Image Manager addon

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[paulcreedy]

This is going to sound like a stupid questions but....

I'm looking for an easier way for my client to upload, resize and manage images.

I'd also like the ability for the client to see the main product image on both the catalogue and attribute controller page.

As I've only just stumbled upon this add on, and as there is no readme or instructions on the download - what does it do?

[boudewijn]

Hi,

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers

All info about Image manager are in image_manager.txt, which is part of the package.
If you have any questions after reading the info, please don't hesitate to ask.....

Boudewijn

[paulcreedy]

Well, there's me looking for the readme.txt file that I'm accustomed to seeing and missing the image_manager.txt one.

[paulcreedy]

A few questions perhaps someone knows the answer to:

The hurdle I have is that a client would generally upload a massive image file supplied from their product suppliers. This image file then needs to be resized for large, medium, and small. I'm looking for a way of simplifying that process for the client.

I assume it doesn't resize the image when a user adds it via the add product page. Is that correct?

What naming convention on the images? Original image in different folder, or adding _MED etc etc

When resizing the original large image, does it create a new image with a different name or resize the original?

After uploading an image in add product, then going to image manager is there a way to automatically resize either all or all new images? So that the client doesn't have to go searching for the dozen or so new products/images that he just added so that he can resize them?

[buildingblocks]

I'm testing this mod on a 139h zen cart. After resizing the images I noticed the image created as the large image was loading really slow. I then noticed the large image that was created was very large in kilobytes. For instance the main image that was uploaded is 44 KB and the large image that image manager creates is 238 Kb. Are there any settings that will restrain the weight of that large image?

[boudewijn]

A few questions perhaps someone knows the answer to:

The hurdle I have is that a client would generally upload a massive image file supplied from their product suppliers. This image file then needs to be resized for large, medium, and small. I'm looking for a way of simplifying that process for the client.

1. I assume it doesn't resize the image when a user adds it via the add product page. Is that correct?

2. What naming convention on the images? Original image in different folder, or adding _MED etc etc

3. When resizing the original large image, does it create a new image with a different name or resize the original?

4. After uploading an image in add product, then going to image manager is there a way to automatically resize either all or all new images? So that the client doesn't have to go searching for the dozen or so new products/images that he just added so that he can resize them?

Hi,

1. That is correct. IM is a true add-on which does not alter any existing code. Therefore, images that are initially uploaded from the product page, must be copied/resized later from the IM-page.

2. IM follows the naming and structure conventions, and settings from Zen-Cart. The small images are in images/ or any structure from there (images/bottles/, images/glasses/ etc), the medium size images in images/medium/ with the same subordinate structure (images/medium/bottles etc). The same applies for large images.
_MED and _LRG are added to the filename for medium and large images, or whatever suffix is set in the configuration settings for Zen-Cart (Configuration->Images)

3. It saves a copy of the original file, with the extension .bak. After that the file is resized, keeping the existing name.

4. There is no 'fix all' option. mainly due to the fact that various actions are possible, dependent on the situation. I am thinking though of one specific situation, where one large original exists and no medium and large image yet. Fixing this could become a 'one click' action.
It is not hard to find the new images. Choose 'Show files: with errors' and only those images will appear.


Boudewijn

[boudewijn]

I'm testing this mod on a 139h zen cart. After resizing the images I noticed the image created as the large image was loading really slow. I then noticed the large image that was created was very large in kilobytes. For instance the main image that was uploaded is 44 KB and the large image that image manager creates is 238 Kb. Are there any settings that will restrain the weight of that large image?

One would expect that the small image size is smaller than the large image size. In this case I suspect that IM does not enlarge the picture in dimensions, but creates a larger file as a watermark is added. Is that correct?

[paulcreedy]

So to follow a client senario - is this how it works?

A client uploads an image via their add product
They go into IM and find the image
Then create the three images from the original.

Is that correct?

What directory should they upload the original to? The main one or the large one?
Once the images have been created the original is now not required, can it be deleted?

[buildingblocks]

One would expect that the small image size is smaller than the large image size. In this case I suspect that IM does not enlarge the picture in dimensions, but creates a larger file as a watermark is added. Is that correct?

original image
Size: 44 Kb
Dimensions: 485 x 640

In configuration > Image Manager I set the max large image width and height to 600

no watermark file present

Image manager generates the large image at
Size: 236 Kb
Dimensions: 455 x 600

LOL

Does anyone else notice this happening in their installation?