[Module] Zencart Bridge

animas

1) All this module does is integrate Gallery 2 with ZenCart. You may want to investigate each one of the two programs a bit to find out what exactly they can achieve. With both working together, it is indeed possible to have a setup where people upload their own images to your gallery, then order prints of those images from you and then pay you for the privilege.

2) I do not know of any demos with a similar scenario you speak off and would love to meet whoever manages to pull it off

: )

On a serious note, assuming you run a print shop where you want customers to upload images which you then print and send to them, It is possible in theory but will need some further modifications to the module. As things stand, anyone will be able to order prints of any images on the system. If that does not represent a barrier to you, then I suppose you can proceed.

I doubt if there are any demos but check the Zencart Site out for further info.

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Gallery version = 2.2.2
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

animas

The module does not forbid or control any thing of this nature, it simply links G2 and ZC.

If an album is restricted in G2, then G2 will stop others viewing them. However users will still be able to see the images in ZC if they are familiar with ZC.

Remember we are dealing with two separate programs. G2 already has a means to restrict access to albums and what you need to find out is whether ZC also has a means to restrict access. I doubt this but the best place to ask about this is on the ZC Forum.

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Gallery version = 2.2.2
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

Hi all,

Am new to the realm of Gallery 2 and it's great to see this bridge. Kudos to all involved!

I'm intending to use Zen Cart to allow Gallery 2 users to purchase additional gallery quota (I can't find a quota purchase module anywhere)
This means my requirements are slightly less complex than what's on offer in the current bridge module. I just want registered (logged in) Gallery 2 users to automatically login to Zen Cart so they can use their account details to purchase a new quota, none of that funky image transfer stuff (at the moment anyway).

Here's my question(s):
Is this possible with this module? That is can I configure it just to log the user into Zen Cart with their Gallery 2 credentials?
Or, will I'll have to disable the image to cart transfer functions myself? (Am fine working with PHP)
Or, is there a simpler Zen Cart logon bridge somewhere else that I should use?
Or, is there a quota management/purchase module somewhere thats suited to my needs?

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks in advance.
Steve

hi!
i've been trying to configure the plugin but i just can't.
i've installed everything just like it appeared in the plugin instructions.
i've tryed it on my own "test" server with ubuntu (apache2, php5, mysql5) latest gallery version and zencart versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.8.
and also in my hosting server (apache 1.3.37, php 4.4.3, mysql 4.1.12) and i get the same error.

zencart is installed within gallery2 folder just as in the instructions.

the error is that when i try to enter the zencart path (i tryed relative and absolute paths) when i click SAVE, it takes me to a blank page (www.domain.com/gallery/main.php) and it stays there BLANK.

any suggestions??
i've tryed many fresh installs but with no success.
is it me doing something wrong, o is there a bug with this plugin??

thanks for your time

FlexibleInternet

It appears some bugs were introduced in the changes between Version 3.0.2 and 3.1.0. Those changes have been removed for the time being until the code can be audited.

Please apply the upgrade to Version 3.1.2 which essentially represents a jump from 3.0.2 to 3.1.1 and bypasses 3.1.0.

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Gallery version = 2.2.2
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

hugue

Please apply the upgrade to Version 3.1.2

Gallery version = 2.2.2
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

witch versions of Gallery, Zendcart, and module have working perfectly??

I fixed adding this lines to the "includes/languages/english.php " file

define('ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_PREFIX', ' ( ');

define('ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_SUFFIX', ' )');

define('ATTRIBUTES_WEIGHT_DELIMITER_PREFIX', ' (');

define('ATTRIBUTES_WEIGHT_DELIMITER_SUFFIX', ') ');

Thx

I just discovered Zencart (1.3.8a Database Patch Level: 1.3.8) and am trying to get the G2 module (v 3.1.2) to work. I get to the Actvate step in G2 Site Admin Plugins and when I click, I get the green highlight bar (I am using the Xtreme theme with black color pack), but, nothing happens. My Zencart is installed outside of the G2 directory, but, I set the path correctly and the setup gave me my catagory in Zencart to select.

