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

This thread is almost 4 years old, and Tim Kroeger hasn't been active on it in a while.. What you are asking for is, as mcshane78 has pointed out, a default Zen Cart function, and if you require more details you will need to check out the link he posted and/or start a new thread.. Any further discussion of that topic is off topic for this particular support thread..

tomevans:

Tim forgive me for jumping onto this tread but I am a brand new Zenner and dont seem to be able to start off this subject on the forum

Its a simple question - I need the ability on my site for clients to upload an image with their order (Its a printing site)

Is this possible and do you know of a template that handles this

Would appreciate an email if you have time

tomevans1##################

Hi guys.. I am having trouble findingout why the links to my images are not showing from my bmz_cache folder.

Link looks like this : ../shop/images/sub/pic.jpg

when I think it should be : ../shop/bmz_cache/2/262y2te5er5 etc.

I have looked thru the forum for hours and can't see an answer. I have another vanilla site that it works well with.
Both are 1.3.8a and have IH2 and zen lightbox working well together....
Have tried clearing the cache after removing the images then re-uploading the images again.... I'm lost.

Does anyone know where I should look please.
Thanks for any help.

bootyrat,

does IH2 work in every other way?

have you checked your settings to see if there is anything to set, that might have been missed.

is everyting loaded to the right place in the server?

a link would be good

Thanks for your reply DarkAngel

There is a problem with getting the watermark on large images as well.

Think I'm gonna go to a backup and re-install both IH2 and zen lightbox as the first install on my testcart was perfect.. every detail great, just as many mods..

Let you know what I find.

OK... fixed it.

I completely removed and un-installed both IH2 and zen lightbox1.5 ... did not make a difference.
I then cleared the bmz_cache of all the subfolders...1, 2, 3, a, b, deleted the lot, folders and all for a complete rebuild.
I then noticed there was a small file missing in the bmz_cache folder called .keep so I uploaded to the server.

That fixed it ! YOU BEAUTY - Also got the watermarks back.. go figure.

No idea how that was missing...must have just missed it..... learnin all the time.

Hope this helps someone.

I have a small problem with my host as it seems that they have a max number of files that can be stored there. (They allow 120gb storage and plenty of bandwidth, but only permit 262144 files for that space).

What I need to do is to prevent the bmz_cache from retaining the images, so that they are created from scratch each time they are needed.

I know this will decrease the performance, as both time and processor load will increase, but I really have no other choice.

Over 60% of my file usage is taken up by bmz_cache, and I cannot add any more images to my site.

I really need to keep IH2 working and the only way I can think to do so is to set up a cron job that deletes the contents of all 16 folders on a regular basis (ie. every 15 minutes or so).

If anyone has any other ideas, I would love to hear all about them!

At the risk of stating the obvious.. I think the BEST solution is to find a more suitable webhost..

awhfy99:

I have a small problem with my host as it seems that they have a max number of files that can be stored there. (They allow 120gb storage and plenty of bandwidth, but only permit 262144 files for that space).

What I need to do is to prevent the bmz_cache from retaining the images, so that they are created from scratch each time they are needed.

I know this will decrease the performance, as both time and processor load will increase, but I really have no other choice.

Over 60% of my file usage is taken up by bmz_cache, and I cannot add any more images to my site.

I really need to keep IH2 working and the only way I can think to do so is to set up a cron job that deletes the contents of all 16 folders on a regular basis (ie. every 15 minutes or so).

If anyone has any other ideas, I would love to hear all about them!

DivaVocals:

At the risk of stating the obvious.. I think the BEST solution is to find a more suitable webhost..

That would work if it wasn't a non-profit site. I cannot justify the expenditure for a dedicated server for something that is not bringing in any funds. Aside from the fact that the sales rep was either misinformed or just flat out lied to me, it has been fairly reliable. Seems she didn't either know that it wouldn't fly, or it didn't sink in, or she just needed a sale. When I told her the finished site would have over 700,000 fairly small image files, she said that was not a problem. Yeah, right, not for her anyway!

Shop around... you would be supprised what you can get if you are a non-profit organisation.

While i cannot name names (as its against forum rules under advertising) a fair few hosts do offer either free or heavily reduced hosting fees for non-profits. on the condition that on your website there is acknoloedgement of the hosts and / or a banner add to them.

worth a try.. you dont get if you dont ask!!

while i alway recomend you avoid shared hosting.. the cost of hosting these days means you can get a Virtual Private Server for about £100-£150 per year in the UK

changing hosts, really is the only fix for this

awhfy99:

That would work if it wasn't a non-profit site. I cannot justify the expenditure for a dedicated server for something that is not bringing in any funds. Aside from the fact that the sales rep was either misinformed or just flat out lied to me, it has been fairly reliable. Seems she didn't either know that it wouldn't fly, or it didn't sink in, or she just needed a sale. When I told her the finished site would have over 700,000 fairly small image files, she said that was not a problem. Yeah, right, not for her anyway!

