Question about Images and Thumbnails...

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   One of the things I still have to do is assign images to all the products on the web page.  I have all the image files on my PC.  There is over 600 products, and I am wanting to know if I am going to have to upload each individual one, or is there  a way to do it faster? 

Also, is there a way to have it automatically resize large image files into Thumbnails?

Also, how do I edit the colors of the rollover pop-up window that previews the product picture?

Thanks

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BlackReefDesigns Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28-May-2008 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote BlackReefDesigns Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Question about Images and Thumbnails... Posted: 31-May-2008 at 8:54am
	One of the things I still have to do is assign images to all the products on the web page. I have all the image files on my PC. There is over 600 products, and I am wanting to know if I am going to have to upload each individual one, or is there a way to do it faster? Also, is there a way to have it automatically resize large image files into Thumbnails? Also, how do I edit the colors of the rollover pop-up window that previews the product picture? Thanks
	Joe S. BlackReef.net

netprofits Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 05-January-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote netprofits Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31-May-2008 at 9:24am
	For uploading product images, you have a couple of options: 1. If you are using the Product Cart product import feature, you can specify the three image names for each product (thumbnail, regular, enlarged) in the import. Then you can FTP all of the images to the productcart/pc/catalog folder. This requires that you have created all three images in the proper sizes. If you want to create thumbnail and/or regular size images for a large number of full size images, you can use a program like Macromedia Fireworks to take a whole folder of large images and use a batch process that will automatically create regular size or thumbnail size images. See http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/handling_photos_03.html for some details or search the web for "Fireworks Batch". We've used that to quickly resize and auto-name thousands of images from large images provided by manufacturers. 2. When you add/edit products through the control panel, you can upload a large image and let Product Cart create all three image sizes based on the sizes you enter on the upload screen. This makes it easy to resize images but you need to do that for each product individually.
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Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31-May-2008 at 12:24pm
	Joe, For 600 products I recommend using the first method recommended by NetProfits - It will save you loads of time. When I do this I (usually) have the SKU in the image name so that identifying what belongs with what is much easier - as updating the spreadsheet. You can use the "export for re-import" feature to get a spreadsheet ready for having the image names added.