Image folders

windsurfer wrote: Hi hamish I am just wondering if the product Images i have can be placed in their own directories under pc/catalog

I doubt that my clients who categorize images in such a manner use the search tool to locate the image names.  Better to establish a very rigid naming convention so there is no guessing as to the name, and just be able to either type the name or possibly use the excel import/export tool to upload all the names. If the image names can be based on something like SKU + a reference to large/medium/small, you will be way ahead of the game in terms of being organized.

I do agree with having a solid naming convention but other than that..... no ... i don't agree with you. If you have an item with subitems and accessories belonging to one particular model, CAT5E, CAT6, Coaxial, F, RCA and etc items that all have sub items  it would first of all be easy to find what goes with what and secondly if discontined easily deleted with all it's subitems. I right now have a structured folder system setup for all my items and no problem finding what belongs to what and what catagory. Not only can't you remember all SKU's and this way i can assign the first 2 or 3 letters or numbers in the sku or item number coorosponding to the folder they are in.

Maybe so but it would be nice if your program would allow to at least select an image from ones computer when entering a product especially at initial setup  

Hi,
  You can use any structure of folders you wish, but at the cost of not being able to index the images etc, at least not with the code as supplied.
An alternative is to flatten the file structure with a tool such as xxcopy, which can avoid duplicate names and, I believe, optionally include elements of the folder name in the new filenames. http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy16.htm