Images

[sballen]

Is there a way to edit oscommerce to except images from another web-site?

 

My supplier supplies the images for my products and it's such a job to copy, paste, upload and type the url into a .csv file.

I could save a lot of work and time if I just type in the suppliers url to the images.

 

BUT THIS DOESN'T WORK, OSCOMMERCE WILL NOT GO AND GET THE IMAGE AS IT DOES WHEN I TYPE IN THE URL TO IT'S OWN IMAGE FILE.

 

Also, why won't it just take "image_number/name.jpg" instead of having to type in "http://www.and so on?.com/file/catalog/images/the image.jpg"?

[lindsayanng]

your post is a tad confusing. Are you saying you want to put your images in a different file on your host, or you want a different website entirely to host your picturesm like photobucket?

 

You CAN do either, but there are different processes for each. The issue with using a different server to host your images is that you will get insecure objects warnings.

[♥geoffreywalton]

You can write php to retrieve the image from a url and store it in your images directory and combine with easy populate to store the image name in the db.

 

You can even use a csv file with the url in it to drive this.

 

e.g. Supplier sends you product catalog containing model no, description. image url and price.

 

php retrieves image and stores it as modelno.jpg.

 

Use Easy Populate stores image name as modelno.jpg

[sballen]

your post is a tad confusing. Are you saying you want to put your images in a different file on your host, or you want a different website entirely to host your picturesm like photobucket?

 

You CAN do either, but there are different processes for each. The issue with using a different server to host your images is that you will get insecure objects warnings.

 

 

I wanted to use the images on my suppliers site. The same ones they use when I visit their site. I have permission, to use their images by downloading one at a time. I don't know if you want me to use them straight from my site. But if I could figure out how to do it. I'd ask them.

[sballen]

You can write php to retrieve the image from a url and store it in your images directory and combine with easy populate to store the image name in the db.

 

You can even use a csv file with the url in it to drive this.

 

e.g. Supplier sends you product catalog containing model no, description. image url and price.

 

php retrieves image and stores it as modelno.jpg.

 

Use Easy Populate stores image name as modelno.jpg

 

 

I used the .csv file with a url, it doesn't pull the image from the other site.

 

Write an e-book on the top paragraph, I'd like to learn to do that.

[♥geoffreywalton]

Some one already has written a book on it, it is called www.php.net.

 

Hours of endless fun and frustration are included within it.

 

But the command you are interested in is "copy".