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

joyjoy:

Hi Diva,

Not too worried on that part. I just need some direction in how to create my own watermarks right now. If you look on the additional image it looks horrible...it's not even transparent. Is there some guidelines that I can follow to create a watermark?

Maybe the size of the original png file that is being used with IH2? I'm building it on Photoshop with a transparent background, however the background doesn't seem to be transparent. :smile:

Thank you!I would try adjusting the opacity settings.. Having a transparent background alone is not enough.. Would suggest Googling some better resources to get the information you are seeking.. Try this: http://www.google.com/search?q=making+watermarks+using+Photoshop.
This yielded several good articles/how-tos on the topic..

Hey Diva! I got it!

It was a simple problem. I had the watermark saved in greyscale in PS, I just needed to change it to RGB.

Yay!

Okay, so last question...I think.

Is there a mod that you can add on for a zooming feature? Thanks!

vladimir_vulic:

Thanks guys for all your help, but I've found the problem. It looks like one or two products in each category referred to a image file that wasn't on the server in the corresponding folder. Once I've uploaded the file and updated the products, they are now showing up as they should.

So, thanks guys for trying to help me. I just wanted you to know I found the solution and what was it.

thats great, it is probably what you would have seen in the log file, had you used the "blank page" error debug utility.

Just for the record, i have seen similar behaviour with fual slimbox where it would hang the browser if it was looking for an image that wasn't physically present on the server. (not something you want to happen as the only solution is/was to close the rowser entirely!)

I cannot relate the issue you have seen to IH2 in any way, too bad we don't know for sure yet as this is definetly an issue we should prevent from happening in whatever module is causing it.

nagelkruid:

thats great, it is probably what you would have seen in the log file, had you used the "blank page" error debug utility.

Just for the record, i have seen similar behaviour with fual slimbox where it would hang the browser if it was looking for an image that wasn't physically present on the server. (not something you want to happen as the only solution is/was to close the rowser entirely!)

I cannot relate the issue you have seen to IH2 in any way, too bad we don't know for sure yet as this is definetly an issue we should prevent from happening in whatever module is causing it.If I had to make a guess I would say it was an image that the Better Categories module he is running needed.. Sounds like the missing category image not being on the server caused the rest of the page to not display.. IH2 wouldn't have done that..

joyjoy:

Hey Diva! I got it!

It was a simple problem. I had the watermark saved in greyscale in PS, I just needed to change it to RGB.

Yay!

Okay, so last question...I think.

Is there a mod that you can add on for a zooming feature? Thanks!Off the top of my head I don't know of one.. I do beleive that it's highly likely that you would be unable to merge a zooming module's code so that Fual Slimbox and IH2 continued to work WITH it.. (At least I've not seen anyone successfully able to do that)

wtashby:

I forgot to mention, if your goal is to have the images on your home page all the EXACT same size, then you will have a problem. The only way to do that, even with Image Handler, is to insure that the ORIGIONAL, unedited images all have the same, or very very close to the same aspect ratio in the first place.

By this I mean, if you have one image that is perfectly square, 120 x 120, and another that is rectangular, 120 x 200, you cannot adjust one to the other without some distortion. The greater the difference in aspect ratio, the greater the distortion.

So, if you want clear, crisp images that are all perfectly the same size, they all have to have the same aspect ratio to begin with.
I ran into the problem as well. I have added code that will stretch the canvas of rectangular images to size them to square. I have this running on my site with 70x70 for generic images, 100x100 for small and 200x200 for medium.

I also added a cool option to set lrg images to a minimum size altough you will pay some quality if you blow up pictures too big.

If anyone decides to use it, i like to know how it works for you. Just replace the 3 files in the attach with the original files that came with version Rev8c and press uninstall/install in the admin.

You will have to enable the square option as it is default off.
Same for upscaling large images.

Jeroen

I followed the instrcution of upgrating IH Rev8c almost to the letter, except I added the code of lightbox into the addtional_image.php. I noticed two changes after the upgrade:

1. The watermark is gone for middle image and large image. I had watermark_MED. PNG and watermarl_LAG.PNG in the image folder, and I turned both on in the admin-configuration-images. But there are no watermark....

2. When I put the mouse over the small image, the LARGE image pop up, while before the upgrade, it was the Medium image pop up. I would rather the medium image pop up, since the large image takes too long to load.

Any tips?? My site is https://www.theSbeauty.com

Thank you!

lina0962:

I followed the instrcution of upgrating IH Rev8c almost to the letter, except I added the code of lightbox into the addtional_image.php. I noticed two changes after the upgrade:

1. The watermark is gone for middle image and large image. I had watermark_MED. PNG and watermarl_LAG.PNG in the image folder, and I turned both on in the admin-configuration-images. But there are no watermark....

2. When I put the mouse over the small image, the LARGE image pop up, while before the upgrade, it was the Medium image pop up. I would rather the medium image pop up, since the large image takes too long to load.

Any tips?? My site is www.theSbeauty.com

Thank you!Did you UNINSTALL the previous version before you upgraded?? There's no reason for watermarks to not work, and the small image hover ONLY shows the medium image.. (that's how it's always worked and the new version didn't change that feature at all) So if you have something else happening I am not really sure why..

DivaVocals:

Did you UNINSTALL the previous version before you upgraded?? There's no reason for watermarks to not work, and the small image hover ONLY shows the medium image.. (that's how it's always worked and the new version didn't change that feature at all) So if you have something else happening I am not really sure why..

