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12 May 2011, 3:31 PM
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Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

clydejones:

What doesn't work? Please be more specific!!

cybertai:

Hey guys just install version 3. Can't seem to work :(

http:// q isahn . com :oops:
EXACTLY.. cybertai I see you read my previous post on the IH2 thread (which is why you are now correctly posting your question here)

BUT

you still have not provided ANYTHING that helps us understand your issue..

Help us help you.. This is from PAGE ONE of this support thread.. It's also in the readme.. Did you try any of the troubleshooting tips??? If not review this and the readme and after you've tried troubleshooting this based on the information we've provided, provide some DETAILS of your issue.. > DivaVocals:

BEFORE YOU POST A SUPPORT QUESTION HERE READ THROUGH THIS SECTION (this is from the Image Handler readme file):
**
Troubleshooting Basics **

Make sure your custom template is active. (Admin > Tools > Template Selection)

Make sure Image Handler 3 is installed. Admin > Tools > Image Handler3 > Admin. Set permissions in both your images and bmz_cache folders to 755 (eg: **both **of these folders need to have the same permissions. For some webhosts you may have to set these permissions to 777).

If Image Handler 3 does not work or gives you errors:

  • Make sure all files are in correct location
  • Make sure you uploaded ALL the Image Handler 3 files
  • Make sure the files are not corrupt from bad FTP transfers
  • Make sure your file merge edits are correct
  • MAKE SURE YOU RE-READ THE CONFIGURATION AND USAGE SECTIONS!!!
  • Make sure that there are no javascript conflicts from other programs
  • Make sure that your main product image files names DO NOT contain any special characters
 ie: non-alphanumeric characters such as
 / \ : ! @ # $ % ^ < > , [ ] { } & * ( ) + =  
 
 Always use proper filenaming practices when naming your images - See this      document as a reference: [\http://www.records.ncdcr.gov/erecords/filenaming\_20080508\_final.pdf\\\[/COLOR\]](http://www.records.ncdcr.gov/erecords/filenaming_20080508_final.pdf)

[COLOR=Red]When posting bugs/issues aboutImage Handler 3, it's a WHOLE LOT more helpful to resolve them if you post details. Just saying "it's broken" or "doesn't work" does not provide nearly enough information to help YOU resolve YOUR issue.

Please provide as MUCH information as possible including:

  • The version of Zen Cart you are running
  • The version of Image Handler 3 you are running (you can see this by going to “Admin > Tools > Image Handler3” – the version is displayed in the upper left hand side)
  • Any other add-ons you may have also installed
  • Hosting/server information (PHP versions, mySQL versions, hosting provider etc)
  • The EXACT error/issue you are experiencing
  • AND if you're REALLY detail oriented, tell us the install sequence/method you used to install Image Handler 3.
  • Post a link (not a screen print) to a specific product/product listing page where the issue you are experiencing can be seen (Please DO NOT make folks fish through your site looking for an example of your issue)

AND this last point is important.. The volunteers who help here need to SEE what you see LIVE. A screenprint really isn’t good enough.


And a (gentle) reminder about FREE forum support:
This is ain’t Microsoft folks!
(a frequently used analogy by some to compare open source projects to commercial projects)

Like other open source projects, this support forum is manned by VOLUNTEERS (ie: unpaid folks). They are not OBLIGATED to assist here, but they do so because they WANT to. They give of their time here when their individual schedules permit. Usually the response is pretty quick 'round these parts, but when it’s not or your question has gone unanswered this may mean one of a few things:

  • NO ONE has an answer to your question/issue.

(Some folks will only respond when they have something MEANINGFUL to say versus a blanket “I don’t know how to do that” kind of answer.)

  • Folks are just busy and will answer if/when they can..

(family and other personal obligations, day jobs, paid jobs, etc will usually trump forum participation – this is to be expected – after all it’s unrealistic to expect that folks are sitting around this forum all day and night waiting to answer questions)

  • Your question got missed. (and while I’m on this point) Your post MIGHT have been missed if your post is now a FEW pages back (like more than TWO or more pages) with no response.. Missed does NOT mean “it’s been an hour and no one responded to my question, so let me 'bump' the thread by re-posting my question again”


Anyway.. carry on.. Enjoy the new version..

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12 May 2011, 4:22 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

Heeh sorry guys.. just frustrated after hours to trying to get it work. IH3 was installed, but looking at the site, it is still loading the hi-res images ... the images did not get cache.

