Image Handler 2 (for ZC v1.3.8 ONLY) Support

I can't get the additional pics to show up...They are listed under the IH2 manager but they aren't showing up in the catalog...Any ideas???

well i got IH2 working with no problems. Only thing I notice is on the Product Info page, It shows the little "+" icon on the picture, which I assume is the "medium" size, since thats the only one i checked yes for ZOOM. But it doesn't autozoom. The small images auto zoom on hover just fine. but when i click on a product and hover over that image, it does nothing.

Also, the rollover doesn't seem to work in Opera. This could of course be an Opera thing.

qhome:

Only thing I notice is on the Product Info page, It shows the little "+" icon on the picture, which I assume is the "medium" size, since thats the only one i checked yes for ZOOM. But it doesn't autozoom. The small images auto zoom on hover just fine. but when i click on a product and hover over that image, it does nothing.

Check out the IH2 thread in the "contributions" forum archives. I reported the same issue and Tim responded the zoom function for medium to large images is not finished (but works for small to medium images).

Until IH2 is updated you can turn off the med to large zoom icon in IH2 admin.

See http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33373

Woody

Woodymon:

I reported the same issue and Tim responded the zoom function for medium to large images is not finished (but works for small to medium images).

Oh drat. I thought that that would have been much better than click to open a larger image...

Perhaps someone knows if it is possible to have the image hover/zoom turned on only on the product page...

I'd like to have it turned on for the "additional image" on the product page but not all over the shop. This would be my "workaround" option for not knowing how to set up image swap on a v1.3.0.1 shop.

TIA!

Woodymon:

Check out the IH2 thread in the "contributions" forum archives. I reported the same issue and Tim responded the zoom function for medium to large images is not finished (but works for small to medium images).

Until IH2 is updated you can turn off the med to large zoom icon in IH2 admin.

See http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33373

Woody

Oh ok thanks.

Also, there needs to be an update to the Whats New scrolling sidebox contrib to work with this, and most likely the Specials scrolling sidebox, in case the author of those contribs ever reads this.

For anyone who encounters the issues I reported - page jumping up and down and the wrong larger image being displayed when you add multiple images to a product - this is caused when you use - as you always should - your own custom template.

You need to copy from the Image Handler 2 /includes/templates/template_default/css folder : the css, jscript and popup_image_additional folders to your custom template.

Hi there,
I've got a problem where the admin tools for Image Handler 2 just won't show up if the product has a positive quantity.
Basically I've installed the module and it works fine and lets me upload images etc for products that are sold out. But when I go to the image handler page for those that are not sold out. I just get blank space after the

Image Name | Default Size | Medium Size | Large Size | Action

table headers.

I've looked through the code and all I can find is that the getCacheName() in get_resized_image() function of ih_image class doesn't return a file that exists. Now I haven't deleted anything and yet somehow the images don't exist in the bmz_cache folder.

Hope this makes sense, any help would be appreciated.
Have fun,
Graeme

Tim (or anyone else that might know...)

I have scanned thru some of the old threads and am going blind trying to read thru all the threads so I will ask the questions:

1. has there been a resolution found for the click for larger image not working? (I am running Mac OS X/Safari)

2. can someone go over the structure for how the small/medium/large images are being stored

a) in a couple of threads I saw a conversation saying images are stored:
images/yourfolder/original.jpg
images/yourfolder/medium/original.jpg
images/yourfolder/large/original.jpg

b)in other threads I saw conversations about different structures, some using the bmz_cache folder, and some using other structures

can someone please go over how the 3 images are being stored please....

TIA

Tim,

A note to say thanks for this contrib. It is wonderful.

I am migrating to 1.3+ and have installed an Algozone template (groan). It seems Algo has some special functions for image handling that do not play well with IH2. I would be happy to pm or email the two html_output files if you think that would help. Kuroi and Merlin have given very helpful input on this but no total solution yet.

Not urgent but thought you would want to know of the conflict.

I we get it resolved I will gladly post the solution for all to see.

@anyone having the jumping page syndrom, you need to copy javascript and css files from the template_default folder of this contrib to your custom template. Actually there's a part about it in the documentation. I guess I should have made it more prominent and include a template_custom folder as Woodymon suggested earlier. Maybe it's time to start the IH2 FAQ, too. I've placed it into my public wiki, so everyone is invited to contribute!

@jeff: Have a look at my first post on page 14 of the old IH2 support thread. The first three paragraphs should contain the information you're looking for.

