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

21yanks:

http://alteryourfashion.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_6&products_id=2

Looks like image handler is not enabled or has not been fully installed (or something went wrong when merging the changes into your template). I'd suggest checking the settings (readme has instructions) or re-installing. You may also have some other issues with (or conflicts caused by) your current template.

Visual Notes: no bmz_cache, trying to load from "/small/" and "/medium/" image folders, and "jqzBigImage thickbox" in class definition (jqzoom), javascript pop up (problem loading image) is intermittent, broken javascripts on the page (and 404s loading some).

lhungil:

Looks like image handler is not enabled or has not been fully installed (or something went wrong when merging the changes into your template). I'd suggest checking the settings (readme has instructions) or re-installing. You may also have some other issues with (or conflicts caused by) your current template.

Visual Notes: no bmz_cache, trying to load from "/small/" and "/medium/" image folders, and "jqzBigImage thickbox" in class definition (jqzoom), javascript pop up (problem loading image) is intermittent, broken javascripts on the page (and 404s loading some).

That last part is probably the cause.. and honestly this support thread can't assist with template issues.. IH4 works out the box for most store, any template and add-on conflicts specific to a site need to be resolved with the template or add-on author..

i really don't think is a template issue because i do have another website with image handler install and it works awesome www.fashionistaclub.com. The Image handler i use before was like around may 2013 it work flawlessly and is still working ,but now this is a new update i think something is missing. As you can see this website is working but my new one dont =[ help
and is the same theme

1_installation i rename the admin folder to may admin name then i drag drop to my admin folder
next i drag and drop this files without making any changes.
includes
images
bmz_cache

21yanks:

i really don't think is a template issue because i do have another website with image handler install and it works awesome www.fashionistaclub.com. The Image handler i use before was like around may 2013 it work flawlessly and is still working ,but now this is a new update i think something is missing. As you can see this website is working but my new one dont =[ help
and is the same theme

1_installation i rename the admin folder to may admin name then i drag drop to my admin folder
next i drag and drop this files without making any changes.
includes
images
bmz_cache
This is indeed a template conflict.. IH4 when installed in 99% of the Zen Cart templates works out the box.. Somewhere your template overwrites some of the same files that are overwritten by IH4, and you will need to figure out what modified files are in common between IH4 and your template and to follow the readme instructions for merging these common files..

BTW there is ZERO indication that IH4 is installed on this site AT ALL: www.fashionistaclub.com

Installed imagehandler 4 on zencart 1.5.1. I used the install script. Install messages showed success when I went to admin section. All files installed and permissions are correct.

My problem is that all of my product images are on a dedicated server. When I modified the zencart config.php file to point the image directory to the server, it does pull the images correctly, but does not resize them.

Is imagehandler not able to resize images from an external server?

jimrlynn:

Installed imagehandler 4 on zencart 1.5.1. I used the install script. Install messages showed success when I went to admin section. All files installed and permissions are correct.

My problem is that all of my product images are on a dedicated server. When I modified the zencart config.php file to point the image directory to the server, it does pull the images correctly, but does not resize them.

Is imagehandler not able to resize images from an external server?

Not without modifications to the IH4 core codebase.. and honestly I don't know what this will entail, only that it's not a simple change..

Unless someone else can think of a better work-around, I think my best bet would be to do a check for a local image, and if it doesn't exist, do an scp to get a local image, then turn pass through to imagehandler.

Thanks for the response,
Jim

DivaVocals:

Not without modifications to the IH4 core codebase.. and honestly I don't know what this will entail, only that it's not a simple change..

just solved the problem i install a fresh copy of zentcart again then i re-uploaded all my mods and image handler as well. once everything was
working correctly i uploaded my theme and voila everything work perfectly.. not sure what went wrong last installation.

thank you for your help and really good mod.

21yanks:

just solved the problem i install a fresh copy of zentcart again then i re-uploaded all my mods and image handler as well. once everything was
working correctly i uploaded my theme and voila everything work perfectly.. not sure what went wrong last installation.

thank you for your help and really good mod.

Right.. :dontgetit

I'm not sure what constitutes "working" for you, but NEITHER of the sites you posted look like they have IH4 installed.. I don't see any cached images nor do I see the CSS or JS files that are part of IH4 on either of the sites you posted..

But.. if you "think" everything is fine, then so be it.. Glad you got it "working" for you.. :lookaroun

Having used all of the Image Handler Versions over the years.
I have noticed that the IH3 and IH4 admin tools
Clear Image Cache command has never worked consistently.
It deletes a few files, but never deletes them all and the folders as well.

I tend to play with the images sizes and quality a lot which generates lots of cached images that I need to manually go in and delete. It has always just been an annoyance not an essential feature of this mod.

So if you want this feature to work correctly here is the solution.
Edit file YOUR_ADMIN\includes\functions\extra_functions\functions_bmz_io.php
Find line 25

    while ($file = $dir->read()) {

Change to:

    while (false !== ($file = $dir->read())) {

Save and upload.
The Clear Image Cache command will now work correctly.