Bootyrat:

OK... fixed it.

I completely removed and un-installed both IH2 and zen lightbox1.5 ... did not make a difference.
I then cleared the bmz_cache of all the subfolders...1, 2, 3, a, b, deleted the lot, folders and all for a complete rebuild.
I then noticed there was a small file missing in the bmz_cache folder called .keep so I uploaded to the server.

That fixed it ! YOU BEAUTY - Also got the watermarks back.. go figure.

No idea how that was missing...must have just missed it..... learnin all the time.

Hope this helps someone.

glad you got it to work bootyrat, sometimes the addon goes into a coma when installing...I think that is a file that it adds when the first images are done.

i looked in my bmz_cache folder and i have all the alphabet folders it puts in there but no .keep file in there at all. where did you find it?

awhfy99:

That would work if it wasn't a non-profit site. I cannot justify the expenditure for a dedicated server for something that is not bringing in any funds. Aside from the fact that the sales rep was either misinformed or just flat out lied to me, it has been fairly reliable. Seems she didn't either know that it wouldn't fly, or it didn't sink in, or she just needed a sale. When I told her the finished site would have over 700,000 fairly small image files, she said that was not a problem. Yeah, right, not for her anyway!

there are many places that can accomodate you...I myself ahve two hosts...one for my store on a virtual server and one for several sites for my site members...which is on another server.

try contacting the host directly...not the woman you talked to but maybe the billing department, tell them you wre misled and what they can do for you.

if it is paid hosting and they are reputable they will try to help...otherwise if free host go to another one that will allow your store.

also maybe she thought you mean small in size not kb size....

IH2 is made to keep the cache for speed, if you do not want that feature then remove IH2 totally and just use the stores main image thumbnail. You can always add the images to the body of your page description setting the size and then linking to the exact same image so in reality the size shown is smaller but will go to the normal sized one when clicked on.

mcshane78:

worth a try.. you dont get if you dont ask!!
changing hosts, really is the only fix for this
Nods in agreement to all of this

Hello!
I have IH2 installed on my store.
When i hover the mouse over the additional images, they are being resized and it's making them blurry. You can view it here:
http://lemy.co.uk/silverfox-bullion-bmx-bike-p-161.html
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks!

andreitero:

Hello!
I have IH2 installed on my store.
When i hover the mouse over the additional images, they are being resized and it's making them blurry. You can view it here:
http://lemy.co.uk/silverfox-bullion-bmx-bike-p-161.html
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks!
That image swapping (which ACTUALLY displays the blurry images) is NOT coming from Image Handler, but rather whatever module you have installed which does this image swapping..

Hi,

Is there any option to disable IH compression on images? Even when I set the quality on 100 it's looking kinda compressed.

@**andreitero:

she is right, it is either the program or ...

1. you have told IH2 to have a medium/large size and no large image so it is making it

2. you grew the image in a graphics program from a smaller, low resolution image.

@Asdesign:

are you saying you are having the same trouble as the person i answered to?
**

I'm still trying to get my mind around exactly how IH works. Is the bmz_cache directory a true cache, in that I could go in and delete its contents (except perhaps for the magic .keep file), and when customers go to the shop, the images will automatically regenerate? This has value to me, as products will come and go from my shop, and I don't want lots of old pictures around clogging up the directory.

Thanks.

mzimmers:

I'm still trying to get my mind around exactly how IH works. Is the bmz_cache directory a true cache, in that I could go in and delete its contents (except perhaps for the magic .keep file), and when customers go to the shop, the images will automatically regenerate? This has value to me, as products will come and go from my shop, and I don't want lots of old pictures around clogging up the directory.

Thanks.

not sure how it exactly works myself but i do see when i click the little "i" in the manager next to the first little image then click delete to get rid of the image it also deletes the image from the server.

unfortunately since I notice that when I edit the image if it is not named the exact same way as the original one it will remove all of them and I have to reload all of them for that product....but it can be lived with...lol

then there is the empty cache feature for this too that will refresh each image again.

DarkAngel:

then there is the empty cache feature for this too that will refresh each image again.

"Empty cache feature?" Where does this little gem live?

mzimmers:

"Empty cache feature?" Where does this little gem live?

admin/tools/IH2/ listed in the main menu

manager---admin---preview and about

it will be in the admin part there where you can remove IH2, clear cache and scan for old IH files if you had a previous version

not really sure what that preview section is for since I thought it would have something other than the graphs...lol