Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

Alex, thanks a lot for the time you spare to help us, i am waiting for the new release of your amazing module, I hope you can solve the problem with the IH2. I wish I can help, but i am a graphic designer, not a programmer, this is why I only have a Thank you for you.
Best regards,

nfn but if you are turning OFF the resizing option then you arent really using IH2, at least not for what most people use it for, and so why bother installing it i the first place, imo

i have found that ih2 installed or not, if i dont have that products picture in all three folders, it doesnt come up. its so odd. and sometimes my other images come up but not the main image.

Linux:

Alex, do you have a demo of Zen lighbox working?

It is ibox modified to work with Zen Cart?

Thanks!

I'll have a demo on my test site when I complete the 1.3 release. At the moment I looks like 1.3 will be here by the beginning of next week.

Don't worry... IH2 support will be here soon. :)

It's not ibox, but infact based on lightbox js.

TigerOne:

I added your suggestion but it still did not effect it. There must be some other mod that is affecting this somewhere. The CSS file has not been modified from it's original other than to add the margin and padding as you recommended.

I will keep troubleshooting this because I like the mod but if it is clashing with something else, then I may need to drop it. Below I've listed the other mods that I have added and maybe someone out there has had this same issue.

Layout_Controller
login_box_1.4.1
newsletter_subscribe_v205
order_steps_edition_2
v2.1a_Ty_Package_Tracker
YahooTreeMenu
zen_lightbox_1.2

None of these should have an effect on the CSS for the lightbox mod I don't think.

Did you ever get this figured out? I am having this issue as well :(

Thanks :D

Danielle:

Did you ever get this figured out? I am having this issue as well :(

Thanks :D

No I tried tweaking the CSS a bit but did not find a solution so I ended up removing the mod. If anyone can find a solution I would like to hear about it because I really like the mod but having a strip down the right side of the screen when the larger image was displayed just didn't look good.

Maybe other are also having this problem. I know I've seen a lot of sites using it where it did work fine so I know it is possible but I could'nt find the problem.

TigerOne:

No I tried tweaking the CSS a bit but did not find a solution so I ended up removing the mod. If anyone can find a solution I would like to hear about it because I really like the mod but having a strip down the right side of the screen when the larger image was displayed just didn't look good.

Maybe other are also having this problem. I know I've seen a lot of sites using it where it did work fine so I know it is possible but I could'nt find the problem.

I think this is a problem with your main stylesheet. Do you have any padding or margin on the 'outside' of your site?

Alex Clarke:

I think this is a problem with your main stylesheet. Do you have any padding or margin on the 'outside' of your site?

No, this was a fresh install that I tested it on. The site was using the default template with no changes. I have since gave up on the lightbox. Maybe I will try it later when another version comes out.

kelvyn:

Either of those might be my problem - but I can't find where to turn off the resizing option in IH2! I've been to configure, but just can't see it.

Can't wait for the updated version with IH2 support :)

The way I am using the two is I am letting IH2 create my thumbnails. Then I have lightbox pulling the original large image for the blow up. So IH2 isn't creating the enlarged image on the fly. Plus I had to modify it to work with 1.2.7. But that was easy. Only had to modify a couple places.

Hi Alex,

I just installed your lightbox on a zen cart 1.3.5 (without IH2). I found it working on other websites linked in this forum, and was amazed. Really nice work! :yes:

Unfortunately it didn't work on my site. After testing around I found out, that it depends on product type. All my articles are of document_product, because these are ads, and there's no shipping. If I create a new item as "Product General", it just works fine.

I've tried to find anything in the scripts that looks like "product type" or something, but there seems to be nothing like that.

So Alex or anyone else: Have you an idea, where the difference might be? :down:

Keep up the good work!!!

songrider

I had the same problem, all you need to do is copy jscript_lightbox.php from
zen_lightbox_1.2.rar_FILES/includes/modules/pages/product_info
into includes/modules/pages/documemt_product_info/ or any other product type you wish to use the lightbox with.
Hope this helps.

Songrider:

Hi Alex,

I just installed your lightbox on a zen cart 1.3.5 (without IH2). I found it working on other websites linked in this forum, and was amazed. Really nice work! :yes:

Unfortunately it didn't work on my site. After testing around I found out, that it depends on product type. All my articles are of document_product, because these are ads, and there's no shipping. If I create a new item as "Product General", it just works fine.

I've tried to find anything in the scripts that looks like "product type" or something, but there seems to be nothing like that.

So Alex or anyone else: Have you an idea, where the difference might be? :down:

Keep up the good work!!!

songrider

WOW, that's it ! Thank you, springfield! :clap:

Greetings to all zenners
songrider

Hello,

To integrate this super contrib to a zen 1.2.6 witch file do I must change ?

tpl_modules_main_product_image.php ?

Thanks in advance

Chris

I think what Lala_G_Clef_Jewelry mentioned points to the problem. Light Box seems to read large sized images from the images/large folder. IH2 places large (and other) images in the weird bmz_cache folder using a filing system I'm not too familiar with.

Unless either Light Box can take images from the IH2 folders, or unless IH2 can place large images in the images/large folder, I don't know that these two would be able to work together.

Don't worry people... I'm not dead! (just really busy with work at the moment).

I've been working on adding support for IH2 and feel that I need to rebuild the contribution from the ground up using different core jscript files to create the 'lightbox'.

This shouldn't take too long and I'll try and get something uploaded before next week.

Got a quick question... If I made a ez-page for a art gallery or something like this how could I give those images the "lightbox effect"? Would it be possible with out tons of changes?

Also can't wait for the IH2 support keep up the good work!

Version 1.3 is here!

Firstly, a special thanks to Chris Boylan (aka boylan) for help with Image Handler 2 support.

Secondly... go grab 1.3 and have some fun!

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=273

Most of the bugs/requests have been addressed in this release. However, if you feel that something is missing or would like to request a feature please post here.

Alex Clarke:

Version 1.3 is here!

Firstly, a special thanks to Chris Boylan (aka boylan) for help with Image Handler 2 support.

Secondly... go grab 1.3 and have some fun!

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=273

Most of the bugs/requests have been addressed in this release. However, if you feel that something is missing or would like to request a feature please post here.

Seems to be working beautifully on my site so far :D Thanks so much, it's fantastic!

Hmmm except the whole lightbox is still aligned to the left in IE. Works great in FF though. In IE, the black background behind the image doesn't cover the whole screen, only about 3/4 of it. There is a big strip on the right side where it doesn't cover.

Danielle:

Hmmm except the whole lightbox is still aligned to the left in IE. Works great in FF though. In IE, the black background behind the image doesn't cover the whole screen, only about 3/4 of it. There is a big strip on the right side where it doesn't cover.

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.

It works!!! it WORKS!!!

this is the bestest!!!

thank you so much alex!!

i have this running with ih2 and guess what? IT WORKS!!! not only does it work, but now my addtional images that werent showing before are now showing!!!

you rock!