Thanks

Bob

Gallery version = 2.2.1 core 1.2.0.1
PHP version = 4.4.1 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.0.55 (Unix) PHP/4.4.1 DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8a mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.7
Database = mysql 5.0.15, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, Thumbnail, Gd, LinkItemToolkit, NetPBM, ImageMagick, Dcraw, Ffmpeg, Getid3, jpegtran
Acceleration = none, partial/900
Operating system = Darwin Edge-Systems-Computer.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
Default theme = x_treme
gettext = enabled
Locale = en_US
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/312.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/312.6

First off.. Thanks for the great work - i sell photo's from my wesite, and the zencart route seems the mature way to go

I have a couple of "usability observations"

As a working photographer I can drop in 1000's of images at once using gallery remote, and the bridge prices them on the way through to zencart(wickedly cool). Adjusting the prices and options in the bridge is a royal pain in the butt. Setting the pricing once is fine, changing them causes all sorts of issues (as each change is seen as a new set of attributes in zencart)

What would be really great if instead of dropping the images into 1 catagory, we could choose catagories in zencart, or if if the catagories automatically mirrored the folder/album structure in gallery. This would make subsequent price changes a whole lot easier (from the zencart end). This would also make differentail pricing much easier

I will illustrate my situation to explain what i mean

Proofing = no pricing, but a cart or commenting system would be the best bet
Normal wedding = priced with attributes (mask?) on the way through
Portrait session = totally different products and pricing mask
Stock downloads = totally different pricing mask
Fine Art = totally different pricing structure, and also limited amounts of products for sale

All of these things are achievable in zenncart, but because they are priced on attributes only, changing them is a very one by one timeconsuming exercise

In terms of the templates - I re-wrote a zencart templates to match G2, which is a lot of work, but reltivly simple. A return to gallery link is an easy addition (to the zencart breadcrumb). In a month or so I will be re-writing the headers for both the zencart and G2 to make a total site integration
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Again I would say that the work done so far is fantastic, and is a credit to the contributors

Cheers

Richard King

Any ideas how..? certainly I can edit them one by one in zecart, but in bulk seems to be elluding me

If you know how to make zencart organise the photos in groups, rather than dumping them in 1 catagory, that would be swell too

Guys this is a grat module and learning as i go. I am currently testing and playing for a while to get my head around all this stuff.

I am no phper but getting there. I posted this on the worng thread re an issue with the zen cart module.
Hi

I am using thr latest g2 with the latst zencart module. I am uding the PGCharcoaltheme
( which is fantastic) Also i receive this when i add a nitem to the cart. this is defined in g2, but what is causing the error msg

Low-Res images: ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_PREFIX+$15.00ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_SUFFIX
Hi-Res images: ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_PREFIX+$25.00ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_SUFFIX

This is the fix i found
It sorta fixed it. in g2 i have it defined with drop down
but it displays as a radio button?

Is this the correct procedure for this fix ?? I think maybe not as i don't find any other posts re this problem?

fixed adding this lines to the "includes/languages/english.php " file
define('ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_PREFIX', ' ( ');
define('ATTRIBUTES_PRICE_DELIMITER_SUFFIX', ' )');
define('ATTRIBUTES_WEIGHT_DELIMITER_PREFIX', ' (');
define('ATTRIBUTES_WEIGHT_DELIMITER_SUFFIX', ') ');

cheers

Pete
Australia

Thanks Dayo

BYT i did mention this in another thread but think it beeta here !!

This is a great bit of code and what ive been looking for and all involved are doing a good job.

Look forward to running the new versions. It would be nice to have the ability to understand php and to right your own modules, but when i look at php its like an accountant looking at engineering !!

Thanks for the quick reply

Cheers

Pete

Australia

Thanks for that. As you may have gathered im up to my neck in other web work at the moment. when I am done will devote some time to looking at this properly

My hunch is that I will need to write a few pages to access the zencart SQL data and change it in chunks. I would imagine this would be really easy if I was strict with my file names.. i.e. find all entries with name eventXYZ and do this (ABC) to the accociated attributes...

