re-sizing front page thumbnails?

I've gone through all of the numbers in the Admin/config/images and can not make those dang thumbail pictures bigger. I must be missing something here. They look horrible and are too squished and it's basically the last step in getting my shop up. I feel so stupid in asking this when I can figure out the more complicated stuff! I would appreciate the help.

Here is the site -

http://www.scoutsswag.scoutj.com

THank you!

Also, can you upload multiple pictures per product?

Did you load images before modifying the dsiplay sizes? They may have been saved by the software as small thumbnails, and the image size settings are maximums - zc will not enlarge small images because that gives lousy pixelated results. Try loading a new image and see if it follows the size settings you have now.

You can have additional images for a product by loading them with the identical name as the first one with _01, _02, etc. added to the end of the name. Search for _01.jpg and you will probably find some relevant threads.

I don't understand what you mean. I just went into the product info page and uploaded the picture there. Can you explain what you mean please?

You didn't load anything into the product info page because that is a store display page. Perhaps you mean you loaded the image in the product entry page in Admin > Catalog > Categories & Products (create new product or edit product).

I suggest you read up on images and then ask if there is still something you need to know (see this thread in the archives: Designing & Customizing > Sticky: HOW-TO: Image Preparation.)

Right. I loaded it in that way. I actually just messed around with it a bit and found some info about additional pictures and such. But, those front page thumbnails stilkl look crappy. Somewhere, and I can't find it, I think those pictures are being told to size down by 33%. I can't find where that is. I've looked for quite some time.

Any ideas? When I resize the images in the config section it doesn't do anything!

I could not find the thread mentioned above but this one may help - http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/faq.php?s=&do=search&q=fred.jpg&match=all&titlesonly=0.

The Image Handler 2 contrib is very popular and seems to work very well. I use it.

IH2 handles all the resizing for you. Set the sizes in admin, load one image = or larger than you 'large' image and you are done. Otherwise, use Ajeh's bulletproof method. Make sure the actual image sizes match the config settings exactly.

If you are letting ZenCart do the resizing you will not get good results.

those images are controlled by:

New Products Width
New Products Height

however, you won't get smooth results in your thumbnails because your large images are being forced to display in thumbnail size.

I would suggest you use the image handler mentioned above or create separate thumbnail images for all your products.

your thumbnails need to live in the /images/ directory.
All your large images should live in the /large/ directory with _LRG attached to the base name.

example:

thumbnail
fraises_des_bois.jpg lives in /images/ uploaded through admin panel.

large
fraises_des_bois_LRG.jpg lives in /images/large directory and needs to be uploaded through FTP.

Ohhhhhhhh I get it. So I should make thumbnail sized ones for the main image and do the bigger ones for the extra ones below? That makes sense I guess.

Nope, sorry, that's not what they're talking about.

Both Sermonzone and polarduality are trying to help you with the different sizes you need for the main image: small, medium and large. Small is displayed in the product listing of all the products in a category, medium is displayed in the product info page, and large is what you get when you click on "larger image."

It will make your life a lot easier if you go to the Downloads area (button at top of page) and get "Image Handler 2 for v1.3.x" in the "Other Modules" section.

For additional images check out this thread in Customizing the Look of Your Shop :: Customization from the Admin: "Multiple (additional) images for the same item?"

P.S. - Bruce, if you don't find the other thread in Search, navigate in the archives and you will see it, in Designing & Customizing.

Thanks. I get it now. I'll mess around with this tomorrow. Too tired to think right now.

Thank you!

OKay, I've got the front page featuerd thumbnails down. The final thing I can't figure out is which image to change in the admin/config to be able to resize the additional images on the product pages-

http://www.scoutsswag.scoutj.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5

those ones at the bottom. I'm only ever going to have 3 at the most so I want them to be about 200-300 pixels at the bottom of the page so they don't look so squished. Not sure why I have such a hard time determining which control to use but I feel like I've tried to change all of the ones that would do it and nothing seems to.

I think this might be the last image question...... maybe! lol

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