How does my Client browse Server Images?

[markov]

Is there a way for my client to browse server images?
He wants to let his admin to visually scan images in folders - so that he/she can choose from them at will.
He doesn't want to be involved with FTP - so is there anything like the Joomla "Media Manager" interface that will allow them to do this?

Any modules out there?

[markov]

Hi - can I confirm from the lack of response that it is currently impossible to do this? I would like an answer to this problem - be it positive or negative. It would help me and others understand how the system can be maintained from a Client point of view.

[yellow1912]

It's not impossible, but it's not available now. Does it make sense? You have to code it yourself, not entirely from scratch, but you can use many of those ajax file manager out there.

[Website Rob]

Zen Cart does not yet have a module like the Joomla "Media Manager". At this point the Client would have to provide the images they want to use and somebody will have to FTP the images.

[markov]

thanks for your replies.
yellow1912 - I'm afraid i am not that advanced. I am a designer more than a developer - so references to Ajax go a bit beyond me. I suspect I would need a third party coder to help me there.
website rob - thanks - this is what I suspected. Giving FTP instructions to the Client can be onerous enough - but then when a new young trainee is taken on - those instructions have to be relayed again etc etc - and that can become a can of worms. Its not a very professional solution at all.
Also - the server tends to get completely full of uploaded images - and often all stuffed in the main image directory as the Client has invariably forgotten to create folders or use them. So it all ends up in mess - with lots of redundant images. And the Client doesn't actually know what images are in there - and what they may have been called when they were uploaded last time by the last employer/trainee - because they can't visually browse them. So they end up uploading the same image multiple times, with different names - and on it goes.

So all in all - this really isn't a great way of dealing with this issue and it surprises me that there is not more mention of this fact within the forums. Wouldn't a module to browse images be a primary necessity to make Zen a truly professional product? Or am I missing something?

[gjh42]

I think the focus of the software is more toward owner-operators who know and care about what they are doing. I suppose a way to visually browse the images already on the server would be useful for many, and it would be a welcome addition to the arsenal.