Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I actually needed support right away for this issue otherwise the cart didn't run without errors. Here is the fix for this issue after a new install that made the mod unusable until implemented.


Here is another just to add the "Click to Enlarge" which used to be there and why it wasn't already in the mod is beyond me.


Then there is the issue of the variant images not working anymore which was never resolved as it broke the X-Cart variant feature and pictures never displayed the different items anymore when the appropriate option was selected.

Yes I want to upgrade. Generally speaking if you run an ecommerce site and don't patch your installation you are opening yourself up to security issues. So if one was to run into trouble and you have used the mod and have to revert your going to be really busy adding images after you realize there is no help in getting the mod running with the new patch.

How can I refund when there is no communication with the developer. Would you ignore a PayPal resolution request if you were still wanting to do business or keep your PayPal account.

Communication is #1 in my books. Things can usually always be worked out if the lines of communication are open and both parties are reasonable.

Regards,
Darryl

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I actually think that EN4U is right, whilst it's regretable that people have not had the support they needed, nor indeed the product they've paid for, we shouldn't jump to conclusions. This is a consequence of doing business online, especially with what is clearly a 1 person business.

I have unfortunatley known 2 people die, who were online acquantances only. I had no idea where they lived, nor who their family were nor anyway to contact them outside the net and they both died suddenly. It was only because in these 2 instances we shared a 3rd acquantence, that I found out what had happened.

I should say, that I've lost count of the number of people I've known on the web that have just disappeared one day, and I never found out why. It could be that many more acquantences have passed away and I simply don't know.

Now I really hope this happened here. There are many possible reasons for an extended absence: death, personal illness, illness in the family, house burning down, PC destruction (along with long forgotten passwords). Hell he might even have won the lottery and is currently sunning his toes in Barbados!

My advice is just this: move on. Get a different mod.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

For anyone wishing to use the Dynamic Image Generator module with Upselling Links.......in 4.1.x - I am using 3 images across....this is the code in /modules/Upselling_Products/related_products.tpl:


If you want a different width thumb....change this:


Works for me on 4.1.9 site.

Louise
Studio 57 Designs

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Did anyone here with "image Mod" and the newest version of xcart lose there ability to upload thumbs. Not only is the upload button gone, but the entire string of text that show there ever was a product thumbnail option to upload is gone.

I have a thread about it here

Im trying to pinpoint what is going on & big part of that is wondering if anyone here is using this mod with newest xcart version and still sees the line to add thumbnail image and upload in "add product" . & if you can, what .tpl is it that would generate the thumbnail option?

Ive got the install notes for the image mod, i went back and verified (telifirmas work as he installed) to see if there were any abnormalities in .tpl files. I couldn't find any. Man i am truly screwed at this point..... here is a screen shot of my add product....notice thumbnail option gone in this pic

Anyone got any ideas...?

EDIT - Well something interesting..... Disengaging the mod itself, STILL did not let a thumb option to appear. So im not sure if something was taken out from code when it was installed originally, or in fact something else has completely gone wrong.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Hi Dan -

The Dynamic Image Mod is working fine for me so far on a new installation of XCART 4.1.10. I am just in the process of setting this cart instance up for a new client - so I would not consider it fully tested - but it is operating as expected so far.

Also - if it was installed correctly - you have the ability to disable it and see how that impacts your issue. (Not a guarantee that it is not the source of the problem, but worth trying)

There are two places I noticed in the installation process where 4.1.10 had differences from the Dynamic Image Mod's 4.1.x installation files:
1 - It appears the xcart_config table in the database has an extra column added - so the sql patch had to be updated
2 - There were some slight differences in /skin1/main/product.tpl for 4.1.9 to 4.1.10 that kept the installation instructions from matching exactly - but the changes did not appear to be too significant.

If it will help you - you can PM me and I can give you temporary access to a relatively uncustomized version of the cart (that I keep for testing purposes) where this mod is installed on a 4.1.10 cart. Maybe you will be able to look at the differences between this one and yours and trace what is wrong. It might not be related to the dynamic images mod.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Thank you... I fired off a PM to you. Yea, interestingly enough, disabling the mod, still did not let a thumb option appear. Looking at firefly, it shows me that the edit_image.tpl is what is responsible for the thumb display option(as seen in demo stores). After disabling the "image mod" and sending up a older edit_image.tpl, there still was no thumb option.

needless to say I am completely lost as to where to go from here....

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I'd say you're bloody right.
But it could even better if this one person had the precaution of managing some backup from friends/old colleagues/colleagues/significant others with a very simple procedure to help this backup taking over the business if needed.

It seems that sales are going on (automatic...mmmm.....don't think so) as my webmaster bought one version of Dynamic Images a few days ago.