@sermonzone: I have never heard of that template. Can you give some links to threads, showcases, etc...? Generally it might boil down to merging the two conflicting files but I don't have much time to do this. Send them to [email protected] and I'll have a look at them as time permits. Are you still on 1.2.7 or are you on 1.3 already?

@hutting: So getCachename returns a hashed image name that is physically missing in the folder? Maybe it can't be created due to wrong permissions? It sounds a bit strange as the method should return at least the uploaded image if everything else fails (fallback).

@prellis: If you are running 1.2.7 with a custom template, you need to update the additional_images php files according to the ones in template_default. If you are running 1.3, the additional_images code on the catalog side can be found in one place and should have been replaced by the file provided by IH2. Maybe you missed that file?

@Graham: Sounds to me you're missing some files. Make sure you uploaded all files. Have a look at the documentation again.

@Woodymon: Thanks for stopping by and helping out as a human search engine :wink2:

Cheers,
Tim

Tim> Thanks for the response. I've had a further check and the quantity thing appears to have been a red herring. The problem is that the images that have a file size of more than 700k are being uploaded to Zen Cart but not to the bmw_cache directory. Is there a limit on file size set anywhere that I can increase?

It's just a problem because we were trying to upload photos direct from a digital camera where the files are like 1.2MB for a JPG without needing to edit all of them to make them smaller.
Is this possible?

Tim,

Sent files by email. Algozone is an OSC site that edits graphics to work in ZC. I aksed many pointed questions about the template working with 1.3+. Purchased based on answers. Turns out Algo was misleading.

Thanks again for a very good contrib.

Does anyone know if there is an imaging solution that uses the conventional 'prefix'.'suffix' naming convention. That is, use the DB ID# for each product as its prefix, and the suffix being _small.jpg, _medium.jpg, or _large.jpg. It seems to me that this way of image handling would be more beneficial to Zen-Store owners who do not know much about ftping images, as images would be replaced automatically and thumbnails would be created on the fly. Tried IH2's latest release, and it is everything one could hope for except being friendly to the average middle-aged store owner.

Zen-Cart has revolutionized the way business is done online, and I am truly grateful to the people involved.

Jobi

@hutting: How large a file you can upload depends on yours server configuration. It's more the dimensions than the size of the image that imposes restrictions. I suppose you're using GD (you are if you don't have ImageMagick installed). The only way to make IH2 resize the larger files is to increase the amount of ram, the php-interpreter is allowed to address. If you don't own your server or at least have rented a root server, you may be out of luck here since you won't have the permissions to change the php configuration.

@jobiwankinobi: I don't know what you mean. It is a good thing you don't have to learn about _MED and _LRG image suffixes, isn't it? Those things are only important if you want to FTP your images to the server. And even with IH2 you can still do that and it will behave just like you expect from Zen-Cart.

So please explain, why is it more beneficial to Store-Owners, who don't know much about FTPing files to the server, to have files created with conventions you only need to care about IF you are FTPing files?

The manager page takes care of prefixing for additional images. It takes care of suffixing for medium and large images, too, if you want different images there. You can even FTP files with the right prefix/suffix combination and IH2 will pick them up. Essentially IH2 moves image resizing from your browser to the server. It doesn't mess with your files. It's just like a pimped-up browser cache, only it is located on the server.

I explained before, how IH2 works, you might want to have a look at that thread. It's inner workings are quite complicated, that's why it is so easy to use. So far I have only found it to confuse people who know about how stock Zen-Cart imaging is supposed to work :wink2:

Cheers,
Tim

timkroeger:

@jeff: Have a look at my first post on page 14 of the old IH2 support thread. The first three paragraphs should contain the information you're looking for.

Cheers,
Tim

Tim

thanks for clearing it up for me and saving me time from scanning the other threads...

now lets see if we can figure out whats going on with the popup image - I am digging into code as we speak....

never mind...
deleted post....

I replaced the includes/modules/pages/popup_image folder and now popups are working correctly...

I dont think I changed anything in that folder for any mods I am using so its very strange.....

go figure...

Tim,

Thanks for your patience with computer caveman (me). I was in left field about image handler 2, it is truly a valued contribution.

Joe

Im install this mod,

i dont see old pictures ... IH dosnt show me product images for start work with it
I need add all this pictures agane ?

Damn , I cant edit my previous post

I will say - I cant see categories images...
Im must be ?
Image Handler dosnt work with categories pictures ?