Kevin Logan

I think it is #logoWrapper.

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Gallery version = 2.2.4
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

Hi Richard

Hereis what i found in my notes.

I just found how to adjst the page width. see belowfrom zen cart forum

How can you set the wrapper function so it is differmet for differnet screens?

You have to make a copy of it from \zen\includes\templates\template_default\css and put the copy in your custom theme folder \zen\includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\css, creating all the folders too if you haven't already. Then you can change the custom stylesheet and your original one will stay original and you will have a clean copy to study and fall back on if you get stuck changing the custom one.
Then change the width in the #mainWrapper of your new stylesheet and upload it to your new custom directory.

cheers

Pete
Australia

cheers

Pete
Australia

Re this problem with pricing. I applied your new theme, thanks for the update. I am still running ver 1.3.7 of zcart, same problems even after the upgrade

This is wahat is displayed
Please Choose:
Hi-Res images: ( +$25.00 ) ( these are radio button but discribe as drop tables in zen cart, and all radio buttons are ticked
Low-Res images: ( +$15.00 )

Has anyone had this? as i am a bit confused ??

Cheers

Pete

Dayo

My site is only local so cannot give you access?
I looked at up upgrading zcart to 1.3.8, just wonder if i will lose any of my template that i have configured. Was just reading on zencart the proceedure but time for bed.

cheers

Pete
Australia

pcp20us

Glad to hear that.

You might want to hold off doing too much with that version of the module as Version 3.2.1 is due out soon. It has had several minor tweaks (too many to list) and the headline is that users will be able to implement password control of albums and items in Zencart. Lack of such control limits the use of the module for event shooters etc as it stands. In any case, even if the access control is not important, the tweaks should be worth it.

This version of the module is planned to be the last for ZC 1.3.x.

The foot print will be large and it will affect several files.

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Gallery version = 2.2.4
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

AjantaKVS

hugue's issue was to do with a previous version of the module.

If you can access your server error logs, please filter by "g2_subView=zencart.AdminZenCart" and send to me by PM.

In the meantime, exit G2 Admin and then go back and retry.

PS. Thanks for clearly stating your version numbers. There is nothing more frustrating than references to "the latest version" or worse still, no information on this, when people ask for support.

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Gallery version = 2.2.4
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

SoftDux

Thanks for the PM but I was actually looking for output from the error log filtered accordingly.

For those having issues.

1) Is this an upgrade from an earlier version of the module or a first install?
2) If an upgrade, did you install the upgrade patch over an existing version and what version was that?
3) Are you able to get the full version to work?
4) If not, are you able to get Version 3.2.0 to work?

I have 3.2.1 running on my site and can download my files and repost but that will be taking a stab in the dark and I want to try to track down the issue.

Thanks

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Gallery version = 2.2.4
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com

AjantaKVS

Hello Dayo,

Tried 3 or 4 times, every time same result pointing to gallery2/ main.php with a blank white page result.

Some more details:

# It is first installation not upgrading any earlier module versions.
# not tried with 3.2.0,If you advice I will do that.And I think for that I will have to completely uninstall 3.2.1 and delete it from the system, am I Right?
# since I am testing it on my local host,I think I can access error log file but I don't know where it is (It's path),Sorry I am new here with little experience,Hope you will co-operate with me.Please let me know where can I find the error log file in my system and I will try to do the rest.

Thank you for the help.

AjantaKVS

Sorry for that, I am windowsXP with a XAMPP installation as test and learning environment.And will follow,what you have said and get back with results.

Thanks for early reply

I have installed the 3.2.1a as well, and still get the blank screen. Would you be able to check it yourself if I gave you SSH access to the server?

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OK.

I have downloaded and rebuilt the module from files tested as working on my site as Version 3.2.1b.

******UPDATE******
V3.2.1b solves the problem determined to have been generated by a Parse Error due to an omission in some experimental code that should have not been in the released version in the first place.

Thanks to SoftDux for helping debug this.

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Gallery version = 2.2.4
Default theme = PGtheme 1.3.0
Web Site: dakanji.com