Stephen has a wife, an address, a phone number (no hope, no one answers)...and nobody on this forum has had some sort of close (or "a little close") relationship with him ???

I'm flabbergasted ! (excuse my French)

Good night y'all

Philippe

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Interesting, I never knew Stephen was located in NC, USA. Same state I live in, he's likely not too far from me.

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Update:

According to the comments on this page (for angelacarolpearls.com), it appears the disappearing act is common: http://www.aboutus.org/AngelaCarolPearls.com

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Can somebody check the Death notices for the past month in the US? I reckon Stephen has kicked the bucket. Haven't heard from him in forever and his mod is critical to my projects.

Does any body know if it is locked to a specific domain or can it be copied between sites? I'll fix Stephen up later if I can copy the code around my sites. Can't wait any longer for him to come back.

Chris

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Called the number, no answer of course. Interestingly, the phone rang differently each time.
First time, rang 3x or so, went to busy signal
Second time, rang 2x, went dead
Third time, rang a normal ring, then changed to a different sound ring, rang without stopping.

Weird eh?

Found no obits for Stephen, but found this obituary from May 26, in Louisiana, appears a Stephen Couch's mother passed away: http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080528/OBITS/805280330/1038/obituaries

Obituary text:

So, that may explain his disappearance, though it's been a month already, but maybe he's still helping with family, dunno. If that's even the same Stephen Couch mentioned in the article.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Oh. Sh#t. That could explain alot. Mate... I don't know if I'd even come back to work if that happened to me.

Stephen... if you're out there mate. We're all thinking of you.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

So... If Stephen is likely never to come back to work. Does anybody have a mod that is remotely close to his? I would be happy to pay for install. Just as long as it's not locked to a specific domain.

Please PM me with demos and quotes.

ciao.
Chris

X-Cart versions that I would like to have installed on are: 4.1.9 and 4.1.10

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I'd suggest posting in the Pro Request forum.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Your Google foo is strong Jon. ;) The power of the internet eh?

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

If you are using the Thumbnail Viewer setting in the Detail Popup method, you may be seeing this javascript error in IE7 :

document.all.cartselect.style is null or not an object

I believe there is a missing step in the install directions for 4.1.x. If you make this change, the style gets created properly and the IE7 javascript error goes away:

In /skin1/customer/main/product.tpl, add the id cartselect to the form:

This was probably inadvertently left out of the install directions. It was a change made to solve an issue and is described in this post. You may not need to make all the changes described in this post - the changes to /popups/thumbnailviewer/thumbnailviewer.js are already in the 4.1.x distribution of the mod - but the style id for cartselect was left out (at least in the download I have)

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Does this mod come with easy instructions to implant in to the script.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Yes it do have easy instruction, but the support is not great,

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I just purchased the X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator from telafirma and I have not recieved the link to download it.
Should I wait for Stephen to respond to my emails?

By the way if you are looking for an excellent host omnispherehost.com

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I wanted to buy it but from all the banter and the disappearing act, I was very hesitant. I hate to say it but I am going to wait to see what happens with you! Will you let us know if you ever receive the download link?

It does sound like a good mod but I am afraid that if something goes wrong I am sunk and I am not that savvy at this yet so I know I won't be able to fix it on my own!

Thanks for taking the plunge.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I've had several clients order mods from Stephen in the last few weeks, and none of them have received a thing. I'd wait to order anything until we hear from Stephen.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I just received my download links to the free mods and the paid mods from telafirma so I think everything is well with telafirma or Mr. Stephen Couch.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Mmmm - still taking the money then I see,

Hope you don't have an issue installing it and need his help

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Do not buy this mod!! There is a better, free solution.

We purchased this mod from Stephen just before he disappeared. His irritating copy protection was preventing us from putting the site live, much to our client's annoyance. After two weeks of emails and phone calls (got his phone number via whois and Google), we gave up. We then had the task of solving this problem ourselves.

Because we had his partially functional module, we kept his admin interface. This could also be rewritten from scratch or even hardcoded but because of time constraints, we just went with what we had. We also had to make some minor changes to the templates, passing in relative image paths.

Replacing function.thumb.php was the main concern. As a closed-source document, we weren't quite sure what it did or how it worked. Some searching turned up what is probably the document that Stephen modified and encrypted. It is a smarty plugin, but since X-Cart is built on smarty it integrated perfectly:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/thumb-imp/

Check out the parameters in the source document. It has a lot of features that Couch's module doesn't have, though it is missing other features, ones that we simply didn't want. The main thing, the important thing, is that it generates thumbnails on the fly and caches the images.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I am trying to install the image generator and I get this code when installing the sql patch:

INSERT INTO `xcart_config`
VALUES ( 'di_product_image_width', 'Image width on Product Page', '200', 'Dynamic_Images', 10, 'numeric', '200', ''
);

MySQL said:
#1136 - Column count doesn't match value count at row 1


Could you someone let me know what I need to do to correct this?


