Image Handler 4 (for v1.5.x) Support Thread

Sjoukito:

Hey everyone,

I installed zencart 1.5.1 and the latest version of image handler.
The installation went smooth but Then I got this Message: No Image Handler information found.
I have plenty of categories and products but for some reason once I select one of those I am send back to the main Image handler page (../..?page=manager).

Does anyone know what is happening?Did you follow the instructions.. (the part where it tells you how to turn it on after you install it??)

niccol:

It is the installer not finding the configuration group id for whatever reason.
<snip>

$im_configuration_id = '4';

> Probably '4' is the configuration id of your images menu item but you could check that before hand if you are feeling perky.

Thanks Nick.  You were right, the $im_configuration_id wasn't being set, but when manually setting this it led to even further problems, so I figured it was time for me to backout of things and start the upgrade afresh.  This time it worked just fine, no errors reported at all and the upgrade completed with about as much ease as any others I've done.    

I can only guess something went amiss with my 1st set of uploads. A little embarrassing to admit to really, but then again, it is quite often these 'simple' problems/solutions that seem to cause the most headaches.

Thanks again,
Rod

DivaVocals:

Yeah.. trying UNZIPPING the file.. You can't read the readme form a zip archive..

Over the Hill,

Why you got to be so hateful? I can do without the add-on if I got to put up with this kind of crap to make it work.

LuneKeltkar

@Lune

Stay calm .

Just list the steps that you have gone through to try and make it work and someone will try and help you make it work.

@RodG

Yeah, those few lines of the auto-installer need looking at because they appear flakier than I would think they should be. Next time around I think that we will go with

$im_configuration_id = '4';

As there is not much to go wrong with that. And how many people are going to have actually changed the configuration group of images? Not many I'd guess.

niccol,

I'm perfectly calm. I'm always perfectly calm, so I can do without your patronization just as much as I can do without Over the Hill's over the hillness. I unzipped the stupid Image Handler files into a separate directory. All the files unzipped fine, near as I could tell. When I clicked the readme document, the pretty little page with all its pretty little tabs opened. The "Purpose & Aim" tab showed when the page opened. When I clicked on any of the other tabs, not a dang thing happened, unless I wanted to sit forever reading about Purpose and Aim.

But you know, don't bother. I've ditched the thing already.

LuneKeltkar

LuneKeltkar:

Over the Hill,

Why you got to be so hateful? I can do without the add-on if I got to put up with this kind of crap to make it work.

LuneKeltkarHateful?? Wow..:laugh: is that what you walked away with?? Okay.. well.. for the record that's YOUR interpretation since you can't possibly KNOW what I was thinking.. You asked how to view the readme.. I provided the answer, and you overeacted because you intepreted feelings that simply aren't there.. Now whether you decide to use this add-on or not because of your reaction is up to you..

LuneKeltkar:

niccol,

I'm perfectly calm. I'm always perfectly calm, so I can do without your patronization just as much as I can do without Over the Hill's over the hillness. I unzipped the stupid Image Handler files into a separate directory. All the files unzipped fine, near as I could tell. When I clicked the readme document, the pretty little page with all its pretty little tabs opened. The "Purpose & Aim" tab showed when the page opened. When I clicked on any of the other tabs, not a dang thing happened, unless I wanted to sit forever reading about Purpose and Aim.

But you know, don't bother. I've ditched the thing already.

LuneKeltkarAll of the nastiness you've displayed is truly unnecessary.. Your reactions to niccol and myself are OVERREACTIONS to how you've decided to (incorrectly) interpret the tone of our posts..

That said not being able to read the other tabs would seem to indicate a corrupted download or that you did not unzip all of the supporting files for the readme.. But since you've walked away, I guess you don't care..

@Lune.

That just suggests that you have a corrupted download of the zip file. It happens sometimes.

If you want to continue to use this module then I would suggest that you re-download it. If you continue to have problems reading the other tabs after that then please do post again and people will do the best they can to help you.

If you don't want to then that is a shame.

Nick

niccol:

@Lune.

That just suggests that you have a corrupted download of the zip file. It happens sometimes.

If you want to continue to use this module then I would suggest that you re-download it. If you continue to have problems reading the other tabs after that then please do post again and people will do the best they can to help you.

If you don't want to then that is a shame.

