Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

Thanks for the Quick reply Alex,

I have all my products under products general, should I set up product types for each type of product?

I am running Zen version 1.3.5

I dont understand what you mean about an Outdated version of Additional images.php, I uploaded the most recent version of lightbox and renamed the my TEMPLATE Folder.

It is a fairly new install (a week prior to 1.3.6)

I just wanted to say thanks for this GREAT contribution! I've got it installed on my site which runs Zen Version 1.3.0.1 with IH2 and it works flawlessly. The image presentation looks so much better now.

I do have a quick question, what will happen if someone is viewing the site that has javascript disabled?

It opens a new browser window with the LRG image, the next best thing really.

Note: this is the lightbox contrib as I don't use IH2.

mali:

Hi Alex,

I've just installed it today and it works great!. Just a little problem with the 'wrong order of Additional Images'. It's a tricky one.

When I click on the 'Main Medium image', it shows the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. Which apparently is not right order according to normal human sense.

Please have a look at this link. then you will get what I mean.
http://www.theartofthailand.com/garuda-wooden-sculpture-hindu-art-p-23.html

This is the paths of my images (Sorted by name).

Small
/images/3786.jpg
/images/3786_01.jpg
/images/3786_02.jpg
/images/3786_03.jpg

Medium
/images/medium/3786_MED.jpg

Large (Sorted by name)
/images/large/3786_01_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_02_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_03_LRG.jpg
/images/large/3786_LRG.jpg

** Apparently when you sort the images by name, The large image 3786_LRG.jpg will alway be the last picture. And that's why it show the button 'Prev' instead of 'Next'. I want this to be the first picture because it's linked from main medium image.

I think I have to work around the name of images as this problem is not caused by lightbox. But can someone suggest me how to do this please.

Regards,

Your problem has nothing to do with the name of your filenames or the lightbox mod.

You have made changes to the product info template manually or via some mod?

This div

is above this div

So consequently your main product image is the last image in the source code.

Alex, first of all, a big thank you for such a fantastic contribution! It looks absolutely amazing! I am relatively new to Zencart, and at this stage i have not installed the lightbox as yet. This is really due to the reason that (and i have seen this on many sites) that, if the page has not completely loaded, the images will just show up without any of the effects.

I was wondering, when would we expect to see an updated version that resolves this problem? perhaps if page has not completely loaded that it would revert back to the old popups? my main concern is for the few customers out there that are still using dialup.

Anyways, once again, thank you very much for your great contribution

is this compatible with zen 1.2.6 ?

Thanks in advance

Sorry for the delayed replies! I've been away for a few days. Please find replies to all recent questions below... I'm sure I've missed some out. If so, sorry and let me know!

sleastack:

Thanks for the Quick reply Alex,

I have all my products under products general, should I set up product types for each type of product?

I am running Zen version 1.3.5

I dont understand what you mean about an Outdated version of Additional images.php, I uploaded the most recent version of lightbox and renamed the my TEMPLATE Folder.

It is a fairly new install (a week prior to 1.3.6)

Using the 'products general' type is fine. By 'outdated version' I mean an old version of the additional_images.php file.

Also, I've just tried visiting the link you recently provided (to your site) and cannot see any additional images of the products. Is this right?

flightoffancy:

I just wanted to say thanks for this GREAT contribution! I've got it installed on my site which runs Zen Version 1.3.0.1 with IH2 and it works flawlessly. The image presentation looks so much better now.

I do have a quick question, what will happen if someone is viewing the site that has javascript disabled?

As previously mention (someone else posted it before me I think) the image will open in a new browser window. This is deafult Zen Cart code.

If anyone can think of a better way to handle images when jscript is disabled please let me know. :)

Hemma:

Alex, first of all, a big thank you for such a fantastic contribution! It looks absolutely amazing! I am relatively new to Zencart, and at this stage i have not installed the lightbox as yet. This is really due to the reason that (and i have seen this on many sites) that, if the page has not completely loaded, the images will just show up without any of the effects.

I was wondering, when would we expect to see an updated version that resolves this problem? perhaps if page has not completely loaded that it would revert back to the old popups? my main concern is for the few customers out there that are still using dialup.

Anyways, once again, thank you very much for your great contribution

Glad you like Zen Lightbox. Thanks for the nice comments! :)

I'm thinking of a way to solve this problem (as it was pointed out to me after the first release). The jscript file in question is 100kb and (you're right) it's a little chuncky for some of the old school dial up people.

If possible, I would like this file to be cached on the visitors pc and called whenever required (so it's not loaded during each page view of product_info_display.php). If this can be done it should solve the problem, but I'll have to look into it.

Keep an eye on this thread as I'll post all update news here.

titangen:

is this compatible with zen 1.2.6 ?

Thanks in advance

There is no reason why you could not used Zen Lightbox with any version of Zen Cart. However, I've only tested it on 1.3.0.2, 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 (an update for Zen Lightbox will be released soon to fully support 1.3.6).

You could try backing up your site and installing Zen Lightbox. You'll probably need to tweak a few files, but give it a go and see what happens! :)

Is Zen Lightbox capable of being used to do a popup image for attributes. For example, you have a product that is available in blue and red, Main picture, and blue and red as attributes, but when the potential buyer clicks on red or blue, it pops an image of the product in the selected color ??

