Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

Yes IH2 and Zen Lightbox work together for me also on Zen Cart 1.37.

I do have an issue with Firefox on one PC not finishing loading the large product image with "Lightbox" (I just observe a white rectangle with black background...no product image). But same issue does not occur in Firefox on another PC so I suppose this is a local Firefox config issue, related to finishing processing scripts. Probably something I need to adjust via Firefox about:config. Any ideas?

Regarding IH2 itself I do have issues with the zoom and hover not working on ZC 1.37. (but watermarks do work fine). I had all these IH2 features working on previous Zen Cart versions. Possibly a configuration issue on my part or PHP version issue. I note since move from server with PHP4 to server with PHP5 some issues with various mods have presented themselves. Appear to be related to GD. Better if I follow-up more on this in the IH2 thread. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35913

I agree 100%. I had no issues either and was quite pleased with how smoothly the install went when I read the *$)@# manual :) (along with the forum)

• Steven

s_mack:

I agree 100%. I had no issues either and was quite pleased with how smoothly the install went when I read the *$)@# manual :) (along with the forum)

• Steven

How is the manual? I'm thinking of getting myself a copy soon! :)

Does it cover IH2 and/or Zen Lightbox?

Alex Clarke:

How is the manual? I'm thinking of getting myself a copy soon! :)

Does it cover IH2 and/or Zen Lightbox?

I think the "manual" reference in this case were the "docs" at http://breakmyzencart.com/image-handler

Tim sure put in lots of work into his support site before abandoning it. It's been about a year or so. Maybe he will eventually return/come back to his senses ... and put Zen cart first, family second! :wink2:

Woody

Woodymon:

I think the "manual" reference in this case were the "docs" at http://breakmyzencart.com/image-handler

Tim sure put in lots of work into his support site before abandoning it. It's been about a year or so. Maybe he will eventually return/come back to his senses ... and put Zen cart first, family second! :wink2:

Woody

Makes sense.

What ever happened to Tim anyway?

Actually, I just meant your readme Alex. its been awhile since I installed it... but it went through smooth from beginning to end with no issues at all.

• Steven

I think I found a small bug of some sort or maybe your aware of it already? I am getting a javascript error using IE7 while browsing certin products.

Error expected "j"

I have tracked it down to:

<!-- begin lightbox v1.1 aclarke 2006-09-06 -->
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"><!--
document.write('<a href="images/large/dvd/theres_something_about_mary_LRG.gif" rel="lightbox[gallery]" title="There's Something About Mary Linked"><img src="images/medium/dvd/theres_something_about_mary_MED.gif" alt="There\'s Something About Mary Linked" title=" There\'s Something About Mary Linked " width="150" height="120" /><br /><span class="imgLink">larger image</span></a>');
//--></script>

It seems like the ' in There's Something About Mary, causes an error. If I take the ' out of the title the error goes away.

Thanks in advanced

Yup special characters like ' need to be escaped like ' otherwise they mess things up

Isnt there something equivalent to php's "stripslashes" that can work here, because using the ' doesnt work here, I still get the error.

I dont know how I ended up with 1.1, but upgrading to 1.3 fixed it.

Hi,

I really love this mod, unfortunately when i installed it, i could only get the main image to pop up and the additional image wouldn't it would just look like it was loading. I have zen 1.3.7. does that already have IH on it? because when i read through this thread after not being able to get the additional image to pop up i tried to install the image handler which worked great but it took out the image of the main picture on the product page and replaced it with an x imageholder but when you clicked it it worked fine and so did the additioanal picture, so i figured well maybe i can go back into admin and try to go tot eh prodcut listing mod and readd the image in the admin portion, but when i tried to go to admin i got some bizarrre page that said this.

--- Z:\Downloads\ZenCart\zen-cart-v1.3.5-full-fileset-09032006\zen-cart-v1.3.5-full-fileset-09032006\admin\includes\modules\category_product_l isting.php Tue Mar 14 00:27:34 2006 +++ Z:\Downloads\ZenCart\image-handler_2.0-zc13\image-handler_2.0-zc13\admin\includes\modules\category_product_listi ng.php Mon May 01 15:46:02 2006 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce * @license **http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt** GNU Public License V2.0 - * @version $Id: category_product_listing.php 3182 2006-03-14 04:27:33Z ajeh $ + * @version $Id: category_product_listing.php,v 1.1 2006/04/14 13:42:13 tim Exp $ */ if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) { die('Illegal Access'); @@ -324,6 +324,7 @@

this happend after i did the IH handler. so i tried to back out because i didn't actually replace any template files, just renamed the original ones in the same directory but no go so i ended up doing a total restore from my web hosting company.

So now my issue is , I reaaly want this feature, how should i go about doing it?

First I highly recommend installing Zen Cart in a directory closer to your root.

Something like /home/your_account/public_html/your_shop/

If running on Windoze then the path would be a bit different but you get the picture (or if your hosting provider is installing they should understand).

Name your shop directory (and if in your control other directories in your path) something short and sweet.

Not:
Z:\Downloads\ZenCart\zen-cart-v1.3.5-full-fileset-09032006\zen-cart-v1.3.5-full-fileset-09032006

And installing IH2 in directory below is incorrect. The mod (like all mods) must be installed within the shop sub-directory structure.

Z:\Downloads\ZenCart\image-handler_2.0-zc13\image-handler_2.0-zc13\

Can you see that your Zen Cart shop directory and the path to the IH2 file are completely different?

