Where should I be storing my product images?

Hello,

I just have a quick question about storing product images. Currently I have my images stored under

www.MYSITE.com/cart/images

where all the other default images were stored. I am getting close to launching my site and just realized that these images are not saved under a custom override folder.

Should I be saving and relinking all my images to

www.MYSITE.com/cart/includes/templates/CUSTOM/images

so i don't lose them on an Zen Cart version update? or do I not quite understand the override system. Why does Zen Cart store images in more than one location?

Thanks for you time,

Adrian

You have your product images in exactly the right location.
Template images should go in your override folder under /includes/templates/your_template/images/.

The product images will not depend on what template you are using, and your new images in /images/ will not be overwritten in an upgrade.

Excellent!..thank you

NOTE: depending on the number of Products and images on your site you may wish to categories your images for smaller directories and fast access and a little better organization ...

Example:
/image/widgets
/images/medium/widgets
/images/iarge/widgets

/image/rings
/images/medium/rings
/images/iarge/rings

/image/dvd
/images/medium/dvd
/images/iarge/dvd

This way you don't have all images to dig through on your site ...