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[jimgill Friend jimgillJoin date: October 2008Posts: 15Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

#135328

Hi guys,

I want to add a whole bunch of product content in the virtuemart machine. I have been doing some research on how to get the mirrored effect.

I found a joomla extension called ulti-reflection.

how i get this to work within virtue-mart, i’m not sure.

my website is http://www.wholesalesavvy.com

any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys,

James

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#279016

photoshop each product picture, its a really simple process

here’s a tutorial you can adapt for the mirror effect, just substitute you product image for the text.. You will have to try it a few times to get the hang of it, but you will see it is really quite simple

http://tutorialblog.org/reflecting-text-images/

[jimgill Friend jimgillJoin date: October 2008Posts: 15Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

#279058

Thanks for your reply. But I have hundreds and hundreds of products to do so it will take me absolutely forever to do them all one by one. As I was saying there is an application that I know of that does this called ulti-reflection (http://www.ultijoomla.com/downloads?func=fileinfo&id=6)
But I just don’t have the know how to do this.

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#279062

You can set up a batch process in photoshop.

This is really the wrong forum to ask as Joomlart did not develop Virtumart or Ulti-reflection.

[jimgill Friend jimgillJoin date: October 2008Posts: 15Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

#279063

Thanks Scotty. Batch process is certainly an option and maybe the best one. I’m beginning to thing so…I appreciate your reply

I disagree with this being a wrong channel to raise this question because if you look at the JA_Larix site, it certainly utilises the mirrored effect so in order to get the most out of this site that I purchased, I would very much like to mirror the template. Feel free to disagree over my disagreement 😀

I’m hoping someone may have gone down the same road as me to mimic effectively the ‘look’ in the smartest and time efficient manner possible.

[mfcphil Friend mfcphilJoin date: September 2007Posts: 2866Downloads:3Uploads:218 Thanks: 211 Thanked: 388 times in 133 posts]

#279064

Check record/actions tutorials in photoshop

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#279065

jimgill;90653I disagree with this being a wrong channel to raise this question because if you look at the JA_Larix site, it certainly utilises the mirrored effect so in order to get the most out of this site that I purchased, I would very much like to mirror the template. Feel free to disagree over my disagreement 😀

Sorry Jim, I’m not saying you shouldn’t get help here. I’m saying you will get a faster answer on a more appropriate forum.

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#279068

I had a look at that extension Jim…

It seems you just have to add a ‘reflection’ class to the image you are displaying once you have the mod installed.

What you need to do is get the code for the product display page you are using and hard code the class into the page. Should be easy enough.

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#279069

<em>@jimgill 90569 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi guys,

I want to add a whole bunch of product content in the virtuemart machine. I have been doing some research on how to get the mirrored effect.

I found a joomla extension called ulti-reflection.

how i get this to work within virtue-mart, i’m not sure.

my website is http://www.wholesalesavvy.com

any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys,

James</blockquote>

It is possible to use reflection ins virtuemart there is a running topic about it on the virtuemart focum (altho it doesnt use the ulti-reflection mod).

See:
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=29808.0

Make sure you read it from start to end.

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#279075

Nice one Bennitos!

That Ulti Reflect is a nice little plugin with one major drawback. The reflected image is the same size as the main image. This means a load of blank space under the reflection.

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#279077

I thought it was possible to set in the module config how big the reflection was going to be.

But i never really paid attention on how much space it reserves with a small reflection, is that the same size as the picture or just the reflection?

Afraid i only tested the module once but it was with a dark background and tought it didnt look very pretty 🙂

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#279080

bennitos;90667I thought it was possible to set in the module config how big the reflection was going to be.

It is. But it is a measure of how much of the image you want to reflect. It still reserves the full image size for the reflection. I’m sure there would be a way round it with some skilled CSS 🙁

[jimgill Friend jimgillJoin date: October 2008Posts: 15Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

#279089

aha! a challenge for you legendary joomla/css gurus out there. high fives all round for the winner!

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#279104

(my opinion based on 14 years of ecommerce)
this is a good time to read my BBBB post, as this whole effort, the research, the time to implement, the value of your time, will have little to no effect on your sales, and your site visitors will not and do not miss the reflection.

in terms of dollars, does all this effort really make sense?

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