Adding Additional Image Pages

[silverspring]

I am hoping that some kind soul will help me with a step by step guide to setting up two image pages per new product added.

I know there are good modules but being experienced find them way above my head.

Thanks in advance.

[Ajeh]

You can have unlimited Product images with Zen Cart ...

Perhaps this post will help you out:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...t=calicocat%2A

[silverspring]

Before posting the original post I studied that tutorial, but alias could not follow it.

extract .......You load via the categories.php an image file called:

a_bugs_life.gif and put it in the /images/dvd directory via the drop down

Now you FTP additional images to /images/dvd

a_bugs_life_01.gif
a_bugs_life_02.gif
a_bugs_life_03.gif
a_bugs_life_04.gif

I use the numbers so these load in order, as the additional images are loaded alpha/numeric ...............

Under categories I could not find anything else other than new category / product. Where is the image/dvd directory via the drop down you talk about ?

Kind regards

Liz

[gjh42]

Are you working with DVDs or ordinary products?
If ordinary products, just ftp them to the main /images/ folder where all the other thumbnail images go. (This has nothing to do with your ZC admin page.) Zen Cart will know what to do with them if you name them correctly (per the tutorial).

Large additional images can be ftp'd to your /images/large/ folder, again using correct filenames.

[Ajeh]

You can stuff all the images in one directory ...
/images

But if you have a lot of products you may want to organize things ...
/images/something
/images/somethingelse
/images/someotherthing

These directories will appear automatically in the dropdown where you add the image to the Product to allow you to say either:
Main Directory ( /images )
something ( /images/something )
somethingelse ( /images/somethingelse)
someotherthing ( /images/someotherthing )

NOTE: if the directories are not set to 777 you will receive error messages when trying to load to those directories ...

[silverspring]

You can stuff all the images in one directory ...
/images

But if you have a lot of products you may want to organize things ...
/images/something
/images/somethingelse
/images/someotherthing

These directories will appear automatically in the dropdown where you add the image to the Product to allow you to say either:
Main Directory ( /images )
something ( /images/something )
somethingelse ( /images/somethingelse)
someotherthing ( /images/someotherthing )

NOTE: if the directories are not set to 777 you will receive error messages when trying to load to those directories ...

I think I understand what you are saying here (if the product is named blue book, then images should aply name as page one/bluebook/blah and so on) - but what path do I follow to get to the images file ?

Also what path do I follow to set the 777 ?

Please accept my apologies for my ignorance, but the tuturiols are way over my head, so I would appreciate step by step instructions.

Kind regards

Liz

[gjh42]

Unless you have many hundreds of products, it will be simpler to stick with one /images/ folder.

You have created a product, right? At the bottom of the product creation/editing page is a box for loading an image. Say your image is named product.jpg. Unless you specifically make another choice, product.jpg will be uploaded to the /images/ folder in the root of your store.

To see the file structure of your store, you need to log in to your site's control panel. CPanel and Plesk are two common ones; your host can tell you how to do this. The file manager in your control panel will allow you to work with the file/folder structure and set permissions. Note the filepath to your /images/ folder, e.g. /public_html/store/images/ or /public_html/images/.

You will need to upload your additional images from your home computer to the server using an FTP program. If you don't already have one, you can download Filezilla from sourceforge.net. If you need to learn how to use FTP, there are tutorials available on the web.

Name your additional images product_01.jpg, product_02.jpg, etc.
(Your base product image names must all be unique, i.e. you cannot have one named product.jpg and another named productb.jpg; use producta.jpg and productb.jpg instead.)

Use your FTP program to upload your additional images to the /images/ folder on the server.

Zen Cart will see the names and know that product_01.jpg and product_02.jpg are additional images for product.jpg.
(If you had an image for another product named productb.jpg, Zen Cart would think that was also an additional image for product.jpg.)

[silverspring]

To see the file structure of your store, you need to log in to your site's control panel. CPanel and Plesk are two common ones; your host can tell you how to do this. The file manager in your control panel will allow you to work with the file/folder structure and set permissions. Note the filepath to your /images/ folder, e.g. /public_html/store/images/ or /public_html/images/.

oh well thats me stuffed .....my host either doesnt response to emails or takes ages
!
I've looked and looked in the Admin section for what you call the control panel - niks !


As for everything else you've said is totally beyond my pea brain !

Pity that when you add the image to a new product, there isnt a facility for sub images - would make it so easy !

so, I suppose I'll have to wait for my host to reply or for you or someone else to provide "simply" step by step instructions .....easy enough for me to follow.

Liz

[gjh42]

Only your host can tell you what control panel you have - we can't. If permissions need to be changed, you'll have to wait for them. And the server control panel is not inside the ZC admin.

So, can you remember if your Zen Cart was installed in a subfolder or just in the root (base) of your domain? If you have to type "www.yourdomain.com/shop" or something, then it is in a subfolder. If you just type "www.yourdomain.com" it is in the root.

There is no way around getting an FTP program for maintaining your site in the future. Go to sourceforge.net and search for Filezilla.

There is a trick that you might be able to use to get your images uploaded through the product entry page. I haven't tried it so can't guarantee that it will work.
########################################__
Products Image: [] (Browse) . Image Name: yourproduct01.jpg Upload to directory: []
Delete Image? NOTE: Removes Image from Product, Image is NOT removed from server: _No_ Yes

Overwrite Existing Image on Server? No _Yes_
Or, select an existing image file from server, filename:[]
########################################__

Browse to each image you want, leaving the rest of the boxes as default, and click preview and update.
Each time, you will be resetting what ZC thinks of as the main product image, but the previous ones (as long as the names are different) will stay on the server.
Upload your real main product image last, and then ZC will know to do what you want with the others as additional images.

[dg5747]

You can stuff all the images in one directory ...
/images

But if you have a lot of products you may want to organize things ...
/images/something
/images/somethingelse
/images/someotherthing

These directories will appear automatically in the dropdown where you add the image to the Product to allow you to say either:
Main Directory ( /images )
something ( /images/something )
somethingelse ( /images/somethingelse)
someotherthing ( /images/someotherthing )

NOTE: if the directories are not set to 777 you will receive error messages when trying to load to those directories ...

I have a similar question. I followed the steps in the many articles pertaining to adding multiple images to a product and understand the concept of the base picture naming format(ie. sample.jpg) and the additional picture naming format(ie. sample_01.jpg); while placing them in their respective folders. I also provided several folders(ie. images, medium, large, 'other product folders') with 777 permissions.


However, when I attempt to view the product's details, I only show one picture...oppose to the additional three pictures that should appear on the bottom portion of the product. I also made sure that the Zen Cart Admin site was setup to show atleast three additional images.

I know I might be missing something, but I can't figure it out. Can someone lend me a helping hand??? Thanks in advance.