NickWell stated!!:yes:

LuneKeltkar:

Over the Hill,

Why you got to be so hateful? I can do without the add-on if I got to put up with this kind of crap to make it work.

LuneKeltkar
I agree with you, its the reason i find the answers myself now. DIVA is quiet a ##########

RodG:

Thanks Nick. You were right, the $im_configuration_id wasn't being set, but when manually setting this it led to even further problems, so I figured it was time for me to backout of things and start the upgrade afresh. This time it worked just fine, no errors reported at all and the upgrade completed with about as much ease as any others I've done.

I can only guess something went amiss with my 1st set of uploads. A little embarrassing to admit to really, but then again, it is quite often these 'simple' problems/solutions that seem to cause the most headaches.

Thanks again,
Rod
Nah wasn't you at all..:smile: I have been busy as heck and dragging my heels on submitting an update to IH4 which includes among other things the fix niccol posted.. Will get on it right now.. Glad you are all sorted now..

Changelog includes:

• Backup files generated by the auto-installer are now given the OLD.IH4 extension instead of the BAK extension (which some server configurations disallowed)
• Configuration settings are now consistently and correctly appended to the default Images configuration section
• Updates to the readme file.

I'll post an update in this support thread when the new version is available..

Hey, Mistress DivaVocals,

I have uncovered something that possibly has not been addressed; I'm not sure. I have been assuming for many years that Zen Cart cannot display the product image correctly in the product preview - it's normally a square - not the correct ratio size. But since I usually install image handler, it actually may have something to do with the mod.

I started checking carts 1.3.9h and 1.5x and I now see that the image is fine in carts without image handler but not fine with image handler. The preview_info.php file calls for the small image width and height.

Has anyone else noticed this or commented on it? Do you know what might be at work here?

I truthfully don't care but ran into a client who got really upset about it!

delia:

Hey, Mistress DivaVocals,

I have uncovered something that possibly has not been addressed; I'm not sure. I have been assuming for many years that Zen Cart cannot display the product image correctly in the product preview - it's normally a square - not the correct ratio size. But since I usually install image handler, it actually may have something to do with the mod.

I started checking carts 1.3.9h and 1.5x and I now see that the image is fine in carts without image handler but not fine with image handler. The preview_info.php file calls for the small image width and height.

Has anyone else noticed this or commented on it? Do you know what might be at work here?

I truthfully don't care but ran into a client who got really upset about it!
I only noticed this on one site, but for that particular site there's a ton of other customizations that were done to make a custom module work with IH4 so I never worried about it, and the client is okay with the preview not showing the image as long as the product on the customer-side shows the image correctly.. I just tried on two other random sites and the image preview works.. (not a real link below.. just wanted to show that this is the page that I am on when I see the image preview)

http :// testsite(dot)com/MY_ADMIN/product(dot)php?cPath=155_151&product_type=1&action=new_product_preview

I have two identical installations on my local server. They are pretty identical any way. One has IH. One does not. They both squish the image.

I have always though that this was a Zen issue rather than a IH issue but could be persuaded. As everyone has said it really has never been a big enough issue for that much attention.

That's really interesting because I just thought it was a continuing issue as well. I'm going to test on a new installation and check the before and after and see if it changes after just the installation of IH.

And also I don't think that the handle_image hook exists in admin. So I don't think that IH does anything at all with images in admin. If you look at the source of the image I would guess that it is not an IH cached version?

So, I think it is an issue with Zen.

If it bothers you then you can just replace the SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT with '' and that should give you a image that is scaled proportionately. I think that will work ....

Okay, I did install image handler in a fresh install of 1.5.1 and it's fine before and after. Yeah, zen cart problem. Very strange. And no, I really don't care but it did tweak my interest.

Thanks everyone!

delia:

Okay, I did install image handler in a fresh install of 1.5.1 and it's fine before and after. Yeah, zen cart problem. Very strange. And no, I really don't care but it did tweak my interest.

Thanks everyone!Yep I figured it was a Zen Cart issue.. Like I said my client is okay with it as long as on the shop side the images are correctly displaying..

BTW, off topic.. I "borrowed" ('cause stealing is such a harsh word:laugh:) some things from one of your site posts and included them in the recently submitted version of COWOA.. Just wanted to thank you for that.. :smile: