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

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you're feisty!

wrong... but feisty ;-)

OK, here are my Image settings:

Small Image Width 80
Small Image Height
Heading Image Width - Admin 57
Heading Image Height - Admin
Subcategory Image Width 80
Subcategory Image Height
Calculate Image Size TRUE
Image Required TRUE
Image - Shopping Cart Status 1
Image - Shopping Cart Width 50
Image - Shopping Cart Height
Category Icon Image Width - Product Info Pages 57
Category Icon Image Height - Product Info Pages
Top Subcategory Image Width 80
Top Subcategory Image Height
Product Info - Image Width 160
Product Info - Image Height
Product Info - Image Medium Suffix _MED
Product Info - Image Large Suffix _LRG
Product Info - Number of Additional Images per Row 3
Image - Product Listing Width 80
Image - Product Listing Height
Image - Product New Listing Width 80
Image - Product New Listing Height
Image - New Products Width 80
Image - New Products Height
Image - Featured Products Width 80
Image - Featured Products Height
Image - Product All Listing Width 80
Image - Product All Listing Height
Product Image - No Image Status 1
Product Image - No Image picture no_picture.gif
Image - Use Proportional Images on Products and Categories 1
IH resize images yes
IH small image filetype no_change
IH small image background 255:255:255
IH watermark small images no
IH zoom small images yes
IH small image hotzone no
IH small image compression quality 85
IH medium image filetype no_change
IH medium image background 255:255:255
IH watermark medium images yes
IH zoom medium images no
IH medium image hotzone no
IH medium image compression quality 85
IH large image filetype no_change
IH large image background 255:255:255
IH watermark large images yes
IH large image compression quality 85
IH large image maximum width 750
IH large image maximum height 550
IH watermark gravity Center
IH zoom gravity SouthEast

And, I have watermark files in images, images/medium and images/large. The only images that ever get watermarked are those displayed during rollover.

Thanks for any help.

Try changing the highlighted value to yes..

mzimmers:

OK, here are my Image settings:

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Small Image Width 80
Small Image Height
Heading Image Width - Admin 57
Heading Image Height - Admin
Subcategory Image Width 80
Subcategory Image Height
Calculate Image Size TRUE
Image Required TRUE
Image - Shopping Cart Status 1
Image - Shopping Cart Width 50
Image - Shopping Cart Height
Category Icon Image Width - Product Info Pages 57
Category Icon Image Height - Product Info Pages
Top Subcategory Image Width 80
Top Subcategory Image Height
Product Info - Image Width 160
Product Info - Image Height
Product Info - Image Medium Suffix _MED
Product Info - Image Large Suffix _LRG
Product Info - Number of Additional Images per Row 3
Image - Product Listing Width 80
Image - Product Listing Height
Image - Product New Listing Width 80
Image - Product New Listing Height
Image - New Products Width 80
Image - New Products Height
Image - Featured Products Width 80
Image - Featured Products Height
Image - Product All Listing Width 80
Image - Product All Listing Height
Product Image - No Image Status 1
Product Image - No Image picture no_picture.gif
Image - Use Proportional Images on Products and Categories 1
IH resize images yes
IH small image filetype no_change
IH small image background 255:255:255
IH watermark small images no
IH zoom small images yes
IH small image hotzone no
IH small image compression quality 85
IH medium image filetype no_change
IH medium image background 255:255:255
IH watermark medium images yes
IH zoom medium images no
IH medium image hotzone no
IH medium image compression quality 85
IH large image filetype no_change
IH large image background 255:255:255
IH watermark large images yes
IH large image compression quality 85
IH large image maximum width 750
IH large image maximum height 550
IH watermark gravity Center
IH zoom gravity SouthEast

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And, I have watermark files in images, images/medium and images/large. The only images that ever get watermarked are those displayed during rollover.

Thanks for any help.

Fascinating. Now my small images, and the rollovers, are watermarked. Still nothing on the mediums and larges, though.

Thinking about it a bit more, is it possible that this is due to the location of my image uploads? I'm keeping them under images in a directory called uploads/etc. broken down by product category. EP found them no problem, but is this possibly the cause of IH2 not watermarking medium and large images? Namely, that there are no images (other than the watermarks) in the medium and large directories?

ok, i think i misspoke when i said i had watermark on images that are med size...no i don't

i meant that when you hover over the small image to see the medium size---i can get the watermark to show...but prefer not to so only the large when clicked to view is actually the one with the watermark.

i have my images done like this:

1. click the new image button
2. browse the computer for the image i need then right above it I enter promos/vendor name/product name/

that way they are all sent to that folder for that product (we have several for the products)

then finalize the uploading of the images. I only need to enter the path to the folder I need them to go to with the first image of each product.

maybe if you did not enter the path to the folder may be why the watermark is not following the image???

just a thought

My method for populating the shop with images is simply to use EP (I currently only have one image per product). My understanding from the various readmes was that this method would work without further intervention.

If I understand you correctly, you're saying that I'd have to manually enter an image for each product? If this is what I have to do, I'll do it, but I'd rather not until I know that my method isn't going to work. Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Thanks.

not knowing what EP is, unless you mean easy populate which i do not have installed.

the way I uploaded the images was my understanding of how to use IH2 and it has worked for me so not sure what to tell you...maybe try it on one or two images then see if your watermark shows

if it does then what you do is up to you, tis all I know of what to do.

I tried that with an existing product. I deleted the image and uploaded a fresh copy. Still no watermark.

Anyone else with some other ideas? I keep thinking it has something to do with the watermark files themselves, but...I don't know what else to try. They're png files and I made them the same size as the watermarks delivered with core ZC.

mzimmers:

I tried that with an existing product. I deleted the image and uploaded a fresh copy. Still no watermark.

