Multiple Images: How to name them?

[daffy]

Oh... the BASE image controls it. Okey dokey.

I'm enjoying Zen Cart so much I can't wait for time to work on it.

Thank you, Linda!

[IanP]

Does the base name include the image type?

I have most of my base images set as gif as the are drawings, however, I want to provide additional images, which are photos of the finished item. If the additional images are jpg they don't appear, how-ever if I make them into gif (which is OK but inefficient as the file size of a photo as a gif is 2 or 3 times that of a moderately compressed jpg) then they show up and work as advertised.

Am I correct in thinking I have to do this, or does someknow of a workaround.

[Ajeh]

The base image defines both the basename and extention for that product ...

So if the main image is .jpg make all of its friends .jpg as well ...

This is evaluated on a Product by Product basis ...

[ccembd]

Thank you for this thread. I am having issues with products showing up on the wrong pages with other products. I have noticed that if my images have the same first 3 letters they will group themselves together.

So to alleviate this issue, I just downloaded a free number generator program so I can just assign a random number to a product image and use the _01, _02 to keep same images together.

If I understand what I just read here, this should work, keeping in mind I keep good records of what images go to what products LOL