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

[litepockets]

YES! That was it!!! I just ran chown -R root bmz_cache and it fixed the write ability!! Now... off of thread topic.. how might I prevent the user apache from making itself the owner for future instances?

[DarkAngel]

Thank you for your response. Yes, I am using IH2, but I failed to post a capture of the Tools/Image handler2 settings, which work fine. I have attached the Tools/Image/handler 2 capture to this posting.

In the meanwhile, I am going to follow your advice, "I suggest you open the zip for IH2 again, compare the folders it has with your server and ensure you got all the files in their proper place. It is very easy to miss and stick them in the wrong folder."

Also, the images are in increasing sizes and I added the suffixes _large, _medium, and _small to my images. I am implementing your suggestions tonight.

Thank you for your response and time.

Luther

ok but in the configuration/images bunch of settings there are some missing unless you did not get all of them in the image....

listed at the bottom of those settings are supposed to be some setting specific to ih2

[llynix]

Lastly, I have a feeling it has to do with permissions. I have noticed that files/directories that used to be fine at 755 (or even 644) are now fussy if they aren't 777, which I am not very comfortable with at all. I have moved to a ded. virtual server with mediatemple, and unfortunately don't have much experience with server admin. Old hosting was on a shared server that was managed for me :) So I'm not real sure what settings I have to change on server to allow the 755's and 644's to still have the proper behavior. So for now, I have changed the permissions on bmz_cache (and children), cache, and images folders all to 777.

Definitely permissions.

On your server web files are created with user apache group apache whereas the files you create will be user USERNAME group psacln

Way to get around it is to add the user apache to the groups psacln and psaadm in your /etc/groups file

I honestly still have permissions problems.. need to bust out the book and completely figure out how *nix handles em.

[ckosloff]

YES! how might I prevent the user apache from making itself the owner for future instances?

Once you chown there is no way another user can take ownership.
But...there is no need to chown (unless you are hitting a very weird Apache configuration), just set both images and bmz_cache folders to same perms. 755 first and then 777 if that does not work.
And yes, the readme explains that.

[demetrioucy]

HI.. This is my first post.. I am not sure if i am posting on the wrong place.

My problem is that my website has problem with the Jcarousel which i use for posting categories of products. This is a template monster template. I install image handler 2 but not sure if its IH2 that causes the problem.

Please see on www.3gcyprus.com

The Jcarousel loads wrong.. It shifts the images vertical and after few seconds place them horizontal.. This problem has been killing me.. Please advice if there is a solution on that.

thanks.

[luther]

ok but in the configuration/images bunch of settings there are some missing unless you did not get all of them in the image....

listed at the bottom of those settings are supposed to be some setting specific to ih2

I did not get all of the settings in the image. I have several attachments now that include that information. Please see the new attachments.

I reinstalled Image handler 2 and checked the directory structure to make sure all of the directories and files exist in their appropriate places. I now have two remaining issues/problems:

First problem:
Under MENU\admin\tools\Image handler 2

Boat Works Image sizes: 80x80, 150 x 112, 160 x 120.
Equal a small, medium, and large picture.

While in this menu, When I click to enlarge the largest picture size under Image Information; the pop up picture's property indicates 160 x 120.This is the largest size indicated in the product information. How can I get a larger pop up picture under this menu? My _large images are (640 x 425).

Is it possible to just increase the size property's in Image Handler 2 because my _medium images are 300 x 240, but I get only a 150 x 112 image when I hover over an image. Maybe I should experiment with the property sizes in Image Handler 2.
When I experiment with the size properties, I loose my hover. Evidently, I am incorrectly changing a setting. Which setting works to reach my objective?

What are your thoughts? In your opinion, in the default installation, is Image Handler 2 doing what it is supposed to do? If it is working properly, maybe I need to leave it alone for now.

Second problem:
When I go to http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...index&cPath=65, my photography page, I get the hover effect, which is fine. When I click on an image, I am moved to a blank page. In this case it is
http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...roducts_id=181, since I clicked on the China Cove image.

How can I fix this problem with the link to a blank page?

Could this have something to do with Fual Slimbox, which is the other mod installed and maybe Image handler 2 is working just fine.

Please let me know.The site URL is located at http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...ex&cPath=65_66. This site is not currently on line for business and is a work in progress. Thanks for your assistance.

[DarkAngel]

I did not get all of the settings in the image. I have several attachments now that include that information. Please see the new attachments.

I reinstalled Image handler 2 and checked the directory structure to make sure all of the directories and files exist in their appropriate places. I now have two remaining issues/problems:

glad you got the editing options all in the imgae section under configuration.

First problem:
Under MENU\admin\tools\Image handler 2

Boat Works Image sizes: 80x80, 150 x 112, 160 x 120.
Equal a small, medium, and large picture.

While in this menu, When I click to enlarge the largest picture size under Image Information; the pop up picture's property indicates 160 x 120.This is the largest size indicated in the product information. How can I get a larger pop up picture under this menu? My _large images are (640 x 425).

