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

It's alive!
This version has been thoroughly tested to work.
If you got in trouble with previous installations, I will shortly publish a fix for that in this thread.

ckosloff:

This version has been thoroughly tested to work.
I hope you're making that statement based on your own testing.

The fact that your addon update in the downloads area has been activated DOES NOT warrant that ANY testing has been done with it. It simply means that the code has been briefly reviewed as being friendly and unlikely to contain trojans. IT DOES NOT WARRANT ANY CODING EXCELLENCE OR RELIABILITY OR VERIFICATION OF CLAIMS TO ANY FUNCTIONALITY.

DrByte:

I hope you're making that statement based on your own testing.
Actually I was not the only one doing the testing.
By testing I mean that it works without problems on many live sites, and I also maintain that it is compatible out-of-the box with lightbox contributions.
As for the coding, it wasn't done by me, the main author is Tim Kroeger, as everybody knows.
Credit is given to every contributor in the readme.
Nobody has ever made a statement like "code excellence".
Sorry, doc, but I have been very humble in all this process, and don't quite understand the reason for your post.
The previous version has some serious flaws, and it was published without any comment by the Zen Cart team.
So why now?

DrByte:

The fact that your addon update in the downloads area has been activated DOES NOT warrant that ANY testing has been done with it...
Sorry to insist on this as I think that it is a truly useless discussion.
You should have added "by the Zen Cart team".
But, who in his right mind can misconstrue that when I wrote that it was tested, I meant "by the Zen Cart team"?
Contributors write all the time that their contributions have been tested for so and so version.
Does the Zen Cart team go after each and every one to clarify that it wasn't the Zen Cart team doing the testing?
Please, give me a break.
You state clearly that add-ons are installed at own risk, everybody knows that.
What does not make sense to me is to write an unnecessary post about a version that fixes problems.
We are all waiting anxiously for version 2.0, Doc, better focus on that.

Image Handler works perfectly on my site, not one issue.

However, in my Admin area I display the product image in my packing slip, the problem is the packing slip is pulling the image direct from the image location and not the image cache, and is that why the images are not being shown at their correct aspect ratio?

The images are just stretched to the size i've set as the size for images in the admin (140*140). In the store the images are the correct shape and obviously vary in size.

Can anyone help me, i've tried checking and comparing the code, but I can't figure it out.

How can I get the images on the packing slip to be the right shape and not a distorted square image.

DigitalShadow:

Image Handler works perfectly on my site, not one issue.

However, in my Admin area I display the product image in my packing slip, the problem is the packing slip is pulling the image direct from the image location and not the image cache, and is that why the images are not being shown at their correct aspect ratio?

The images are just stretched to the size i've set as the size for images in the admin (140*140). In the store the images are the correct shape and obviously vary in size.

Can anyone help me, i've tried checking and comparing the code, but I can't figure it out.

How can I get the images on the packing slip to be the right shape and not a distorted square image.Start another topic to get assistance on this.. The Packing Slip images are NOT managed by Image Handler..

I know that, and it isn't a packing slip issue, it is a coding issue regarding image handler, I need to know how to setup the code so that image handler works in admin as well as store front.

DigitalShadow:

I know that, and it isn't a packing slip issue, it is a coding issue regarding image handler, I need to know how to setup the code so that image handler works in admin as well as store front.
Maybe this could help you:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=158
Check for related topics in the forums.
DivaVocals is right, those images are not controlled by IH2.
Regarding code modifications, we have had rather bad experiences with that.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with IH2, so code modifications will not help.

DigitalShadow:

I know that, and it isn't a packing slip issue, it is a coding issue regarding image handler, I need to know how to setup the code so that image handler works in admin as well as store front.I understood that.. But it's probably not a "coding issue" with Image Handler as much as it is a desired feature of Image Handler.. Not trying to split hairs, but a "coding issue" implies that Image Handler is malfunctioning in some way that it is expected to funtion, when the truth is that in it's current form Image Handler does not manage admin images (nor has it ever been designed to do this..) Doesn't mean it can't or won't happen, but today it does not have this functionality.

My suggestion to start another thread was put out there if you wanted to address correcting the sizing of the packing slip images, it would be best to start another thread.. I use Super Orders and the packing list images are an issue for me too.. (I assume you mean the product images on the packing list right??)

I wrote a reply but the forum timed out, so here is the abridged version.

The reason I said it is a coding issue is due to the fact that I meant the code would need to be altered or modified to get it to work in the admin area. It isn't a fault of either packing slips or IH2, they are both doing what they should.

I was wondering if it would be possible to get IH2 to work in the admin area by playing with the code.

By packaging slips I mean the one included in Super Orders.

DigitalShadow:

The reason I said it is a coding issue is due to the fact that I meant the code would need to be altered or modified to get it to work in the admin area. It isn't a fault of either packing slips or IH2, they are both doing what they should.I understood what you meant.. and again.. not to split hairs, it is the use of the terms you are choosing to use.. :smile: "coding issues" implies functionality which is part of the app that is failing to work as it should. NEW features which are not part of the code base are not considered "issues" persay.. They are considered NEW features.. What you are inquiring about is a NEW feature.. Wanted to make sure that is clear for anyone following this thread.. (Again don't mean to split hairs.. but it's a very definite distinction:smile:)

DigitalShadow:

I was wondering if it would be possible to get IH2 to work in the admin area by playing with the code.It's software.. Someone always comes up with a better way to build a mousetrap!:laugh: I'm fairly certain there is a way to do it.. and if someone figures this out they will surely post a solution in this thread or they will take on the management of the next version of IH2 and add this functionality to the IH2 code.. to my knowledge the former has definitely not happened..

