importing additional images module

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   Anyone who can write a module/plugin to import additional images for BTO products ?

The import feature of PC only allows to import 1 image (in general, thumbnail and detail size).
Because we have +15000 products, each with additional images to show it's nearly impossible to do this by hand.

I want to pay for this module if someone wants to write it.

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Bart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22-September-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: importing additional images module Posted: 22-September-2008 at 2:35am
	Anyone who can write a module/plugin to import additional images for BTO products ? The import feature of PC only allows to import 1 image (in general, thumbnail and detail size). Because we have +15000 products, each with additional images to show it's nearly impossible to do this by hand. I want to pay for this module if someone wants to write it.

RobertZ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 21-January-2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote RobertZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-September-2008 at 5:32pm
	Howdy What we do is create the images in graphic program to the right size (General, Thumb and detail), use a folder under the catalog folder to organize then upload via FTP and ref in products like catalog/1/whatever_detail.jpg. Much easier than trying to upload via http, and also gives you control to separate the picts into different folders, rather than lumping them all inside the catalog folder like http upload does. Hope this helps Edited by RobertZ - 22-September-2008 at 5:33pm

Bart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22-September-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-September-2008 at 5:49pm
	Hi Robert, That's not the problem. We upload already via FTP. The problem is we need to go to the control panel and add manualy the additional images to each product. This takes much too long. What we need is an import feature (same as import for first picture) but for the additional pictures. It should attach 'picturename.jpg' and 'picturename_detail.jpg' to the right SKU. Sorry if my question isn't clear but english is not my regular language. BTW, we use http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize to resize pictures in bulk(very easy and fast).

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-September-2008 at 7:18pm
	Bart, A couple solutions come to mind, both of which rely upon you being confident that all the appropriate images will be in the correct location when the script goes to display them, and that the naming convention for the image file names is uniformly predictable. One solution would be to change the code in the pages that display the product images, such that the script generates the appropriate image name, using whatever is your naming convention, and displays the image - instead of retrieving the name from the database. Another solution is to perfom a mass-update against the database, updating the image name columns with the predetermined file names, based on your naming convention. Again, all of this relies upon a predictable and well-defined naming convention so that you can count on the images being there when the script wants to display them, but either approach should be workable.