Anyone else with some other ideas? I keep thinking it has something to do with the watermark files themselves, but...I don't know what else to try. They're png files and I made them the same size as the watermarks delivered with core ZC.

Have you tried putting the core watermarks back and seeing if they work?, could be an issue with your watermark png? but as its working on the rollover seems unlikely

Are they are named correctly?

The only things i can suggest are triple checking the product page code, did you upload the included image handler product page or did you merge the code together with the existing page, and you haven't updated or installed any new mods since installing image handler?

note the page isn't called product page, the name of it escapes me right now, i'm sure someone much brighter will chime in with the name of it, I think its in your template or custom template folder.

Anyway the reason i'm here

Opera browser, do the rollover effects etc work with opera yet?, as i am about to do a site upgrade from 1.3.7 (and whatever version of IH2 was around then), and i just want to know if it works as i still haven't found a site it works on with Opera

I just restored the standard watermark files...same results.

I don't know which file you're referring to. Can anyone enlighten me here?

Thanks.

mzimmers:

I just restored the standard watermark files...same results.

I don't know which file you're referring to. Can anyone enlighten me here?

Thanks.

if by chance it is a misloaded file you could just open the zip then go to your server and actually check each folder in the zip with the ones on the server....making entirely sure the file uploaded is in the correct place.

I had a client accidently upload one of the image_handler.php into the wrong place and after it got put in the proper spot it started behaving.

mzimmers:

I just restored the standard watermark files...same results.

I don't know which file you're referring to. Can anyone enlighten me here?

Thanks.

It depends on how you installed image jandler, I can't speak for the latest version, but on the original IH2 you had the option of either overwriting a couple of files (main_product_image.php i think & a pop up one i think), or manually merging them ie adding the code to the original zencart files your self

Just as a query, do you have server access?
have you tried checking the error log, i know in my version of Cpanel it lets me see the last 300 errors, never know it may show you something useful

Herein lies the answer.. It appears that you have overwritten the product page files instead of merging the changes. I suspect that you installed your lightbox app AFTER installing Image Handler and it is fairly clear that you did not merge the changes in the common files which is why your watermarking does not work on your product pages.

nigelt74:

It depends on how you installed image jandler, I can't speak for the latest version, but on the original IH2 you had the option of either overwriting a couple of files (main_product_image.php i think & a pop up one i think), or manually merging them ie adding the code to the original zencart files your self

Just as a query, do you have server access?
have you tried checking the error log, i know in my version of Cpanel it lets me see the last 300 errors, never know it may show you something useful

nigelt74:

Have you tried putting the core watermarks back and seeing if they work?, could be an issue with your watermark png? but as its working on the rollover seems unlikely

Are they are named correctly?

The only things i can suggest are triple checking the product page code,** did you upload the included image handler product page or did you merge the code together with the existing page, and you haven't updated or installed any new mods since installing image handler?**

note the page isn't called product page, the name of it escapes me right now, i'm sure someone much brighter will chime in with the name of it, I think its in your template or custom template folder.

Hi, Diva –

So, assuming that would be the case, what would the corrective procedure be? Remove both add-ons, install lightbox and then install IH2?

I compared the IH2 files against v139 and there are some differences. It's not always clear which changes to pick up and which to leave.

mzimmers:

Hi, Diva –

So, assuming that would be the case, what would the corrective procedure be? Remove both add-ons, install lightbox and then install IH2?
It's not the order in which you install these add-ons that matters.. They both make changes to some of the same files. You need to merge these changes.

The correct procedure for this and ANY add-on is to make sure that you merge (versus overwrite) any common files.

mzimmers:

I compared the IH2 files against v139 and there are some differences. It's not always clear which changes to pick up and which to leave.I'm afraid this is not something I can easily explain. You may have to start by seeing and noting the differences between v1.3.8a and 1.3.9a first. Once you have this then it may be easier to see where which changes between v1.3.9a and the core files included in IH2 should be merged.

Mz,
There is a new version of Image Handler for 139a in the Free Software Addons
I use Use Fual Slimbox (a mirror image to Zen Lightbox), available in the Free Software Addon section too.

Be careful to winmerge these files into the core of 139a.

I did a test last night on a fresh install of 139a, worked seamlessly.
What I noticed is that Image Handler and Fual do not overload on each other which is easier to winmerge...

haredo:

Mz,
There is a new version of Image Handler for 139a in the Free Software Addons
I use Use Fual Slimbox (a mirror image to Zen Lightbox), available in the Free Software Addon section too.

Be careful to winmerge these files into the core of 139a.

I did a test last night on a fresh install of 139a, worked seamlessly.
What I noticed is that Image Handler and Fual do not overload on each other which is easier to winmerge...and if you saw our earlier discussions on this "new" version you will note that this version is NOT PHP 5.3 compatible.. As I have posted earlier, I will be posting an UPDATE to the Rev 7 files which will be 1.3.9a AND PHP 5.3 compatible.. I will also be updating the readme file as well so that the changelog is CLEAR. The new version will be backwards compatible for those whose hosts are not running PHP 5.3 just yet. I need more PHP 5.3 testers. If anyone is interested in testing it, please PM me your e-mail address and I will be happy to send you a zipped copy to test.

Also for those who are not converting to 1.3.9a right away, but whos host may convert them to PHP 5.3, I will include a PHP 5.3 compatible version for 1.3.8a.

May I ask what all the discussion about PHP 5.3 is about? Is this a new version that all the hosting services are about to move to?

Regarding reinstallation: I guess if I file compare the add-on to the core 139, I'll see a list of the files that get modified. The other files in the add-on should be bolt-in. For the files with overlap, it looks like some quality time with a three-way merge tool is in order. Ah well...it still beats working for a living.