If this feature is super important to you, you can posting your request in the Commercial section of this forum or try ScriptLance as another source for development resources.. When I was looking for custom features, I've used both of these sources with a good deal of success..

DigitalShadow:

By packaging slips I mean the one included in Super Orders.That's what I though which is why I specifically mentioned Super Orders.. The packing slip images being sized incorrectly is uniquely a Super Orders issue.. There are some posts in the Super Order support thread that cover how to correct this.

I've removed IH from the database, deleted all files and installed the latest (September) version, but I'm still having this problem.

All small and medium images work fine, as well as image hover. The problem is with large popup images on the product pages. They're supposed to open up at a maximum of 600px width or 550px height.

Image Handler admin shows the large images as being resized to the correct proportions. All seems well.

However, the products' large popup images still open up at the original file's size (e.g. 626x1000).

I've cleared the image cache through IH admin and through FTP dozens of times, reinstalled Image Handler, and replaced modules/pages/popup_image with the original code. I don't know what else to try!

:frusty:

Any help would be much appreciated!

To help in the upgrade and troubleshooting I am attaching this file titled "Instructions for restoration and upgrading".
I did not want to make it an integral part of IH2 because the fix for the Optional Extras includes Zen Cart core files.
Please don't be daunted, the upgrade path is really simple; the restoration, if you installed the Optional Extras, not so much, but nothing that a beginner cannot accomplish.
Also, please don't think that you need to completely uninstall previous versions, the upgrade is just an overwrite.
For those having problems with IE, try this version and let me know here, please.
For those having problems with database settings, please use the ones I include, backup, and then customize.

Dont mean to sound stupid but I just had zen cart installed for me so now the rest is up to me how do I tell if I have image handler already I want to put the IM2 in but.....

I am a newbee on Zen Cart. just installed IMAGE HANDLER 2, and after I uploaded a picture for the product, in the TOOLS->IMAGE HANDLER 2->MANAGER, I can only see 3 red-crossed blocks without image showed up and the larger image beside didn't showed up as well. In case I can't explain it very clearly, please take a look at the screen shot below. The thing is I can still see my picture in the website...but not in the image handler manager interface...I tried set permissions to 777, tried clear cache, tried rename the picture files...nothing worked. Could anyone help me on that? thank you soooooooooo much!

ps. I am using ZENCART 1.3.8 and installed the following addons before the image handler 2: stock by attribute, reward points, quantity discount, add customer from admin.

ckosloff:

To help in the upgrade and troubleshooting I am attaching this file titled "Instructions for restoration and upgrading".
I did not want to make it an integral part of IH2 because the fix for the Optional Extras includes Zen Cart core files.
Please don't be daunted, the upgrade path is really simple; the restoration, if you installed the Optional Extras, not so much, but nothing that a beginner cannot accomplish.
Also, please don't think that you need to completely uninstall previous versions, the upgrade is just an overwrite.
For those having problems with IE, try this version and let me know here, please.
For those having problems with database settings, please use the ones I include, backup, and then customize.

Still have IE errors

Hi,I have a problem, i have installed the image handler 2 but i get an error like below

http://mumnbaby.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_55_56&products_id=1067

The picture can;t show at all, does anybody can help me on this??

Thank you

soki:

Still have IE errorst
Is this the same that you were having with jscroller sidebox?

I have thought of some stuff that was not mentioned in the section "Troubleshooting in a nutshell" of the mod.
First, _MED and _LRG suffixes are not used by IH, this is stock Zen Cart.
The entries that IH makes in Admin -> Configuration -> Images are clearly denoted by a leading IH.
If you want IH to operate trouble-free don't use any of that, just use the Default button and browse.
Let IH do the naming of your additional images, the resizing, etc.
If you are using mass upload utilities like Easy Populate, just follow the Zen Cart convention, e.g:
main_image.jpg (IH sees this is as image 0)
so additional images would be:
main_image_01.jpg
main_image_02.jpg
and so on.
Please understand that IH gives you the ability to use _MED and _LRG only for compatibility with Zen Cart.
Also, images are case-sensitive, eg. .JPG is NOT the same as .jpg, many cases of irretrievable images can be tracked down to a simple case oversight.
Avoid using special characters in images like: , / | \ ' " all these have meaning.
Special characters should be avoided in product names too, IH displays them.
Lastly, I have seen users modify Zen Cart core files to avoid the display of the <title> tag.
This tag is the product name, if not specified otherwise.
The justification is that there is less clutter in the images, and they become more aesthetically pleasing.
A matter of opinion, but a tad bit short-sighted.
The <title> tag is used by search engines when indexing images.
If you don't believe me, look here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=613652&postcount=24
adapt this to image indexing, if you become creative with your <title> tags in your images, you will achieve better SEO rankings.
Bottom line, don't mess with IH2, the original author sure knew what he was doing.
Lastly, MAKE SURE THAT YOU UPLOAD ALL FILES IN CORRECT LOCATION!

Concerning this issue i have noticed that this is a problem of additional images galleries mods like zenlightbox and not an IH2 problems.

The most of times on various shops i found installed an old version of zen lightbox especially Zen Lightbox v1.4 aclarke 2007-09-22 .

The troubles were arising from the file:
/includes/modules/YOURTEMPLATE/additional_images.php

At about line 84:

    $flag_has_large = file_exists($products_image_large);

Replace with:

    $flag_has_large = true;//file_exists($products_image_large);

Like in the original IH2 mods V7 files.

After you have modified this file, reset IH2 cache or (better) directly deletes all bmz_cache subdirs by ftp.

Ciao