Adding Additional Image Pages

[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.

[Ajeh]

What is the name of the products_image file:

What directory is it loaded into on the server:

What is the name of the medium image:

What is the name of the large image:

What are the names of the additional small images:

What are the names of the additional large images:

Have you an URL to this Product?

[silverspring]

Having read everything that has been written, I am still at a loss as to where this image file you talk about is located.

I went searching the net and found this :

[FONT=Times New Roman]http://info.template-help.com/files/..._a_product.swf[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]watching the video I dont, after creating a test product, have a drop down file of the same file where I can store images .....[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Furthermore, I found this :[/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma]How to add multiple images to a product[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Q[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]: How do I add multiple images to a product?

A: First of all you should upload one image to your images folder via the categories.php page, for example, we can take the image called toaster.gif and put it in the /images/toasters directory.

Now, you can upload additional images to /images/toasters folder :

toaster_01.gif
toaster_02.gif
toaster_03.gif
toaster_04.gif

It is important to use the numbers so that these files are uploaded in order, as for the additional images, they are loaded in an alpha / numeric way.

But you can also change the suffix to something better so as to fit your needs.

Note: the base image name is the original image name loaded for the product. The suffix of _01 or any other one is optionally defined but very useful for distinguishing image names from a visual stand point. Additional images can actually have any name that has the base name of the original image plus additional characters afterwards. Referring to our example this might be done in the following way:

Main image: toaster.gif

And all these names are considered for additional images as they contain the original image name:

toastertoaster.gif
toasters.gif
toaster_01.gif
toaster_02.gif
toaster_silver.gif
toaster_blue.gif

You should only place these images in the same folder as the base image such as /images/toasters. [/FONT]

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again, where is this image file located ....????????

Sorry to be such a pain.

Liz

[gjh42]

That video looks mostly good, though when it says "To make the product hold multiple images you will need to create a separate folder for it", it is just plain wrong. You*can* create a separate folder for any of your images, but it just adds another layer of complexity which you don't need, and especially when your store is small doesn't really help you anyway.

"Where is this image file located?"
This is a fundamental part of using computers that you have to understand if you are going to accomplish anything.
Have you used the "Windows Explorer" screen to find a file on your pc? That is the way you locate an image file. Your server control panel will have a similar feature, probably called "File Manager". You have additional images saved on your pc already, right? Can you find them?
Did you try the "trick" method I described above for loading additional images to the server? If you can do that, you can get by for now without learning more about the server setup, though you really need to ask a friend who understands computers to sit down with you and explain how to do things.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but there is a certain amount of knowledge necessary before you can think about building and maintaining a website.

[silverspring]

This is a fundamental part of using computers that you have to understand if you are going to accomplish anything.
Have you used the "Windows Explorer" screen to find a file on your pc? That is the way you locate an image file. Your server control panel will have a similar feature, probably called "File Manager". You have additional images saved on your pc already, right? Can you find them?


I am fully conversant with the workings of a PC (actually build them) and know exactly where to locate my images. The problem is that I need to upload several images from my PC to the server.

Did you try the "trick" method I described above for loading additional images to the server?

Yes I did, and whilst it appeared that various images were uploaded to the server I am unable to find where those images are located. This is the particular point that I am harping on about ...where is that image file - persumably on the server, but how do I access them ?


Referring to the video, you will recall that they created a new product called TEST/WATER and then uploaded the Product Image (Browse - obtained from computer file manager) but to the left of the screen of it had "upload to directory" - WATER ................... well in my drop down menu I dont have the file name of the new product I created i.e., BUG ...
I understand that the images are be loaded onto the server, but how on earth do I access them ?