Are you certain these were the server paths displayed in your error messages? Or did you just cut and paste paths from your local client directory listings. That is not a good method to report errors if you want others to help you.

So I suggest the following order:

1. Do a "proper" install of Zen Cart 1.37
2. Play with your new shop for awhile to be sure all is ok.
3. Backup database & files on server.
4. Install Image Handler 2.
5. Play with IH2 functions for awhile to achieve an understanding of IH2 nuances (it may take awhile to become comfortable with IH2).
6. Backup database & files on server.
7. Install Zen Lightbox.
8. Test functionality of Zen Lightbox

Then report back.

Woody

divekathster:

this happend after i did the IH handler. so i tried to back out because i didn't actually replace any template files, just renamed the original ones in the same directory but no go so i ended up doing a total restore from my web hosting company.

Sometimes (often but not always) just renaming the files (e.g. adding .bak suffix) and allowing them remain in the directory can be problematic. A better rule is to download the files to be replaced to a back-up directory on your local client and then upload the updated files onto the server (overwriting previous versions). And sometimes you will want to first delete the target file on the server before uploading the new file version (rather than simply overwriting).

Probably needless to repeat, but I will do it again anyway, it is best practice to backup before installing any mods.

Yes the lightbox function is "cool". Check out the demo sites listed in this thread to decide if you want that functionality or not. This practice is suggested before installing any mod. That is ask yourself if the added code/features/functions will likely add to the end-user "experience" and help you increase sales, or whatever gaols you may have for your shop.

Good luck,
Woody

Hi,

I actually cut and paste from the browser when i tried to get to my admin error thats what popped up. It looked like i was in it because i could still see my categories but it didnt' look like the whole interface was there and i couldn't naviagate anywhere else. . there was actually alot more but i didnt' copy all of it just the error looking part.

I haven't moved it yet because while i was working on the zen shop i had another website that i had made whilee i was working on the zen.

My web hosting company installed zen cart for me. I was kind of wondering do i need to installed the IH. i wasn't sure, the zen lightbox was not working completely when i just installed the lightbox so I'm mostly wondering if i need to install the IH and if so do I need to merge to the two together
thanks for the help

divekathster:

I was kind of wondering do i need to installed the IH. i wasn't sure, the zen lightbox was not working completely when i just installed the lightbox so I'm mostly wondering if i need to install the IH and if so do I need to merge to the two together

There's no merging the two mods themselves together. Sometimes you have to edit code blocks provided by the mod release into existing Zen Cart files. The instructions to do so are in the readme.txt file provided with each mod.

Again it is best to install one mod first and be sure it is working. Then install another mod.

You don't have to have IH2 installed to install Lightbox. But Zen Cart is much nicer with IH2 installed. So it's all up to you.

When you say Lightbox wasn't "working completely" can you provide more details. With Lightbox it either works or it doesn't. When testing be sure to check Lightbox functionality using different web browsers and different PC's. Sometimes with Javascript based applications it can be a browser/client issue and not an application issue.

Woody

Hi there,

When i had installed lightbox by itself, the newest version, it would only display the main product image int he lightbox. The additional image would not appear just the arrows going in circles like it was trying to load.

divekathster:

Hi there,

When i had installed lightbox by itself, the newest version, it would only display the main product image int he lightbox. The additional image would not appear just the arrows going in circles like it was trying to load.

Search this thread on "additional image" and I'm sure you will find your answer.

Woody

Hi Alex-

On Oct 20, 2006 the last version of Zen Lightbox v1.3 was released. Since that time (five months later) a number of suggested fixes and improvements have been posted to this thread. During this same time it's also been repeatedly announced another version of this mod is just around the corner. Wondering if it would be good to post a interim "stopgap" bug fix release for now (without planned new features), then release the version with new features at a later date?

If you're not planning to release soon I have integrated the bug fixes and can post an interim release if you wish.

Woody

Alex Clarke:

Looks fine for me in IE7.

You have a gap at the very bottom of the page where the 'overlay' stops (IE only) and you godaddy seal appears above the 'overlay' (IE and Firefox). Wrap a <div class="flash"> tag around the seal to hide it during lightbox display.

Ok so I'm having this issue too where my go daddy seal shows on top. such as this http://www.kirwindesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=40 I see in his post to wrap a div tag but which file?

I'm using zen cart 1.3.7 and the newest version of lightbox as of march 20, 2007

Thanks,

woodymon---

since Alex is AWOL at the moment, I wonder if you could answer a few questions for me. You seem to have a good handle on this mod.........

1. I have IH2 installed. I'm using Zen 1.3.7. All working nicely. If I install lightbox, will the fancy hover stop working? As of now, it hovers on small and shows medium. I don't want to lose this feature of IH2. It seems a lot of the sites I looked at that have lightbox and IH2, that the fancy hover doesn't work. I don't know if the webmasters did this or if it is a result of using the two mods together.

2. Interesting, but it looks like when using lightbox and when you click to enlarge and the large pic comes up in lightbox, and you right click on the pic, there is no "view" or "save" this picture. This would seem to be a nice way to keep the casual surfer from copying your pics. I know they can "view source", but for the casual surfer, it seems a detriment. This was observed using FF. I should go back an look using IE and see what happens, if it's the same.

3. Since Alex hasn't responded to your last question about an interim zip, am wondering if I decide to use lightbox, if I can get that zip file from you with "fixes" in it?

many thanks for your time..........
Shirley