More than one image per product ?? HELP

[Carlin 75]

I need desperately to be able to show more than one image per product with thumbnails that can be enlarged, showing front, back and close up. Why can't this be done with ZEN surely its a simple requirement that one can even do when selling on EBAY within minutes. Can anyone help or can anyone do this ? I am happy to pay... Hope to hear from someone..

[kuroi]

I need desperately to be able to show more than one image per product with thumbnails that can be enlarged, showing front, back and close up. Why can't this be done with ZEN

It can. Here's the FAQ Entry.

[Carlin 75]

It can. Here's the FAQ Entry.

Thanks for this. But I am really looking for a simple option where the images can be uploaded in admin. I have a very fast moving stock line and new products to be added frequently so I need to be able to do it myself in Admin not by my technician. I am not confident uploading them by hand - there must be a way of doing it through the admin area - please help. If it can be done so easily on ebay surely Zen can do it too ?

[Carlin 75]

I am not confident to upload the pictures by hand. Is there a way it can be done from the admin area ? I have a fast turnover of new images and i need to be able to do this frequently. Please help. Is there an add one or something that can be bought and maybe installed ?

[fairestcape]

Using FTP is really easy, and if you're managing a zenshop (or any other webshop software) then you'll need to know how FTP works.

You could install ImageHandler 2 (IH2) and this would provide an interface to upload additional images.

There IS a way in admin, but it is time-consuming...

When you ADD or EDIT a product, there is an opportunity to UPLOAD an image when you fill in all the product details.

Let's say you have a product - "Candy Bar"

It has THREE images:-
candybar.jpg ..........(The main image)
candybar_01.jpg .....(The first additional image - NB how it is named)
candybar_02.jpg .....(The second additiona image - also named properly for zencart)

ADD the product using the add-product edit feature in admin, and with it, upload the FIRST image - candybar.jpg

Make sure the product is added to the dbase, then, come back to edit it a second time.

Leave all data that's already there intact.

Scroll down to image upload

UPLOAD the second image: candybar_01.jpg

This will OVERWRITE the REFERENCE to the original image, but does not remove the original image from the server.

Complete the product edit process.

COME BACK to re-edit, then upload the THIRD image in the same way.

Finally, come back to edit for the last time, where (in the field titled: Or, select an existing image file from server, filename:) type in candybar.jpg...

Thus restoring the ORIGINAL candybar.jpg as the primary image.

Now, you will ALSO see all the thumbnails of the supplementary images.

[fairestcape]

I have a fast turnover of new images and i need to be able to do this frequently.

On reading your post again, I have to stress that sending images up to your server via FTP is by far and away the easiest and fastest process you should use.

All you have to observe is to NAME your images according to zencart's convention.

candybar.jpg
candybar_01.jpg
candybar_02.jpg

etc...

FTP will probably upload 100 images (of 80kb each) in about one minute...

[kuroi]

I agree with fairestcape. Using an FTP program such as FileZilla, this is a simple drag and drop operation scarcely more complex than using Windows Explorer.

Or, as suggested, there is an Admin interface for uploading and naming additional images built into Image Handler. But this operates one image at a time so is much slower than doing it via FTP.

[mimran]

i do have a question though i tried this, it shows more thumb nails but the problem is it shows them right at the bottom of the page????
secondly can't we just make those small thumb pins and on mouse over it just shows the one under the mouse????

[fairestcape]

i do have a question though i tried this, it shows more thumb nails but the problem is it shows them right at the bottom of the page????
secondly can't we just make those small thumb pins and on mouse over it just shows the one under the mouse????

You can change the layout in a wide variety of ways, from editing "tpl_product_info_display.php" to changing CSS to downloading a wide variety of image controllers (see downloads section).

Also, these "additional images" don't have to be tiny - change them if you want to.

[kuroi]

i do have a question though i tried this, it shows more thumb nails but the problem is it shows them right at the bottom of the page????
secondly can't we just make those small thumb pins and on mouse over it just shows the one under the mouse????

You can easily move them elsewhere by editing the relevant template (tpl_product_info_display.php). An example.

I believe that it may be possible to display hovering images for them using Image Handler. You mayt want to checkout of that mod's support thread for more information.

And if you want to push the boat out and do some programming, here's a couple more ways of displaying them differently. The first (soon to be launched) site uses a Flash movie to load a new additional image every 10 seconds, and the second site allows visitors to select an additional image and then scroll through the large versions.