Adding Additional Image Pages

[Ajeh]

What is the name of the products_image file:

What directory is it loaded into on the server:

What is the name of the medium image:

What is the name of the large image:

What are the names of the additional small images:

What are the names of the additional large images:

Have you an URL to this Product?

[silverspring]

Having read everything that has been written, I am still at a loss as to where this image file you talk about is located.

I went searching the net and found this :

[FONT=Times New Roman]http://info.template-help.com/files/..._a_product.swf[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]watching the video I dont, after creating a test product, have a drop down file of the same file where I can store images .....[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Furthermore, I found this :[/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma]How to add multiple images to a product[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Q[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]: How do I add multiple images to a product?

A: First of all you should upload one image to your images folder via the categories.php page, for example, we can take the image called toaster.gif and put it in the /images/toasters directory.

Now, you can upload additional images to /images/toasters folder :

toaster_01.gif
toaster_02.gif
toaster_03.gif
toaster_04.gif

It is important to use the numbers so that these files are uploaded in order, as for the additional images, they are loaded in an alpha / numeric way.

But you can also change the suffix to something better so as to fit your needs.

Note: the base image name is the original image name loaded for the product. The suffix of _01 or any other one is optionally defined but very useful for distinguishing image names from a visual stand point. Additional images can actually have any name that has the base name of the original image plus additional characters afterwards. Referring to our example this might be done in the following way:

Main image: toaster.gif

And all these names are considered for additional images as they contain the original image name:

toastertoaster.gif
toasters.gif
toaster_01.gif
toaster_02.gif
toaster_silver.gif
toaster_blue.gif

You should only place these images in the same folder as the base image such as /images/toasters. [/FONT]

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again, where is this image file located ....????????

Sorry to be such a pain.

Liz

[gjh42]

That video looks mostly good, though when it says "To make the product hold multiple images you will need to create a separate folder for it", it is just plain wrong. You*can* create a separate folder for any of your images, but it just adds another layer of complexity which you don't need, and especially when your store is small doesn't really help you anyway.

"Where is this image file located?"
This is a fundamental part of using computers that you have to understand if you are going to accomplish anything.
Have you used the "Windows Explorer" screen to find a file on your pc? That is the way you locate an image file. Your server control panel will have a similar feature, probably called "File Manager". You have additional images saved on your pc already, right? Can you find them?
Did you try the "trick" method I described above for loading additional images to the server? If you can do that, you can get by for now without learning more about the server setup, though you really need to ask a friend who understands computers to sit down with you and explain how to do things.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but there is a certain amount of knowledge necessary before you can think about building and maintaining a website.

[silverspring]

This is a fundamental part of using computers that you have to understand if you are going to accomplish anything.
Have you used the "Windows Explorer" screen to find a file on your pc? That is the way you locate an image file. Your server control panel will have a similar feature, probably called "File Manager". You have additional images saved on your pc already, right? Can you find them?


I am fully conversant with the workings of a PC (actually build them) and know exactly where to locate my images. The problem is that I need to upload several images from my PC to the server.

Did you try the "trick" method I described above for loading additional images to the server?

Yes I did, and whilst it appeared that various images were uploaded to the server I am unable to find where those images are located. This is the particular point that I am harping on about ...where is that image file - persumably on the server, but how do I access them ?


Referring to the video, you will recall that they created a new product called TEST/WATER and then uploaded the Product Image (Browse - obtained from computer file manager) but to the left of the screen of it had "upload to directory" - WATER ................... well in my drop down menu I dont have the file name of the new product I created i.e., BUG ...
I understand that the images are be loaded onto the server, but how on earth do I access them ?

[gjh42]

I didn't want to insult you, but you were sounding like some people who come in barely knowing how to turn their computer on.

"in my drop down menu I dont have the file name of the new product I created i.e., BUG ..."
You don't have a folder named /images/bug/ (that shows up in the product page dropdown as bug), to put your bugxx.jpg files in?

First, you don't *need* it. Second, you won't have it until you use your server file manager and navigate to /public_html/images/ and create a new folder /bug/. Then it will show up automatically. And if you have a hundred products each with their own image folder, you will have a hundred items to scroll through in that dropdown. Do you want that?

If you have a huge number of products, it makes sense to categorize them, like "cars", "books" and "appliances". You can also set up a system for naming product pics that puts some grouping letter or word at the beginning of the names, so similar products fall together naturally.


Do you know how to get to your server control panel yet?

[silverspring]

you won't have it until you use your server file manager and navigate to /public_html/images/ and create a new folder /bug/


...... how do I find the server file manager so I can navigate to
public_html/images/ and create a new folder /bug or whatever ?


I do appreciate all you help and actually didnt take what you said as a insult - I'm the first the admit that I am a real dork ....

Liz

[gjh42]

Sorry to have to say it, but we're back full circle to your host being the only one who can tell you this. If we know what control panel your server uses, there are people here who can walk you through whichever one it is, but we can't know your username or password to get you into it.

[silverspring]

I thought as much. My hosts are Rentacart - they site was set up by them. I will email them now - see what transpires.

Many thanks and apologies for taking up so much of your time tonight.

[dg5747]

What is the name of the products_image file:

What directory is it loaded into on the server:

What is the name of the medium image:

What is the name of the large image:

What are the names of the additional small images:

What are the names of the additional large images:

Ajeh, if this was in reference to my question...here is the following information:

What is the name of the products_image file: pooh.jpg

What directory is it loaded into on the server: \store\images\wp\

What is the name of the medium image: pooh_MED.jpg

What is the name of the large image: pooh_LRG.jpg

What are the names of the additional small images:
pooh_01_MED.jpg, pooh_02_MED.jpg, pooh_03_MED.jpg

What are the names of the additional large images:
pooh_01_LRG.jpg, pooh_02_LRG.jpg, pooh_03_LRG.jpg

[gjh42]

If your post is accurate, you have a naming error that will prevent additional larger images from showing up: there are no additional medium images as your filenames suggest, and a small additional image named pooh_01_MED.jpg would require pooh_01_MED_LRG.jpg to be seen as a large additional image.

That naming error wouldn't prevent the small additional images from showing, though.

Parts of the question that Ajeh didn't ask:
What directory are the small additional images loaded into on the server?
What directory are the large additional images loaded into on the server?

If the filenames start with pooh, they should all be seen as additional images if they are loaded into the same directory, and the large images into the /images/large/wp/ directory.