I just spent a few days on the new 4.2 X-Cart beta version. They said we will have an easy way to work with product images, generating thumbnails. I was not impressed. Actually, yes you can create one thumbnail using GD library, but this will not help you anyway. Those who used a photo editor for resizing an image, can continue working in this way with better results. If you expect an alternative to Telefirma (who just dissapeared) module you will be dissapointed.
I would like to make the things easy, and with a little help from you, a small customization, being able to have an alternative to Telefirma module.
Let's tell you the steps:
1. When creating a product in Admin section, to be able to insert the following images:
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product_thumbnail - used when listing the product in a category (100 x 100)
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product_image - used as default image in product page (300 x 300)
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product_fullsize - used when the customer clicks on the default product image (600 x 600)
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product_xthumbnail - used as default image in "Customer who bought ..." area. (50 x 50)
2. Now, the detailed images:
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product_detailed_thumbnail - used as thumbnail for detailed image (50 x 50)
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product_detailed_fullsize - used when customer clicks on the thumbnail (600 x 600)
Also great to be able to order these images.
3. Let's use these images in Customer Frontend -> product page
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product_image (300 x 300) with link to
product_fullsize (600 x 600)
- if exists detailed image, bellow the default product image to show all
product_detailed_thumbnail (50 x 50) with links to
product_detailed_fullsize (600 x 600)
For image sizes, you can decide if need to set up the values, or not (in X-Cart store configuration)
For showing the full size images I will use HighSlide JavaScript (
http://highslide.com/) or other script (Lightbox, ...)
Can anyone help with this customization?
THANKS