Zen Lightbox addon [Support Thread]

many people use it with IH but many also have trouble with it...my store uses the G2 for images and I have nto hade trouble with the images...just me not naming them right for the additional images to show but that is fine cause i use a work around...lol

aside from totally deleting it, uninstalling it again then reupping the files to re install the sql I have no suggestions more.

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sorry DarkAngel, i had a computercrahs, could not answer you befor. thanks for your repl. but i switched to the 'easy' slimbox version.
this all is way... over my head.
i will however follow this thread.
thank you for your input.

starruby:

Ok... Got it to work. I had the zen lightbox v1.4 code in the includes/templates/apple_zen/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php file. Changed it to the v1.5 code.

Thanks,
Harshil

glad you got it to work but I greatly advise you to upgrade to the latest version of zencart and apply the security codes for deterring hacking also, the addons tend to be working better also with the upgrade.

kernheimer:

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sorry DarkAngel, i had a computercrahs, could not answer you befor. thanks for your repl. but i switched to the 'easy' slimbox version.
this all is way... over my head.
i will however follow this thread.
thank you for your input.

no problem sweety, sorry to hear about the crash...many have undergone the same thing lately.

I myself lost my external harddrive that I had all my important site files, not to mention files for those I tend to also.

take care and all have a Merry Christmas

everything is fine, but for the last image of additional images, when click the image it bring you to home page...how can we simply close it?

Hi, help!! lightbox not working at all, installed ok... image shows not in original pop-up but own page. i can't workout what's wrong, ive read tonnes of forum help pages and have to resort to asking for help. Sorry if this has already been solved, if so please direct me to the page, but ive spent hours over 2 days.

I have successfully installed lightbox and it shows in admin/configuration/zen lightbox, before you ask yes i have set 'enable zen lightbox?' to TRUE. -- this was a challenge it itself because the install.sql just errored but i found a version in the forums that installed nicely via admin/tools/install SQL patches

So to set up a picture in catalog/categories/products i have setup so far just 1 test product page. There i set 07400_DET_0.gif and uploaded to /main directory and FTP uploaded, to /images two more pictures 07400_DET_1.gif and 07400_DET_2.gif

I've played around with different file names, different directories for the images but still to no avail.

Thanks

Joe :dontgetit

Zen Cart 1.3.8a
zen lightbox v1.5
https://www.gerbermulti-tools.com.au (new site - setting up product descriptions and pictures first ie lightbox)

DarkAngel:

many people use it with IH but many also have trouble with it...my store uses the G2 for images and I have nto hade trouble with the images...just me not naming them right for the additional images to show but that is fine cause i use a work around...lol

aside from totally deleting it, uninstalling it again then reupping the files to re install the sql I have no suggestions more.

Thanks anyway DarkAngel for all your help so far. It is still not working. I might get someone to do it for me - saw one zenner who has it working and it works on Chrome as well!

weber:

everything is fine, but for the last image of additional images, when click the image it bring you to home page...how can we simply close it?

anyone has an idea?

the problem i see is from zen cart structure. when you click on the images, the link on it is http://your_catelog/#, as long as i click the last image, it will open home page...of course...how to make it minimize the pop up instead of go to home page?

joeharradine:

Hi, help!! lightbox not working at all, installed ok... image shows not in original pop-up but own page. i can't workout what's wrong, ive read tonnes of forum help pages and have to resort to asking for help. Sorry if this has already been solved, if so please direct me to the page, but ive spent hours over 2 days.

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Hi can someone help me please. I've not heard from anyone and im completely stuck. BTW i have before set up a lightbox for html know the principal but this just doesn't want to know. Also i don't have any other modules or installs it's a fresh template.

thanks

Joe

joeharradine:

Hi, help!! lightbox not working at all, installed ok... image shows not in original pop-up but own page. i can't workout what's wrong, ive read tonnes of forum help pages and have to resort to asking for help. Sorry if this has already been solved, if so please direct me to the page, but ive spent hours over 2 days.

I have successfully installed lightbox and it shows in admin/configuration/zen lightbox, before you ask yes i have set 'enable zen lightbox?' to TRUE. -- this was a challenge it itself because the install.sql just errored but i found a version in the forums that installed nicely via admin/tools/install SQL patches

So to set up a picture in catalog/categories/products i have setup so far just 1 test product page. There i set 07400_DET_0.gif and uploaded to /main directory and FTP uploaded, to /images two more pictures 07400_DET_1.gif and 07400_DET_2.gif

I've played around with different file names, different directories for the images but still to no avail.