Hello, Diva:

When I set the permission of bmz_cache to 777, everything works right. But I don't know 777 is the right permission or not. what permission I should set for the folder bmz_cache?

lina0962:

Hello, Diva:

When I set the permission of bmz_cache to 777, everything works right. But I don't know 777 is the right permission or not. what permission I should set for the folder bmz_cache?It's what will your host allow.. The module sets permissions to 755 which works fine for most host setups.. It sounds like your hosting setup won't allow IH2 to work with these permissions.. I suggest talking to your host and finding out why.. In the meantime if you have to leave the permissions set to 777 I suggest making DARN sure that you leave that .htaccess file in place..

DivaVocals:

It's what will your host allow.. The module sets permissions to 755 which works fine for most host setups.. It sounds like your hosting setup won't allow IH2 to work with these permissions.. I suggest talking to your host and finding out why.. In the meantime if you have to leave the permissions set to 777 I suggest making DARN sure that you leave that .htaccess file in place..

Hello, Diva:

I changed the permission to 755, as you suggested. It is still working. I am so pleased. Thank you for your wonderful contribution!!:clap:

Lina

Hi Diva,

I have a rather simple question, One I am sure has been answered before but I just cant seem to find it....

I have IH2 installed and working great, what I want to know is, how to change the size of the category image? It is showing up *very *small at the top of the category pages, and I would like to increase it so the product is actually visible.

My site is here.

Thanks so much.

TinMan780:

Hi Diva,

I have a rather simple question, One I am sure has been answered before but I just cant seem to find it....

I have IH2 installed and working great, what I want to know is, how to change the size of the category image? It is showing up *very *small at the top of the category pages, and I would like to increase it so the product is actually visible.

My site is here.

Thanks so much.FYI, this is more of a Zen setup questions than in IH2 questions..:blush:

To answer your question try the images settings for: Category Icon Image Width - Product Info Pages

HTH:smile:

Oh my gosh, You were absolutely right. I guess I had just never noticed the size of the image before, and assumed it was due to something I had done. (Wouldn't be the first time..lol)

Thank you ever sO much!

I am so loving the whole "Zen-Cart thing" that I put the 'powered by zencart' Back on the bottom of my page. I am very happy using Zen-Cart!

Cheers ZC Team, and thanks again Diva!

Hey, can anyone offer any insight into my issue? Post is here: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35913&page=590 2nd post down

Issue is: Error!

Unable to determine the page link!

Function used:

zen_href_link('', '', 'NONSSL')

Thanks!

Ethan

ethansmith:

Hey, can anyone offer any insight into my issue? Post is here: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35913&page=590 2nd post down

Issue is: Error!

Unable to determine the page link!

Function used:

zen_href_link('', '', 'NONSSL')

Thanks!

EthanSpeaking frankly.. This error message alone gives no indication of what the issue is.. Given that you've made a LOT of very big changes to your store in a very short period of time, any number things could be creating the error.. Bottomline is that since none of us can see your store code, it's gonna be tough for anyone to offer anything more than GUESSES as to the true source of the issue.. This is not to say that we don't want to help, but to say we may not be MUCH help.. :smile: I've only gotten this error twice and narrowed down the issue to two chief causes.

• Invalid characters in the image filenames
• Invalid characters in the PRODUCT names
  Dashes** - , slashes / , parenthesis () , as well as single ' , and double quotes "** , are the most often used characters in product names and image filenames.. They cause issues with not only this module, but for many other modules as well..

My suggestion is to go through your product names as well as ALL your category and product images and remove any of these offending characters and see if you get a different result.. Also check that your product attributes also do not contain any of these characters..

• Invalid characters in the image filenames

• Invalid characters in the PRODUCT names

Dashes** - , slashes / , parenthesis () , as well as single ' , and double quotes "** , are the most often used characters in product names and image filenames.. They cause issues with not only this module, but for many other modules as well..

My suggestion is to go through your product names as well as ALL your category and product images and remove any of these offending characters and see if you get a different result.. Also check that your product attributes also do not contain any of these characters..

Hi Diva,

Thanks for your reply. Yes it is a very strange issue and with so much changed it is hard to pinpoint. I do appreciate your input!

I have previously removed all of the images that contain invalid charectors, but i didnt think to try and eleminate product names with invalid chars. I will try that. Also for the attributes... Is it the attribute name or value? For example we have some with Option Name = Size, Option Value = 11 x 14"

Thanks!
e

ethansmith:

Hi Diva,

Thanks for your reply. Yes it is a very strange issue and with so much changed it is hard to pinpoint. I do appreciate your input!

I have previously removed all of the images that contain invalid charectors, but i didnt think to try and eleminate product names with invalid chars. I will try that. Also for the attributes... Is it the attribute name or value? For example we have some with Option Name = Size, Option Value = 11 x 14"

Thanks!
eThe "X" isn't an invalid character as it is an alphanumeric character, but the double quote could be replaced with "in".. BUT.. Before you mine through your attributes, try checking out your product names.. My gut is telling me this is where the issue might be..

DivaVocals:

The "X" isn't an invalid character as it is an alphanumeric character, but the double quote could be replaced with "in".. BUT.. Before you mine through your attributes, try checking out your product names.. My gut is telling me this is where the issue might be..

I will definitly hit the product names tomorrow to see of that is the issue. As for the attributes, my concern was maybe the quotation in the value...

Thanks again for your input,

e

ethansmith:

I will definitly hit the product names tomorrow to see of that is the issue. As for the attributes, my concern was maybe the quotation in the value...

Thanks again for your input,

e
Definitely keep us posted.. :smile: I have a good gut feeling about the product names being the culprit..