Here is the url of my problem

Installation:

1. zen-cart-v1.5.1-full-fileset-09182012
2. ckeditor-412-for-zencart
3. column_layout_grid_2_3_1
4. CSS Horizontal Dropdown Menu With jquery
5. Easy Attributes 1.3.91.5.0
6. Flexible Return Authorizationv1_2
7. friendly-bulk-upload-of-coupons
8. quick_updates-v2.06a
9. ultimate_seo_urls_212
10. Image_Handler4_v4_3_2

Information from DOM source:
Main Image url:

src="images/medium/dir_name/458_MED.jpg"

Additional Images url:

src="images/dir_name/458_01.jpg"

In image handler admin:
**Product: #34 Blazer Leather Jacket - 458
Model: Style - 458 Base directory: dir_name **
Image name File Type
458 .jpg
458_01 .jpg
458_02 .jpg
etc
see attached screen shot

Shop Config:

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

Admin Config:

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

What is wrong with my configuration?

Many thanks,

Goshawk

Upload the largest image and IH4 will do the rest.. as has been stated many times DO NOT upload images to the medium and large folders DO NOT use the _med or _lrg in the image file name.

Goshawk:

Here is the url of my problem

Installation:

2. zen-cart-v1.5.1-full-fileset-09182012

3. ckeditor-412-for-zencart

4. column_layout_grid_2_3_1

5. CSS Horizontal Dropdown Menu With jquery

6. Easy Attributes 1.3.91.5.0

7. Flexible Return Authorizationv1_2

8. friendly-bulk-upload-of-coupons

9. quick_updates-v2.06a

10. ultimate_seo_urls_212

11. Image_Handler4_v4_3_2

Information from DOM source:
Main Image url:

src="images/medium/dir_name/458_MED.jpg"

> Additional Images url:
> ```
src="images/dir_name/458_01.jpg"

In image handler admin:
**Product: #34 Blazer Leather Jacket - 458
Model: Style - 458 Base directory: dir_name **
Image name File Type
458 .jpg
458_01 .jpg
458_02 .jpg
etc
see attached screen shot

Shop Config:

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

> 
> Admin Config:
> ```
  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

What is wrong with my configuration?

Many thanks,

Goshawk

Hooray!!
Fixed it!

Somehow I had an original copy of additional_images.php inside my includes/modules/my_template, that ofcourse was not overwritten by IH.

I found it by searching for medium/ in the Developers Tool Kit inside admin.

Here is the culprit inside additional_images.php

Line #22 : $products_image_medium = DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'medium/' . $products_image_base . IMAGE_SUFFIX_MEDIUM . $products_image_extension; 

So anyone with a similar problem, this may help you solve this problem.

Pfew!

Goshawk

I'm having a problem. I installed Image Handler and everything works perfectly except, I can't get additional images to show for products, and the footer is gone on the product pages. I have done everything it says in the read me and I even reinstalled the plugin. Can someone help me? Here is a link to one of my product pages: http://bywendygstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=448

prettyeyes1:

I'm having a problem. I installed Image Handler and everything works perfectly except, I can't get additional images to show for products, and the footer is gone on the product pages. I have done everything it says in the read me and I even reinstalled the plugin. Can someone help me? Here is a link to one of my product pages: http://bywendygstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=448

Blank or incomplete pages mean there's some error which is preventing the page from fully displaying.. you need to look at your error logs and report the contents of the error log files..

Hi Diva hope this finds you well...:)
I have a question for you to see maybe you can help me in answering it. I installed image handler 4 on a clients website yesterday newh zen cart 1.5.1 site. I set all the setting on the image page to 100 and all the images enlarge nicely, but now today they are the same size as the original picture. My brain is tired trying to figure this out. I'm using the abbington mega template. There where no addon when installing the module at the time. The site is here

Thanks in advance.

Never mind Diva, I had some settings under configuration wrong along with some of the pictures that where upload are very small. I guess my clients is going to have to upload bigger pictures if he want image handler to enlarge them like there suppose to be.

countrycharm:

Never mind Diva, I had some settings under configuration wrong along with some of the pictures that where upload are very small. I guess my clients is going to have to upload bigger pictures if he want image handler to enlarge them like there suppose to be.

Image Handler does not now nor has it ever "enlarged" images.. This is a feature that Image Manager has, and though folks SWEAR this is a GREAT feature, IMHO it's not a feature that should be part of ANY good image management module/plugin.. If you a 100x100 image to 800x800, the resulting image would be VERY distorted. In the IH4 readme it states very clearly that for the best results you must upload the LARGEST sized image for your products and categories.. Image Handler will do the work required to create the small, medium, and large sized images used by Zen Cart.. Also in the readme it is detailed out where/how the small, medium and large images are used in various places in Zen Cart. (it was a frequently asked question in old IH support threads and a cause for some confusion..)

HTH..

DivaVocals:

Image Handler does not now nor has it ever "enlarged" images.. This is a feature that Image Manager has, and though folks SWEAR this is a GREAT feature, IMHO it's not a feature that should be part of ANY good image management module/plugin.. If you a 100x100 image to 800x800, the resulting image would be VERY distorted. In the IH4 readme it states very clearly that for the best results you must upload the LARGEST sized image for your products and categories.. Image Handler will do the work required to create the small, medium, and large sized images used by Zen Cart.. Also in the readme it is detailed out where/how the small, medium and large images are used in various places in Zen Cart. (it was a frequently asked question in old IH support threads and a cause for some confusion..)

HTH..

Diva regardless a lot of his images are very small. Image handler does handle them very well..... :)

countrycharm:

Diva regardless a lot of his images are very small. Image handler does handle them very well..... :)

Good to know.... I would suggest though that he should upload larger sizes of his product images.. right now his small, medium, and large product images are all very tiny (and ALL the same size).. On the product info page there's almost no point of clicking the "larger image" link since the larger image is the same size as the image on the product info page..