If Zen Cart can do this (ie - do what you want, but display images in new browser windows) then it shouldn't be too hard to get Zen Lightbox to do it.

I'll have a look into this and see what happens.

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I noticed that when there's a symbol such at as quotation mark in the product name everything gets cut off after it when it's shown in the light box at the bottom of the picture. At least this is happening in 1.3.6. To see, create a product with a " in it and then view the image with the light box.

Hi Alex, im loving using Zen Lightbox - looks great for my photography site.
www.rowanhilsden.com.au

I have a related question, and im asking you because you have already done wonders with javascript on Zen.

I want to write a Javascript that will add an image of a frame to the product image - so the user can select a frame colour and style.

I have gif images of the frames and was thingking about using the CSS float absolute position to position a floating gif over the image.

is this easy to do?
does anyone have any ideas how this could be done?

Thanks
Rowan

Phid:

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I noticed that when there's a symbol such at as quotation mark in the product name everything gets cut off after it when it's shown in the light box at the bottom of the picture. At least this is happening in 1.3.6. To see, create a product with a " in it and then view the image with the light box.

I remember having an issues with ' in product names, but didn't know that other symbols were causing issues.

I can certinly look at fixing this in one of the next releases.

Do you have a link to a demo store/product we could look at?

Rowan_H:

Hi Alex, im loving using Zen Lightbox - looks great for my photography site.
www.rowanhilsden.com.au

I have a related question, and im asking you because you have already done wonders with javascript on Zen.

I want to write a Javascript that will add an image of a frame to the product image - so the user can select a frame colour and style.

I have gif images of the frames and was thingking about using the CSS float absolute position to position a floating gif over the image.

is this easy to do?
does anyone have any ideas how this could be done?

Thanks
Rowan

I can't think of an easy way to do this (at the moment). However, you could create all the images with frames on and then display them as additional images on your site. Then Zen Lightbox can be used to scroll through the images.

While it's not exactly what you want it will be much easier to setup.

Hope this helps. :)

Dear Alex...
This is not a question, just a thank you....
This is great...I added what was needed and now it works on all product types including the gift certificate value mod.

I love this, your hard work is greatly appreciated.
By the way using this with 1.3.6...

If they follow directions complely, works fine no problems.

Kim

Kim,

Thanks for your kind words. :)

I'm currently working on the next version of Zen Lightbox. I'll add a few new features and make it fully functional with 1.3.6. The current version will work with 1.3.6, but may require some tweaking.

Anyway... glad you're liking it! If you, or anyone else, has any feature requests please let me know.

Thanks again,

Alex

I am having the same issue and have been unsuccessful in finding a solution, nor have i seen one posted on this thread... any help anyone?

oceano:

:D Very nice mod!! THanks so much -

I'm not getting it to work for the music products however....Has anyone else had this issue??:lookaroun

Alex Clarke:

I would recommend installing Image Handler 2.

See if that helps.

Also, when the lightbox appears on your site it is displayed under the flash banner (at the top). To work round this simply place your flash code (in your header file) inside the following tag...

Website is http://www.fragrance-fantasy.com .

Any ideas?

I've just installed Lightbox (over IH2), and am very happy with the Lightbox effect.
How do I turn off the mouseover popup of the medium size image that appears when the mouse passes over the small image?
I've searched the fora, but with no useful results.
mark

HOLY CRAP! Nice contribution!! Worked perfectly right out of the box and looks and works amazing! Good for you for porting this to ZC for us!

Hey... I know it was mentioned once back on page one of this forum, but I never saw an answer and it is still a "problem"... on the Reviews page, clicking on the image (and/or "enlarge image" link) doesn't use Lightbox. I'm not sure if there are other places this is appliciable, but how hard is it to add lightbox to any given image enlargement link? It'd be cool if you could include those instructions so that people with various mods can add it themselves without bugging you to support every possible setup.

Cheers!

gaukler:

I've just installed Lightbox (over IH2), and am very happy with the Lightbox effect.
How do I turn off the mouseover popup of the medium size image that appears when the mouse passes over the small image?
I've searched the fora, but with no useful results.
mark

That is an IH2 feature... nothing to do with light box. But I'll give you a hint... Admin -> Configuration --> Images ---> IH zoom small images ----> "No"

• Steven

Well, that was super simple to figure out!!

copy the /includes/modules/pages/product_info/jscript_lightbox.php file to the appropriate /modules/pages folder for the page in question.

For a future release, there are at LEAST these three places this should be copied to that will affect every installation (because they are part of the core code):

/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews
/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_info
/includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write

Hope that helps!

• Steven

Thanks for the constant stream of comments. It's always good to receive feedback from the community. :) I've been a little tied up with work recently (hence the lack of communication on my part), but I should have more free time to dedicate to Zen Lightbox soon.

I'll be releasing a new version of Zen Lightbox soon (it'll contain a few bug fixes and better documentation).

When the new version has been uploaded I'll post back.

Also, I am still reading previous posts/comments regarding Zen Lightbox and will hopefully address any issues raised very soon.