Can I share product image folder between 2 stores on same server?

[poosk]

Ok I have two stores (wholesale and normal) I'd want them both to use one single image folder.... since they both use the same images and it would be absurd to put them twice. How can I change the other store to use images from the other folder

normal store is .com/store/

and wholesale is .com/store/wholesale/

Both run independent zen cart but I'd like them both to use store/images/ folder for product images

PLEAAASE HELP!

[poosk]

Any tips even?

[jcdk]

Feature request section?

I have no idea how to share your image directories. I guess you have to synchronize the image folders manually.

Maybe some more experienced zencart coder can help you.

[pdxdoug]

There is a multi-site contribution that you might look at.
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=563

[tino.schlegel]

The path to the image folder is specified in the configure.php file. You can try to link it to the same directory for both of yout zencart installations

Change

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

to

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', '../images/');

if you have an image folder at the same level as your zencart folders.

Not sure of there are other dependencies. Give it a try

[poosk]

Thanks Tino I'll give it a try tomorrow.. I'll try to avoid too complicated multisite structures with this project...

[tonibarcelona]

Have you tried doing a simlink at server?

[poosk]

Ok I tried the config.. But it did not work..

Changing the admin config file led to complete disaster of all admin icons etc disappearing..

Changing the includes config did not do actually anything.. Except the admin image upload does not work afterwards at all..

Simlink seems quite confusing and hard.. Is there ANY other way?

[poosk]

If I'd set the includes/config to ../images it might work EXCEPT the admin uploader wouldn't upload the images to right dir.. Could I somehow alter the admin product image uploader to another url.. I tried to alter the admin/product.php but the file didn't make ANY sense to me... thanks!

[poosk]

Basically I'd live with it if this would apply only to additional images? So product pictures were uploaded normally but additional pictures would be fetched from the other store folder? Could it be done?