Is it possible to just increase the size property's in Image Handler 2 because my _medium images are 300 x 240, but I get only a 150 x 112 image when I hover over an image. Maybe I should experiment with the property sizes in Image Handler 2.
When I experiment with the size properties, I loose my hover. Evidently, I am incorrectly changing a setting. Which setting works to reach my objective?

try going into the slimbox controls and set the width and height to your image sizes and also in the ih2 settings under configuration/images

What are your thoughts? In your opinion, in the default installation, is Image Handler 2 doing what it is supposed to do? If it is working properly, maybe I need to leave it alone for now.

it appears to be behaving, give it about a week or so to just make sure you got it all fixed then see what happens.

Second problem:
When I go to http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...index&cPath=65, my photography page, I get the hover effect, which is fine. When I click on an image, I am moved to a blank page. In this case it is
http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...roducts_id=181, since I clicked on the China Cove image.

How can I fix this problem with the link to a blank page?

ok, first for me all the images go to a blank page. on the server first check the bmz cache folder and make sure it is permissions at 777 or 755 try one then if that still is blank try the other one.

if still blank after that then you will need to look in that cache folder to see if there are any .php files...I think they are php files. check for anything NOT a image files. They may be outside the folders living in there.

open one in a text editor and write down what it says then post back here. mine went to a blank page too but it was because I forgot to set the cache folder permissions.

Could this have something to do with Fual Slimbox, which is the other mod installed and maybe Image handler 2 is working just fine.

I know that IH2 runs well with lightbox, have never used slimbox so no idea

see if anything I mentioned works and let us know

[DivaVocals]

Could this have something to do with Fual Slimbox, which is the other mod installed and maybe Image handler 2 is working just fine.

As the IH2 readme indicates the current version of IH2 was tested with BOTH Lightbox AND Fual Slimbox. I use Fual Slimbox consistently, and I have NEVER had any issues with it or IH2 working together..

[DivaVocals]

From what I can see on the product listing page, IH2 is working just fine.. (http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...index&cPath=65)

As for the issue with blank pages (as demonstrated on http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...roducts_id=181), this does not appear to be a Fual Slimbox or Image Handler issue at all..

You are using the document product type. So the product detail pages are the ones specific to the document product type, and I've got a feeling that the REAL issue lies within some code on the pages for this particular product type. To that end I suggest posting a separate question in the forum so that you can get help that will resolve your real issue..

I did not get all of the settings in the image. I have several attachments now that include that information. Please see the new attachments.

I reinstalled Image handler 2 and checked the directory structure to make sure all of the directories and files exist in their appropriate places. I now have two remaining issues/problems:

First problem:
Under MENU\admin\tools\Image handler 2

Boat Works Image sizes: 80x80, 150 x 112, 160 x 120.
Equal a small, medium, and large picture.

While in this menu, When I click to enlarge the largest picture size under Image Information; the pop up picture's property indicates 160 x 120.This is the largest size indicated in the product information. How can I get a larger pop up picture under this menu? My _large images are (640 x 425).

Is it possible to just increase the size property's in Image Handler 2 because my _medium images are 300 x 240, but I get only a 150 x 112 image when I hover over an image. Maybe I should experiment with the property sizes in Image Handler 2.
When I experiment with the size properties, I loose my hover. Evidently, I am incorrectly changing a setting. Which setting works to reach my objective?

What are your thoughts? In your opinion, in the default installation, is Image Handler 2 doing what it is supposed to do? If it is working properly, maybe I need to leave it alone for now.

Second problem:
When I go to http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...index&cPath=65, my photography page, I get the hover effect, which is fine. When I click on an image, I am moved to a blank page. In this case it is
http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...roducts_id=181, since I clicked on the China Cove image.

How can I fix this problem with the link to a blank page?

Could this have something to do with Fual Slimbox, which is the other mod installed and maybe Image handler 2 is working just fine.

Please let me know.The site URL is located at http://www.montereybayimages.com/Cat...ex&cPath=65_66. This site is not currently on line for business and is a work in progress. Thanks for your assistance.

[PleaseHelpMe]

Yes, I agree with you about getting the site up and running "as is" first and then worrying about upgrading. I had actually tried installing revision 7 and it looks like they were running an older version since the script_imagehover.js was the only file not already located on the server. However, I did also notice that about 40% of the files on the server were different sizes from the ones in the default zip for revision 7. Either that's because it's an older version, or they were edited.

Anyways, I also think that it should be working if I update the configuration files and database settings correctly so I'm thinking I may have missed a basic one. I'm familiar with the admin/includes/configure.php and the includes/configure.php files and those "should" be correct. However, I have an inclination that I may be missing something in the database. What usually needs to be updated in the database after migrating to a new server?

Also, I do believe we're making progress on finding a resolution to this issue. Since I'm not familiar with IH2, and only semi-familiar with zencart, the more I browse it the more I'm figuring out and learning. The Tools -> Image Handler 2 does show the pictures correctly. The default picture, Small, Medium and Large sizes of it. So the pictures are there, but the problem seems to be in rendering the pictures using the edited sizes (as small, medium or large images) once they're edited by IH2.

I hope this is a simple overlook of a path needing to be updated in the database. Thanks again for your quick responses, let me know what you guys think.

Still trying to fix this.... No one has anymore ideas? I tried reinstalling revision 7 but to no avail. I'm really stuck so anymore suggestions would be appreciated.