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[hrothbeorht]

Hey hey all,

I've made a few changes to my product display so that the "Product image" is flash instead of a .jpg. (working great!) Now I need to toss that mod into the admin area so I can see the products. I can't seem to find it. So I think I am in need of 2 things advice-wise:

1) While viewing "Product details" in the admin area (where you see the thumbnails and can change image etc..) I need to find out where the script is that calls in the "Product image".

2) I'm pretty sure there are more places where I would need to put this mod in as well. So far it is only in the product.tpl file (in the customer/main folder)
I want to be sure that I'm not missing something since I'm pretty new to this.

-hroth

[hrothbeorht]

Well I've been looking for this for hours now.
I really hope someone out there can give me a suggestion
or an answer.. please~~~~!!!! (begging)

[hrothbeorht]

ok.. I'm looking at the clumps of hair in my hands..
Me no see product image in admin .. me go CRAZY!!

[carpeperdiem]

Did you use webmaster mode and discover that you should start looking in

/main/product_details.tpl ?

Webmaster mode will tell you what lives where.

[hrothbeorht]

It turns out I lost a frustrating day of development due to Dreamweaver not actually saving my changes to the server. *sigh* now that that is out of the way.. I have been working with the correct files. Now, in more detail I have a little quest that I am not sure how to arrive at.

Files I am working with: product_details.tpl and edit_image.tpl

edit_image.tpl is the key file for my needs.

I have .jpg thumbnails and .swf product images. For the customer, all is good. Now in the admin side I am still trying to have the .swf product image display at the same time as the .jpg thumbnail.

The script involved is:

{if $idtag eq ''}{assign var="idtag" value="edit_image"}{/if}
<img id="{$idtag}" src="{$xcart_web_dir}/image.php?type={$type}&amp;id={$id}&amp;ts={$smarty.now}{if $already_loaded}&amp;tmp=Y{/if}"{if $image_x ne 0} width="{$image_x}"{/if}{if $image_y ne 0} height="{$image_y}"{/if} alt="{include file="main/image_property.tpl"}"/>

This bit of script displays both the thumbnail and the product image in the admin area when viewing product details.

I replaced this with this:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="335" height="427" id="movie" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.website.ca/shop/images/P/{$product.tmbn_url|filename}.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
<embed src="http://www.website.ca/shop/images/P/{$product.tmbn_url|filename}.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="335" height="427" name="{$product.tmbn_url|filename}" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

What happened is I lose the .jpg thumbnail and the .swf product image is what I see for both the thumbnail and the product image.

I wish to be able to see both, lots of products are waiting to go in and I would like to be able to see both of these images.

So I see it as the script is made to display both the thumbnail and the product image.

I was wondering if the {$type} returns ".jpg" (normally) .. if so I might be able to create a .swf / .jpg {if} statement based on type. ??

I would really appreciate any words.. I am a bit over my head (and as much as I love it and would find the answer.. time does not permit..) I am pretty much out of time!!

anyone!!?!?

-hroth

[Macy]

Did you ever find a solution? I am trying to do something similar. Please explain how you got the product image to display your flash as well as your jpg. Would your solution interfere with x-Magnifier?

[hrothbeorht]

When I'm viewing the administration are, I cannot see the flash.
I can see the jpg thumbnail, but I get a broken x for the product image.

In the site, I modified the product image to be a flash embed, I left the variable for the file name for what xcart thinks is an image.

I can go into greater detail if you wish.

-hroth

[Macy]

Thanks for your reply. Do go into detail. I'm only barely familar with html and not at all with php or smarty. So, please explain it like I'm a 3 year old. Thanx.