  • Permission - checked
  • File Uploaded - checked
  • Proper image name - checked

Zen Cart v1.3.9h/v1.3.9e : Image Handler3 Version: v3.0

I've read through all documentation, did everthing. Re-do everything .. yet its loading the full image instead of on-the-fly resize :mellow:

12 May 2011, 4:49 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

Post a link (not a screen print) to a specific product/product listing page where the issue you are experiencing can be seen (Please DO NOT make folks fish through your site looking for an example of your issue)

cybertai:

Heeh sorry guys.. just frustrated after hours to trying to get it work. IH3 was installed, but looking at the site, it is still loading the hi-res images ... the images did not get cache.

  • Permission - checked
  • File Uploaded - checked
  • Proper image name - checked

Zen Cart v1.3.9h/v1.3.9e : Image Handler3 Version: v3.0

I've read through all documentation, did everthing. Re-do everything .. yet its loading the full image instead of on-the-fly resize :mellow:

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12 May 2011, 6:23 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

Hi, not sure this is the proper place for this, if not remove it. Seems to be lots of problems resizing images to the proper size without buying photoshop or some other expensive program. I found and use a free program from sourceforge called photoscale. You can make your base images any size needed to load into IH3. One at a time or a folder full. P.S.- I LOVE IH3!!

12 May 2011, 8:17 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

cybertai:

Heeh sorry guys.. just frustrated after hours to trying to get it work. IH3 was installed, but looking at the site, it is still loading the hi-res images ... the images did not get cache.

  • Permission - checked
  • File Uploaded - checked
  • Proper image name - checked

Zen Cart v1.3.9h/v1.3.9e : Image Handler3 Version: v3.0

I've read through all documentation, did everthing. Re-do everything .. yet its loading the full image instead of on-the-fly resize :mellow:

mine did that on 1 image too and all I did was open it in Photoshop then resave it "save for web" then replace it on the server and it behaved...not sure why it did it but that worked for me.

Aside from that no other program is really needed to resize images...just create them...lol

I see your IH3 is working on the sidebox image is it behaving elsewhere?

12 May 2011, 9:02 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

DarkAngel:

mine did that on 1 image too and all I did was open it in Photoshop then resave it "save for web" then replace it on the server and it behaved...not sure why it did it but that worked for me.

Aside from that no other program is really needed to resize images...just create them...lol

I see your IH3 is working on the sidebox image is it behaving elsewhere?
It would help if cybertai would post a link to a specific place where there is an issue and provide some better details as to what it is he thinks is not working.. It would help to SEE what he sees so folks can get a better sense of the problem... (versus rooting around his whole site guessing at stuff) Frankly based on what's been posted so far, I'm not fully clear as to what is the issue..

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12 May 2011, 10:05 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

DivaVocals:

It would help if cybertai would post a link to a specific place where there is an issue and provide some better details as to what it is he thinks is not working.. It would help to SEE what he sees so folks can get a better sense of the problem... (versus rooting around his whole site guessing at stuff) Frankly based on what's been posted so far, I'm not fully clear as to what is the issue..

me too cause the few pages i went to did not have any additional images and the lightbox works on the product pages which IH3 will not work on...so yes a specific link and exactly what they expect to see would get better help

13 May 2011, 12:31 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

DivaVocals:

Post a link (not a screen print) to a specific product/product listing page where the issue you are experiencing can be seen (Please DO NOT make folks fish through your site looking for an example of your issue)

Sorry about that. Here's the link to product listings.:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34

And here's a link to product page:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34/sony-playstation-3-slim-black-160gb-export-only-p-1598

As you can see, both the smaller images are not resize, but are hi-res images.

And the product list somehow has got 2 hover images.

13 May 2011, 1:05 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

DivaVocals:

It would help if cybertai would post a link to a specific place where there is an issue and provide some better details as to what it is he thinks is not working.. It would help to SEE what he sees so folks can get a better sense of the problem... (versus rooting around his whole site guessing at stuff) Frankly based on what's been posted so far, I'm not fully clear as to what is the issue..

cybertai:

Sorry about that. Here's the link to product listings.:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34

And here's a link to product page:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34/sony-playstation-3-slim-black-160gb-export-only-p-1598

As you can see, both the smaller images are not resize, but are hi-res images.

