Increase length of Product Image URL field?

[KNM Computers]

hi all how can i Increase length of Product Image URL field in Zen Cart ?

i know how to do product name field via phpmyadmin but i can not fine the product image url field so i can add a longer url when importing products

[DrByte]

so i can add a longer url when importing products

... um ... Zen Cart v1.x.x doesn't use an image URL. It expects image files to be on your server.

[KNM Computers]

... um ... Zen Cart v1.x.x doesn't use an image URL. It expects image files to be on your server.

right so i found the way to make the url address longer but i still cant pick up the image, like you said it expects you to have the image on the server........... but when i get the image url from my site it says this....... 'http://www.knmcomputers.co.uk/images/http://www.suppliers-web-address.co.uk/shop/images/randomimages/laptopscreen4.png

now if i can somehow get (http://www.knmcomputers.co.uk/images/) (this is my site) out the url when it trys looking for the image should it not pick up an image?

[DrByte]

How did you get URLs into your products_image field in your database in the first place?

Simply take it out of all of your database records, and then it should work normally again.

[KNM Computers]

hi i imported products via easy populate in the csv file under product image url i put in 'http://www.suppliers-web-address.co.uk/shop/images/randomimages/laptopscreen4.png then imported products,

i want it to read
'http://www.suppliers-web-address.co.uk/shop/images/randomimages/laptopscreen4.png
not
'http://www.knmcomputers.co.uk/images/http://www.suppliers-web-address.co.uk/shop/images/randomimages/laptopscreen4.png

[DrByte]

Then change it to be randomimages/laptopscreen4.png instead of your URL

[KNM Computers]

how do i do that? it keeps comming up with 'http://www.knmcomputers.co.uk/images/http://www.suppliers-web-address.co.uk/shop/images/randomimages/laptopscreen4.png

[DrByte]

I meant: change the products_image value in your database by removing the URL.
Zen Cart will take the products_image value and append it to '/images/' and use that as the relative URL for your images.

So:
a) products_image value of "randomimages/fred.jpg"
b) upload the physical image file to /yoursite/public_html/images/randomimages/fred.jpg (assuming your ZC is in public_html)
c) then Zen Cart will produce a URL of 'http://your_site.com/images/randomimages/fred.jpg'

[KNM Computers]

I meant: change the products_image value in your database by removing the URL.
Zen Cart will take the products_image value and append it to '/images/' and use that as the relative URL for your images.

So:
a) products_image value of "randomimages/fred.jpg"
b) upload the physical image file to /yoursite/public_html/images/randomimages/fred.jpg (assuming your ZC is in public_html)
c) then Zen Cart will produce a URL of 'http://your_site.com/images/randomimages/fred.jpg'

on so if im importing products via easy populate and use the image url they give me, will i not have to change all the url's to http://your_site.com/images/randomimages/?

as there is over 23 thousand products and was hoping i could point it to a url and load a remote image?

[DrByte]

Out-of-the-box Zen Cart doesn't use external product images via some external URL.
If you want to do that, you'll need to change the code or find a plugin that accommodates your desired functionality.