Image Display Problem

[elfino45]

I apologize in advance for posting this. I'm sure the issue has been covered and addressed a multitude of times. But I just need a quick and easily solution, so I am posting the issue here.

I have an online store selling t-shirts. The main store window simply includes a list of t-shirt thumbnails.

When you click on each thumbnail, the product page contains a larger version of the same image.

The problem, however, is that the main store window is loading about 15 images that are around 200k each. This is dramatically slowing down the load time. I have read about the need to upload a thumbnail through the zen cart admin and uploading via FTP the larger version to the same directory with the _LRG suffix added to the filename. This is an ok solution, but not perfect.

When I upload the thumbnail and the _LRG images, the _LRG image displays at the bottom of each product page. I only want the product page to display the LRG image by itself. I don't need the thumb & the lrg image as it is redundant. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Ryan

[DrByte]

I have read about the need to upload a thumbnail through the zen cart admin and uploading via FTP the larger version to the same directory with the _LRG suffix added to the filename.

Not quite ...
You don't use the same directory. You use the 'large' directory.

Here's the FAQ:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=58

[elfino45]

I read that over and placed the correct, larger version in the /large directory, but the smaller image is still loading on the product page. any ideas?

ryan

[DrByte]

I think you've missed something in the article then.

What's the URL where we can see what you're experiencing?

[elfino45]

www.homageclothing.com/store

through the admin, i've uploaded the thumbnail as the main product image. then, in /store/images/large i've uploaded the larger version of the image to be displayed as the one (and only) product image.

many thanks in advance. i really appreciate you guys taking the time to help me with this.

ryan

[DrByte]

http://www.homageclothing.com/store/...products_id=17
The main image is this:
/store/images/kk.gif

The extra image is this:
/store/images/kk1_LRG.gif

"kk.gif" is the "base" name.
Anything matching "kk*.gif" in the same folder will be treated as an additional image.
Thus, "kk1_LRG.gif" or "kk1abc.gif" or "kk32245.gif" will all appear as additional images on that page.

[elfino45]

That's not the problem. I understand how additional images are handled. What I am saying is this... I need low-res, smaller-sized files to load on homageclothing.com/store. Then, when a shopper click on an individual product, I need the larger image to load as the picture of that product. Right now, the smaller image is on both the main store page as well as on each product page.

[DrByte]

That's what the medium image is for.

For the medium image (used as the main image on the product_info page) I upload via FTP:

* /images/medium/dvd/a_bugs_life_MED.gif


NOTE: There is ONLY ONE ( 1 ) Medium Image used per Product on the Product Info page: (pages named product_info, product_music_info etc.) The naming is related directly to the original image.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=58

[elfino45]

thank you, dude. i really, really appreciate your assistance.

good karma coming your way.

ryan