Image Manager addon

Hi Hara,

As I don't use IH2 myself I can't give a good comparison. In the image_manager.txt file is a complete description of the functions. Furthermore you may find info here: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158925

What I can say, is that installing IH2 will introduce another way of storing the images, making IM of no use.

You mean touch-enlarge an image in the front-end of the shop? If so, the answer is no. IM is an image management tool and not an image display tool. I myself use zen-lightbox for that purpose.

Boudewijn

Hello,

Is this work for Zen cart 1.3.9f ? (read me file saying for 1.3.8a only).

While installing, do I need to accept Override all? or select Skip?

Thanks.

Hello,

I'm new and have just installed IM1.3 but got same problem with post#74 after running Install SQL patches.

Part of error shown:
1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(NULL, 'Show 'Add additional image link' link', 'IM_SHOW_ADD_IMAGE_LINK', 'no'' at line 1
in:..............................

PLEASE HELP.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

hara:

Hello,

I'm new and have just installed IM1.3 but got same problem with post#74 after running Install SQL patches.

Part of error shown:
1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(NULL, 'Show 'Add additional image link' link', 'IM_SHOW_ADD_IMAGE_LINK', 'no'' at line 1
in:..............................

PLEASE HELP.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

Got it. Used your attachment file instead. 8 statements processed. Thank you!

Will see what happen the next.

Hi Hara,

IM works well with 1.3.9f. Where in the readme does it say 1.3.8a? This is not right, I want to correct it but can't find it!

Boudewijn

IM is fast. seamlessly working with ZC 1.3.9f. I like it.

One thing, I enabled Watermark, but the mark doesn't show up at all. Please advise.

hara:

IM is fast. seamlessly working with ZC 1.3.9f. I like it.

One thing, I enabled Watermark, but the mark doesn't show up at all. Please advise.

Are the watermark.png file(s) present in the images, images/medium and/or images/large folder?

Boudewijn

boudewijn:

Michael, Ray,

Can you right-click on the red cross, then choose 'properties' and check what the link/URL to the picture is?

Boudewijn

Hi, the problem seems to be that my test site is in a directory and the image properties is missing this out.

http://mysite.com/images/Atest/Desert.jpg
(image preview)

http://mysite.com/teststore/images/Atest/Desert.jpg
(actual correct location)

it is a minor minor bug, my main site is at my servers root so no biggy for me!
I love this mod!

Thaks
Ray

ray-the-otter:

Hi, the problem seems to be that my test site is in a directory and the image properties is missing this out.

http://mysite.com/images/Atest/Desert.jpg
(image preview)

http://mysite.com/teststore/images/Atest/Desert.jpg
(actual correct location)

it is a minor minor bug, my main site is at my servers root so no biggy for me!
I love this mod!

Thaks
Ray

Hi Ray,

I assume you entered the configuration values in <admin>/includes/configure.php.
Can you tell me what you entered for:
HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER
DIR_WS_CATALOG
DIR_WS_IMAGES

Currently IM only uses the first and last to compose the URL, and I guess it should make use of all three.

Hi boudewijn,

here are the details you asked for. I hope they help :-D

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://mysite.com');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/teststore/');
define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

Cheers
Ray

ps. have a great weekend!

Hi Ray,

Thanks! It confirms what I already feared: the DIR_WS_CATALOG is not included in the link to the picture.

As you already mentioned, this will not cause problems if the shop is in the webroot, but if it's in a folder under the webroot, it will cause the red crosses to appear.

A fix will be included in the next release of IM.
If any user cannot wait, I can publish the 4 lines of code for that fix.

Enjoy your weekend too!

Boudewijn

boudewijn:

Are the watermark.png file(s) present in the images, images/medium and/or images/large folder?

Boudewijn
Yes, I have watermark.png in both folders(mysite.com/images/large)? Not showing at all.

hara:

Yes, I have watermark.png in both folders(mysite.com/images/large)? Not showing at all.

Were the large images already there when you installed Image Manager?
Image Manager applies the watermark when it creates medium and large images from an already present (oversized) image. Or you can do it later by the link that shows. Is that link visible?

boudewijn:

Were the large images already there when you installed Image Manager?
Image Manager applies the watermark when it creates medium and large images from an already present (oversized) image. Or you can do it later by the link that shows. Is that link visible?
Yes, the large image folder already there before installing.
I putted watermark.png in same folder of product images.

Hi boudewijn,

I should tell you I have third party template and zen lightbox installed and working fine. watermark is not showing.

hara:

Hi boudewijn,

I should tell you I have third party template and zen lightbox installed and working fine. watermark is not showing.

Hi Hara,

Templates are only for the SHOP-part of Zen-Cart, and IM does nothing there. Same for Zen-Lightbox.

I may be wrong here, but I think the problem may be in what you expect IM to do for you. So I will start from there.

IM does not apply watermarks to the images when you display them in the shop, you have to apply the watermarks yourself from Image Manager first. There are two ways:

1. If you have uploaded an image, either from a product page, or with the IM-link to re-upload an image, or with the IM-link to upload an additional image. After uploading, only the small image exists. After that, you can create the medium and large image in IM, and during that process it will apply the watermarks.

2. If the lare image is already there, without watermark, you can, in IM, click the link 'Add watermark' which is beneath the large image details.

The 'Add watermark' link will only show up if all file sizes exist and are not too big.

If you select Attached files, and Without errors, do you see the 'Add watermark' link there?

Boudewijn

Hi Boudewijn,

It is working as you explained above. I can see the 'Add watermark' link there.

How to adjust the watermark position on image?

Now, for some reason I do not satisfy with the image watermarked and I want to revise it back to original image without watermark, how to do/release it from IM?

hara:

Hi Boudewijn,

It is working as you explained above. I can see the 'Add watermark' link there.

How to adjust the watermark position on image?

Now, for some reason I do not satisfy with the image watermarked and I want to revise it back to original image without watermark, how to do/release it from IM?

The position of the watermark is hard coded at the bottom of the image. I can make this configurable. What choices/options would you like to have?

On resizing/watermarking an image, IM saves the old one with the extension '.bak'. There is no 'revert' button yet in IM, so if you want to roll back to the old image, you must do it by hand.
I hestitate to make a link in IM to do it for you, as I guess you will only need it in testing phase and will never use it once all is properly configured and tested out.

Furthermore, if you did not resize the original uploaded image to 'small' yet, but just copied it to large, you can delete the large image and copy it from small again. When you are satisfied with the medium/large images, that is the moment to shrink the small image.

How about the watermark position by setting with top, bottom, center and vertical? all with adjustable margin, if possible?

Thanks a lot for your advise and specially your time. IM is the best ZC and user friendly.

One more thing, I deleted watermarked medium and large images from IM, and copy again from small image(no watermark) to medium and large image, the watermarked images come back. I checked the original image on sever is not watermarked.

How to copy from IM without watermark?