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Any Dangers to using image cache 2.0?

Submitted by littly_kitty on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 15:24
littly_kitty
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I know that imagecache 2.0 isn't officially supported until Ubercart 2.0. However, are there any dangers to using Imagecache 2.0 now?
I have been trying Ubercart and Imagecache 2.0 on a local MAMP installation with no problems, but I would like to hear from the experiences of others who have also tried it (preferably on a live site).

If later down the line I have problems, is downgrading to Image Cache 1.5 a viable option (or would I be better just rebuilding the site from scratch).

Is there anyway to install imache cahce 1.5 just for the Ubercart part of the site and then have image cahce 2.0 installed for other (non-ubercart) areas of the site that need it?

Thanks for any help.
permalink #1 Thu, 08/14/2008 - 15:42
goodeit
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I have been using ubercart with imagecache 2.0 for a couple months and have had no problems, aside from ubercart not correctly creating the presets when it was first installed. Aside from that, everything works fine. This is on an (almost!) live site.

permalink #2 Thu, 08/14/2008 - 16:12
Lyle

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If you enable Ubercart while Imagecache 2.0 is there, there will be some database errors since the schema changed between 1.5 and 2.0. However, once things are set up right, Ubercart won't be able to tell the difference. The actual API for Imagecache is still the same.

The best thing to do is to install Ubercart and Imagecache 1.5 together, and then upgrade to 2.0 (which means installing imageapi, etc.). This keeps all of the default settings safe.