Thanks

Joe :dontgetit

Zen Cart 1.3.8a
zen lightbox v1.5
https://www.gerbermulti-tools.com.au (new site - setting up product descriptions and pictures first ie lightbox)

No reply needed. Fixed this problem by uninstalling it and starting over with a different program. This time i used SlimBox http://www.zenflavor.com/lightbox-for-zen-cart.html -- which is much more compact and very easy to install and setup!!

and Image Handler 2 http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=117 - this manages the image in admin/tools

this works nicely and easily just wish id found this 3 days ago!!!!!

Joe

joeharradine:

No reply needed. Fixed this problem by uninstalling it and starting over with a different program. This time i used SlimBox http://www.zenflavor.com/lightbox-for-zen-cart.html -- which is much more compact and very easy to install and setup!!

and Image Handler 2 http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=117 - this manages the image in admin/tools

this works nicely and easily just wish id found this 3 days ago!!!!!

Joe

I'll second that, I have used Lightbox on a couple of sites and it worked fine, the one I am currently doing I was experiencing many of the problems mentioned in this thread, and believe me I have read almost all of it trying to find a solution until right near the very end I saw joeharradines post and installed it, no problems, no hassle...

so thanks joe for pointing me there, it's not as customisable but it works and thats all I care about at the end of the day rather than waste so much time on trying to find what the problem is/was. All my previous sites are on the same server, same setup and versions, so for the life of me I cannot and could not find where the problem lay

I just wish I'd started reading the ******* thread backwards from the end LOL :censored::censored::censored:

DarkAngel:

ok bear with me here.

when the folders are called your_template,, they need to be renamed to the name of the template you are using for your shop...the template you are using in your store at this moment...

is is the classic one or is it really a template called MYTEMPLATE

I'm having the same problem here. Admin > Configuration > Zen Lightbox does not show up.

I have checked and rechecked that my template folders have been named correctly (corresponding to the selected template) and that the file structure is intact. I have manually gone through each folder to make sure the files are there.

Anyone got an idea?

gl3ny:

I'm having the same problem here. Admin > Configuration > Zen Lightbox does not show up.

I have checked and rechecked that my template folders have been named correctly (corresponding to the selected template) and that the file structure is intact. I have manually gone through each folder to make sure the files are there.

Anyone got an idea?

pm me or email me: comartdw @ cableone.net (without the spaces) and I can take a look

did you have any error messages when installing the sql?

Thanks for your excellent contribution Alex!

Absolute cracker!

I also had a problem executing the sql patch in admin - even after adding the prefix. Came across Dark Angel's post at

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=818893&highlight=1146#post818893

followed the advice in that post - and BINGO.

See it in action at https://www.personalnaturals.com

Frank

:hug: Big thanks to DarkAngel for all your help and support!!

glad it behaved, I also had to install via myphpadmin instead of the store admin.

How do I move the product caption next to the close button at the bottom of the large image to to top?

Thank you in advance.

I'm hoping someone can help me. I am using lightbox on a new site and it was working perfectly until I installed Links Partners. Now Lightbox is not working, I click on the image and it brings up a white box and that is it.

I am using all the recent/latest versions of the zencart and mods.

Please help :smile:

Thank you in advance.

scamp:

I'm hoping someone can help me. I am using lightbox on a new site and it was working perfectly until I installed Links Partners. Now Lightbox is not working, I click on the image and it brings up a white box and that is it.

I am using all the recent/latest versions of the zencart and mods.

Please help :smile:

Thank you in advance.

when you uploaded the fiels for the links partners did it overwrite any in your lightbox stuff?

DarkAngel:

when you uploaded the fiels for the links partners did it overwrite any in your lightbox stuff?

I was thinking that, so have just overwritten all the lightbox files and still not working. I can see all the images on the product listing but when I click to view the larger image, it is just the empty lightbox.

I would link but the site I am working is on a private server that only I have access to.

Should also add that I have uninstalled links partner and that has made no difference so possibly not related? No idea.

No sql files have been changed or altered since I first installed lightbox when it was working perfectly.

Actually I just opened it up in IE and it worked perfectly. So perhaps there is something going on with Chrome?