Image Directory Problem

[CabinetGuy]

I am using a current version of ZenC and using EZPopulate Advanced. I upload all my products and image names into my directory ->images/HR The only problem is that my program does not read the images unless I have manually pointed to them through Categories/Products screen and then only if the image is in images/ folder only.

I would sure like to hear some ideas so that I can use different folders for my image galleries.

Thx...Keith

[schoolboy]

easy Populate does NOT upload images.

It just creates the REFERENCE to the image NAME (label) in the database. In other words, it loads the LABEL for the image, so that it is referenced in the database.

You should mass-upload your actual images by using FTP (in binary mode) - to the directory specified in your EP file.

[CabinetGuy]

Sorry if I left that unclear. I did a mass image upload via ftp and put them into an image/subdir structure since i wanted to keep the images seperated by source.

Thx

[schoolboy]

By default, Easy populate assumes the PATH to all images to automatically be the "images" folder.

If you store ALL images in the main images folder, then the column in EP under v_products_image will look something like this:

v_products_image
pencil_one.jpg
pencil_two.jpg
pen_one.jpg
pen_two.jpg
paper_one.jpg
paper_two.jpg
... etc

If you want to split up your images into (for example) "category image" folders, then:

1. In your images DIRECTORY, you will need to create sub-folders:

images
|_ pencils
|_ pens
|_ paper

2. and your EP file will have:

v_products_image
pencils/pencil_one.jpg
pencils/pencil_two.jpg
pens/pen_one.jpg
pens/pen_two.jpg
paper/paper_one.jpg
paper/paper_two.jpg

[CabinetGuy]

Yes Schoolboy, I did that. When I go back and look at the website, I get the red X error...

If I go to admin->catalog->categories/products and then to the particular item, I must do the manual upload... to the /images folder with a copy of the image before it will work. The image does show up in the product info page where I am working but it will not show up on the website until I do a manual upload to the /images folder and not a sub folder

???

[schoolboy]

could be a bug within EP Advanced...

Can you get into phpMyAdmin for your database?

If you do a "test" EP upload, (just do a couple of test products, with the image paths as discussed above)

What is being written by EP into the products table for products_image, for that couple of test product uploads ?