Thank you

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Hi Aimeea -

It appears there were some changes in XCART from 4.1.9 to 4.1.10 that the installation has not yet accounted for - see this.

Since the xcart_config table in the database has an extra column added - you need to update the patch file to add this extra field. Everytime you see an "INSERT INTO `xcart_config` - add an extra ,'' in the values - for example:

INSERT INTO `xcart_config` VALUES ('di_product_image_width', 'Image width on Product Page', '200', 'Dynamic_Images', 10, 'numeric', '200', '', '');

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Thank you so much

gb2world

that did the trick and I am all set. Thank you!

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Here is another thing to be careful with on the Dynamic Images install:

The dynamic images mod uses its own check_options.tpl , found in /skin1/modules/Dynamic_Images/check_options.tpl

There are other mods that require changes to the check_options.tpl found in skin1/modules/Product_Options/check_options.tpl - (for example, Altered Cart On-Sale, BCSE Preorder/Backorder)

So - you might need to make any changes that you already have in the Product_Options/check_options.tpl file again to the Dynamic_Images/check_options.tpl file - or merge all changes into one check_option.tpl using {if $active_modules.Dynamic_Images} code.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I have a question about this mod that maybe others have as well: Does anyone know how to add a "View enlarged" link with a magnifying glass image underneath the product detail image?

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

See post 483 above.

To add the image and language variable from the Detailed Image mode - you can use this code instead:

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Thanks! This change displays the magnifying glass with text above the product image and only shows when there are detailed images. Do you know how to display the image+text underneath and with every product image even if there are no detailed images? (Just to view an enlarged picture)

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

You probably have the code in between {if $images ne ""} tags? You can try moving the code in and out of those tags and see the effect.

I don't understand the rest of your question - you can post a link.

If you want the code to be selectable with the image - you can move it inside the <div class="PListImgBox"><a ... </a></div> that surrounds the image.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Thanks again. I moved the code around and have it know almost working as desired. The final thing I like to change is the positioning of the detail image thumbs below the product image. Now they are vertically displayed but I like them to be displayed horizontally. Only concern I have with that is what happens if I have a calendar with 12 detailed images... can you wrap it then onto a next row to prevent breaking out of the page?

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The code is written so that the number of thumbs in the row is controlled by the width of the main product image.

Look at post #210 above, then the first block of code in post #483

I am not sure why Stephen added the -1 to the "number" calculation - but if you remove that, there is more room for images horizontally. If you want more than the width of the main image - you will need to play with the "number" calculation - or hardcode it.

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

That did the job! :D/ You are really familiar with this thread...:wink:
Only a few weeks before we can go live with the new store..can't wait :lol:

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Yes - I've installed the dynamic images 3 times in the last few weeks. I think it is a fantastic mod for the price. The free shadowbox/greybox etc mods I've seen in the forum have been more problematic for me than TelaFirma's & I don't have time to figure out the image generation. I have been receiving my deliveries from TelaFirma after a few day's delay. Luckily - the posts hidden in this thread between the "where's Stephen" messages have been helpful though hard to find. Thanks to those who have posted those. My other issues have not been too hard to figure out - but I can sympathize with those having problems with it - if they involve the domain protection or any encrypted code - you are stuck, but can at least turn it off. I hope Stephen comes back, or makes this mod open source - because I want to keep using it.

Good luck with your new store!

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

Thanks :) I bought my package about six weeks ago and it was sent about three days after the purchase. Right now I have it setup with shadowbox but I can't locate the js file that will allow me to change the text for "Close" and "Previous" etc. Do you know where that file needs to be?

Re: TelaFirma - X-Cart Dynamic Image Generator
 

I don't know off hand. you can check the shadowbox site - there is documentation for customization (assuming you are using shadowbox)

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Our client changed their domain and added another one. We have to rewrite this mod for another site.

Seriously, don't waste your money on Stephen's mod. If anyone has an interest, we can demonstrate further how to update his code to work with an opensource plugin so that it works with any domain.

We'd consider writing a full module, but probably won't use X-Cart after our current projects. XXXXX looks so much better.

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Anyone knows how to modify the language like "Previous" and "Close" in the shadowbox.js file when using the Telafirma mod? Sorry for asking, I am just a total javascript n00b here... I searched on the http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/ site and forum as well and there's an option to change the language but that shadowbox.js looks totally different than mine...