Category Images Not Displaying

**high2K** · 3 Aug 2007, 01:33 PM

I'm reposting this as I've had no luck in finding a solution and am now desperate as it's holding back the launch of the site.
For some reason my category images have stopped displaying on http://www.syntecchemicals.co.uk/catalog
I've tried deleting the images from server and reuploading, uploading to a different directory, uploading new images, but to no avail.
It's almost as if something in admin is 'switched off', but I've been through every reference to category images that I can find and can't see anything untoward.
I'm really hpong someone can help on this one as it's driving me demented!

**Ryk** · 3 Aug 2007, 02:39 PM

1. Where are your category images stored?

2. What have you got set for Subcategory Image Width & Height in admin > configuration > images ?

**brandtim** · 5 Aug 2007, 04:58 PM

The category images aren't in your HTML at all....

In your includes/templates/iC_AcadameV1.2/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php, make sure you have this line:

Code:

<div id="categoryImgListing" class="categoryImg"><?php echo zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $categories_image, '', CATEGORY_ICON_IMAGE_WIDTH, CATEGORY_ICON_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></div>

BrandTim

**high2K** · 6 Aug 2007, 08:54 AM

Yes, this line is present and correct, but still no category images

**Ajeh** · 6 Aug 2007, 05:37 PM

Check your settings in the Configuration ... Product Listing ... for:

Include Product Listing Sub Categories Image
Do you want to include the Sub Categories Image on the Product Listing?

true
false

Include Product Listing Top Categories Image
Do you want to include the Top Categories Image on the Product Listing?

true
false

Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating
Show Sub-Categories on Main Page while navigating through Categories

0= off
1= on

And check what the missing image is in Configuration ... Images ...

Product Image - No Image picture
Use automatic No Image when none is added to product
Default = no_picture.gif

Currently your template is using the image:
/catalog/images/pixel_trans.gif

where ever you see these blank images ...

What happens if you switch to Classic Template? Does this correct the issue?

**high2K** · 6 Aug 2007, 06:36 PM

What happens if you switch to Classic Template? Does this correct the issue?

Now there's something really obvious that I never thought of doing! I've just changed to classic template and the images are there. I'm not quite sure how to remedy it though as I'm not clear what I've done wrong??

**high2K** · 6 Aug 2007, 06:51 PM

Sorry. I take it all back. What happens when I switch to Classic template is that one of my banners appears where the category image should be - which is even wierder!!
I'm so confused...
My settings in Admin> Configuration> Product Listing are:-

Include Product Listing Sub Categories Image = false

Include Product Listing Top Categories Image = true

Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating = 1

Product Image - No Image picture
Use automatic No Image when none is added to product = 1

**high2K** · 6 Aug 2007, 07:23 PM

From looking at the source code on other sites that I've done where category images are displaying correctly, it seems to me that the following is missing from the problem site:-

Code:

<div id="categoryImgListing" class="categoryImg"><img src="images/categories/cat_ladies.jpg" alt="" width="188" height="150" /></div>

However, this does not get me any closer to understanding how I fix the problem!

**Ajeh** · 6 Aug 2007, 07:29 PM

If you do a search in the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... in the bottom input box and search the Catalog for:
categoryImgListing

What files come up?

**Ajeh** · 6 Aug 2007, 07:39 PM

Also check the files:
/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_categories.php
/includes/templates/your_template_dir/templates/tpl_index_categories.php

has something changed to not call the right image? Or is something forcing the pixel image to be used?