And the product list somehow has got 2 hover images.

granted I just viewed it in a very old version of firefox on my mac cause pc is a bit busy right now but the hover image is not a large one and the product page image is not supposed to have the hover effect so it is fine.

I also did not see any double hovers but then like I said tis an older version.

could you post your setting you have in the images of your admin of store please.

13 May 2011, 1:06 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

cybertai:

Sorry about that. Here's the link to product listings.:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34

And here's a link to product page:
http://www.qisahn.com/sony-playstation-3-console-c-33_34/sony-playstation-3-slim-black-160gb-export-only-p-1598

As you can see, both the smaller images are not resize, but are hi-res images.

And the product list somehow has got 2 hover images.

None of your images are being served from the bmz_cache

What you are seeing is caused 90% of the time by the bmz_cache haning the wrong permissions or not existing, do you even have a bmz_cache folder setup as when i go here

http://www.qisahn.com/bmz_cache/

I get a 404 (folder/file not found) rather than a
403 (permission denied) which it should return

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13 May 2011, 1:15 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

I agree with nigel.. It sounds like your install is not done properly.. I STRONGLY suggest that you review your install.. Go back to the readme and review the install instructions.. Make sure that you have uploaded ALL the IH3 files and folders.. Make sure you follow the instructions for using IH3 with a lightbox add-on (there are some file merges that have to be done in a VERY specific manner -- the readme outlines how this is done for Fual Slimbox and Zen Lightbox)

Nearly ALL of the issues reported with IH3 can be traced back to incorrect installation issues or images being named incorrectly..

nigelt74:

None of your images are being served from the bmz_cache

What you are seeing is caused 90% of the time by the bmz_cache haning the wrong permissions or not existing, do you even have a bmz_cache folder setup as when i go here

http://www.qisahn.com/bmz_cache/

I get a 404 (folder/file not found) rather than a
403 (permission denied) which it should return

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13 May 2011, 4:12 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

DivaVocals:

I agree with nigel.. It sounds like your install is not done properly.. I STRONGLY suggest that you review your install.. Go back to the readme and review the install instructions.. Make sure that you have uploaded ALL the IH3 files and folders.. Make sure you follow the instructions for using IH3 with a lightbox add-on (there are some file merges that have to be done in a VERY specific manner -- the readme outlines how this is done for Fual Slimbox and Zen Lightbox)

Nearly ALL of the issues reported with IH3 can be traced back to incorrect installation issues or images being named incorrectly..

I do have the bmz_cache folder ... it was working before.. for over a year.. then it just stop. By working i mean images coming from bmz_cache.

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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

cybertai:

I do have the bmz_cache folder ... it was working before.. for over a year.. then it just stop. By working i mean images coming from bmz_cache.

  1. are there errors appearing in your /cache folder

  2. Did you uninstall the old version of image handler from the database before installing v3

  3. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> clear image cache. Now go and check the bmz_cache is it empty?

  4. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> uninstall image handler do this then click the link to reinstall it

  5. try deleting the .htaccess file in the bmz_cache folder, does this make a difference, if it does try uploading a new one from the image handler package, if it doesn't make a difference upload a new htaccess anyway.

  6. what permissions are on the bmz_cache

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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

Gotta concur with all of this.. Echos what I said earlier.. DOUBLE CHECK THE INSTALL.. Were ALL the steps followed?? My guess is that steps were omitted in the upgrade from IH2 to IH3.

IMHO, the BEST way to resolve this is to roll the store back to a state BEFORE IH3 was installed.. THEN re-do the entire IH3 upgrade and make sure that ALL UPGRADE STEPS ARE FOLLOWED!!!

nigelt74:

  1. are there errors appearing in your /cache folder

  2. Did you uninstall the old version of image handler from the database before installing v3

  3. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> clear image cache. Now go and check the bmz_cache is it empty?

  4. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> uninstall image handler do this then click the link to reinstall it

  5. try deleting the .htaccess file in the bmz_cache folder, does this make a difference, if it does try uploading a new one from the image handler package, if it doesn't make a difference upload a new htaccess anyway.

  6. what permissions are on the bmz_cache

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13 May 2011, 6:01 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

nigelt74:

  1. are there errors appearing in your /cache folder

  2. Did you uninstall the old version of image handler from the database before installing v3

  3. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> clear image cache. Now go and check the bmz_cache is it empty?

