Guest Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 k - here's the thing... I've been trying to figure out 3 things to go live, and until I do... *sigh* 1. On the products' description page, how do I make the picture on the right _Blank hyperlinkable? 2. I keep getting a broken image for What's new... I dunno why... it source shows it's looking for /catalog/ without a file name... I have scoured everywhere for over 2 hours trying to get this alone, and it's driving me bananas... 3. Product Images on default.php - a.k.a. New Products on main page - I'd like to have the values as a _MAX+ size rather than stretch the image... it would be SO nice if I could say "allow upto 100 x 100, but if it's really 40 x 60, then that's fine - display 40 x 60" - is there a way to do this? Much appreciated... Jogi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 1. On the products' description page, how do I make the picture on the right _Blank hyperlinkable? Not sure I understand what you mean by that.. moving it to the right means hacking into product_info.php and simply move the code for the table that holds it. 2. I keep getting a broken image for What's new... I dunno why... it source shows it's looking for /catalog/ without a file name... I have scoured everywhere for over 2 hours trying to get this alone, and it's driving me bananas... There are 3 what's new's on osCommerce, the what's new page, the what's new module and the what's new box. Be specific. 3. Product Images on default.php - a.k.a. New Products on main page - I'd like to have the values as a _MAX+ size rather than stretch the image... it would be SO nice if I could say "allow upto 100 x 100, but if it's really 40 x 60, then that's fine - display 40 x 60" - is there a way to do this? Sort of possible with a contribution that automagically resizes images and displays them in the correct size... but you will need GD libs compiled into PHP for that. Other solution is to keep your images under that 100x100 and remove the IMAGE_WIDTH / IMAGE_HEIGHT calls from tep_image() in which case it will display whatever size it is. Mattice "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Thanks for the quick reply. My bad on such vague questions... I've been working at this for over 14 hours now and my brain is starting to slow down :wink: None the less, to clarify my questions: 1. product_info.php - there's the regular product image. I'd like to href it with a target=" _blank" so that people can view a much larger version of the image. I am currently inserting an option within the description, but I'd rather (for neatness) that the image itself be an href... 2. When I'm referring to What's New... I'm referring to what gets viewed as soon as you hit a completed OSCommerce site... I believe it displays as default.php but the include seems to be coming from /include/whats_new.php - and that's where my investigation seems to come to a halt... to make things even more interesting, when you click on the product feature (as in the broken link under What's New from the main page of an OSCommerce site) it's giving me a message "Product Not Found" and throws me onto" /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=" with no ID number... some thing is screwey but I have no idea what it is... 3. I tried that already... some of the images come from manufacturers and well, it's impossible to control 50 different companies - some images are larger than others (largest being 640x480 and smallest being 40x60). What I'd like is for all the images to get capped at 100 x 100 if they are larget, but if they are smaller then just to display their full size without distoring them. I plan on putting a heck of a lot of products on here (like in the thousands) and to have to open each and every single image will just kill me on time... See why I'm concerned about this one? Thanks for your input! Much appreciated. Jogi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxly Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 3. I tried that already... some of the images come from manufacturers and well, it's impossible to control 50 different companies - some images are larger than others (largest being 640x480 and smallest being 40x60). What I'd like is for all the images to get capped at 100 x 100 if they are larget, but if they are smaller then just to display their full size without distoring them. I plan on putting a heck of a lot of products on here (like in the thousands) and to have to open each and every single image will just kill me on time... See why I'm concerned about this one? Jogi There are a number of image manipulation programs out there that will batch resize your images for you. I use Adobe Photo Elements, an inexpensive version of Adobe Photoshop. I use the "Create a Web Album" process and it allows you to set 2 image size to be created, one is a thumbnail and one is whatever size you want. That helps eliminate not only the problem of multiple sizes, but resolution issues as well. If you post a 640x480 image on the web that happens to be 300 dpi, and just resize it to your page, your page is going to take a LONG time to load. Debbie [no external urls in signatures please, kthanks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Or just use the one and only contrib that does it all for you.... but that does require GD like I said. It will size down / up any image to the given size dynamically after which the image gets saved for future reference. http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ions,260/page,7 It is by far the best contribution out there concerning images IMHO but.. no GD no play. Another one that might be nice to checkout is http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ions,746/page,5 "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxly Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 I don't have GD :( [no external urls in signatures please, kthanks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 latest php version has native support... see the contrib, it has a small test script to see if it works on your system. You can always try to get your host to upgrade... or move away to a better one ;) "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxly Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 I'll go test! [no external urls in signatures please, kthanks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxly Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Ya know mattice, it's 3:30 in the morning here and you keep making me check things and find out stuff when I am trying to go to bed! Now, I find out I HAVE gd, so I HAVE to go add the contib and check it out, meaning reloading a bunch of photos (that FTP can do while I sleep). <shaking my head - muttering, I knew I should NOT have looked at that last post, I just knew it> :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Mattice, you are making my life easier every day!!! Debbie [no external urls in signatures please, kthanks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Thanks Mattice, you are making my life easier every day!!! It's a conspiracy. Slowly I will brainwash all of you and turn this world into a Geek Paradise... Thou shall not sleep... Along with your mandatory pet penguin thou shall watch sunrise every morning chanting the name of our beloved project... osCommerce osCommerce osCommerce osCommerce osCommerce <brainwash message>Carpe Aptenodytes</brainwash message> "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxly Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 :lol: I'm mezmerized...... My cat is one of your allies........ Damn, this is addictive@!!@! and nuke just released a new beta, and MS1 should be out in a day or two and next the loaded version and the affiliate program upgrade and then I can start adding all the contribs I've been waiting to add and then integrate the Gallery and integrate the links and integrate nuke and......... AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I've already been brainwashed!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!! must eat, must sleep, must code, must upgrade............. [no external urls in signatures please, kthanks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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