the list. I want them to be able to hover the mouse over the image and for the full size image to pop-up. Please note : I only have one size of images on my site.

THanks in advance for any advice.

[Alex Clarke]

This is part of what Image Handler 2 does, not Zen Lightbox.

You can use IH2 and Zen Lightbox together and benefit the functionality that both contributions offer.

However, if you're thinking of installing Zen Lightbox you may as well wait for the v1.5 release (in a few hours time).

[snowy2007]

Thanks V much for the reply Alex. If it isn't a silly question, what exactly does Lightbox do?

[Alex Clarke]

It adds a 'lightbox' effect to various images on your website - replacing the need for JavaScript popup windows.

You can view a demo of this lightbox effect (without the Zen Cart integration) at the following site.

http://www.digitalia.be/demo/slimbox/

[snowy2007]

Thanks for that Alex - nice effect!

[andycole]

Hi there- I have searched around the Forums but decided to post here- It seems that Zen Lightbox is causing 2 script errors when launched in Internet Explorer 7- As follows

1)

Line: 1
Char: 159
Error: 'Null' is Null or not an object

2)

Line: 48
Char: 3
Error: Object Required

I am no coder, so I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction

Cheers

Andy

http://www.neverdrillagain.co.uk

p.s. Works fine in Firefox?

[Anna718]

Given the serious security flaws that have been uncovered in all versions of the IE browser, I am surprised that anyone would be suing it to conduct ecommerce. It could be wise to warn your customers against using this browser for now anyway.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm if you are unaware of the current risks of using IE

[Alex Clarke]

I believe this issue has just been patched.

Running Windows Update (or Microsoft Update) should allow you to download and install the update.

[Alex Clarke]

Zen Lightbox v1.5 has just been uploaded!

It will take up to 1 week before the file will appear in the Free Software Add Ons section. I'll be keeping an eye on things and post a link to the download once it's available.

Some exciting new features include being able to use the lightbox effect on any page (including EZ-Pages), multilingual support and keyboard navigation.

You'll find a complete list of changes below.

Version 1.5 - Release Date: 2008-12-18

• Added Caption Animation Duration admin switch
• Added Close Lightbox admin switch
• Added Close on Image Click admin switch
• Added Display Image Counter admin switch
• Added Enable Keyboard Navigation admin switch
• Added full support for multilingual stores
• Added greater flexibility for Overlay Fade Duration admin switch
• Added Image Fade Duration admin switch
• Added Include Main Image in Gallery admin switch
• Added Initial Height admin switch
• Added Initial Width admin switch
• Added missing </b> to install.sql file
• Added Next Image admin switch
• Added Previous Image admin switch
• Added Resize Transition admin switch
• Added support for lightbox effect on any page (including EZ-Pages)
• Added title attributes (similar to alt text) to lightbox buttons
• Added uninstall.sql file
• Removed Border Size admin switch (this is now controlled by CSS)
• Removed DIV Class to Hide admin switch
• Removed Enable Resize Animations admin switch
• Removed header_php.php core file change
• Removed Hide Flash Objects admin switch (Slimbox handles this automatically)
• Updated blank entries in install.sql file to NULL
• Updated invalid characters in rel attributes of links (output code is now valid XHTML)
• Updated JavaScript code to classes to avoid source code duplication
• Updated lightbox code to Slimbox v1.67
• Updated modules to prevent JavaScript code from loading when Zen Lightbox is disabled
• Updated support for Zen Cart 1.3.8a and Image Handler 2.0_for_137
• Updated various configuration titles and descriptions within the admin

While we're waiting for the download to go live, I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and hope you all have a great New Year too!

Regards,

Alex