  4. Admin --> tools --> admin tab --> uninstall image handler do this then click the link to reinstall it

  5. try deleting the .htaccess file in the bmz_cache folder, does this make a difference, if it does try uploading a new one from the image handler package, if it doesn't make a difference upload a new htaccess anyway.

  6. what permissions are on the bmz_cache

Thanks Nigel! . I did uninstall the old version via admin panel before upgrading. Click clear image cache but bmz_cache still has lots of files. Did the uninstall and reinstall a couple of times already. Deleted .htaccess. Seems like no diff.

Can i just delete bmz_cache folder and create an empty folder ?

13 May 2011, 6:24 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

cybertai:

Thanks Nigel! . I did uninstall the old version via admin panel before upgrading. Click clear image cache but bmz_cache still has lots of files. Did the uninstall and reinstall a couple of times already. Deleted .htaccess. Seems like no diff.

Can i just delete bmz_cache folder and create an empty folder ?
Yes, if clear image cache didn't clear bmz_cache somethings wrong there, most likely permissions

were there errors in your /cache folder

try setting the permissions to 777 if it doesn't work to see if that makes a different, make sure to stiche .htaccess in your folder to stop naughty pixies getting in

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13 May 2011, 7:21 AM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

nigelt74:

Yes, if clear image cache didn't clear bmz_cache somethings wrong there, most likely permissions

were there errors in your /cache folder

try setting the permissions to 777 if it doesn't work to see if that makes a different, make sure to stiche .htaccess in your folder to stop naughty pixies getting in

Both folders had their permission set to 777 since day one. No errors file in /cache

Any guess what is going on with my bmz_cache folder? can i just delete it ?

13 May 2011, 12:38 PM
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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

cybertai:

Both folders had their permission set to 777 since day one. No errors file in /cache

Any guess what is going on with my bmz_cache folder? can i just delete it ?
Using your FTP client, just manually delete the contents of the bmz_cache folder.. Leave the .htaccess and **.keep **files in place.. Also check that you followed the instructions for using IH3 and your lightbox contribution together.. (there are very specific changes that need to be made and instructions are included for how to achieve this for Fual Slimbox and Zen Lightbox)

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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

Hello,

i have a problem with my IH3 not showing small/medium images generated by IH. The problem is there is no image showing in store. If i view the source than i see this:

<img src="bmz_cache99dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG"........

The link created by IH misses "/" so correct version should be:
<img src="bmz_cache/9/9dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG".......

If i copy image source it looks like this:
http://clubdziecka.pl/bmz_cache99dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG

If i put "/"
http://clubdziecka.pl/bmz_cache/9/9dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG
It's working.

Why is it like that?
I'm using a fresh installation of ZenCart 1.3.9h and Image Handler 3 downloaded from zen-cart.com.
I'ts a pain since ZC 1.3.8 and IH2 for me i never managed to find the problem

IH was uploaded several times to server, bmz_cache, cahce, bmz_lock set to 777.
Cache does not have any logs.

Please help :frusty:

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Re: Image Handler 3 Support Thread (for ZC v1.3.9)

gcu83:

Hello,

i have a problem with my IH3 not showing small/medium images generated by IH. The problem is there is no image showing in store. If i view the source than i see this:

<img src="bmz_cache99dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG"........

The link created by IH misses "/" so correct version should be:
<img src="bmz_cache/9/9dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG".......

If i copy image source it looks like this:
http://clubdziecka.pl/bmz_cache99dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG

If i put "/"
http://clubdziecka.pl/bmz_cache/9/9dd46d47189e21621fb539e4f5feb7cc.image.100x68.JPG
It's working.

Why is it like that?
I'm using a fresh installation of ZenCart 1.3.9h and Image Handler 3 downloaded from zen-cart.com.
I'ts a pain since ZC 1.3.8 and IH2 for me i never managed to find the problem

IH was uploaded several times to server, bmz_cache, cahce, bmz_lock set to 777.
Cache does not have any logs.

Please help :frusty:

  1. what version of PHP and mysql
  2. Is magic quotes on or off
  3. Is safe mode on or off
  4. I have seen this happen once before a couple of years ago, but as we couldn't replicate it, we couldn't solve it.

I have never had this problem myself and quite frankly in testing image handler, i have used quite a few different servers and php versions, and provided they have met the specs it has just worked, (not much use to you I know) Are you still with the same host?
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