upload images with easy populate

[bigd38]

what is the best way to up load images in easy populate.

[Guest]

I cant see how its possible, you would need to have the image name in the csv file and ftp all the images to your website..

[bigd38]

what about uploading the images. an use the img src tag in the exel spread sheet would that work

[Guest]

When I download an EP file and open it, it shows

 

dvd/thismovie.jpg

dvd/thatmovie.jpg

 

ect...

 

Thats all you really need to do, put the image name and Path if you use a path other than the image folder.

 

but you would still need to FTP upload the images to the /image/dvd/ dir.. EP use a CSV TAB Delimited file, its not like Excel format - tho Excel will own it and open it, Im pretty sure csv cant embedded images like xls file can...

 

my someone else has another suggestion.. :-)

 

cheers Lee

[loxly]

easy populate puts information in the database, not files on the server.

 

ftp is the way to go for getting large number of photos uploaded (I am in the process of loading 4000 to one store and i-don't-want-to-think-about-how-many to a second store.

 

Then I do a DirInfo in ftp, save it as a file and cut/paste the image names column into ep.

[Guest]

Then I do a DirInfo in ftp, save it as a file and cut/paste the image names column into ep.

 

Loxly that is an Excellent Tip!, never even crossed my mind,

 

what FTP client allows you do do this?

 

If the images are in a subdir /dvd/image.jpg can it do the subdir info aswell or just the immediate directory..

 

I will definately have to remember that tip.. thanks :D

[loxly]

I use ws_ftp, it does one directory at a time. HUGE TIMESAVER!

[Guest]

ahh excellent thats the one I use too, will check it out soon too, TA..

[Guest]

easypopulate supports a field where you can lista temp directory that your images are in.

 

1) you FTP all your images to that temp directory

2) easypopulate looks for the image in that temp directory and properly assignes it to the correct path in your images directory

 

hmmmm, maybe I'll add this... one function called move_img that only gets called if $imgtemp is not blank.

 

[why this is useful... if you have a large image library and have deep catagorization across say, 2000 products]

[loxly]

easypopulate supports a field where you can lista temp directory that your images are in.

 

1) you FTP all your images to that temp directory

2) easypopulate looks for the image in that temp directory and properly assignes it to the correct path in your images directory

 

hmmmm, maybe I'll add this... one function called move_img that only gets called if $imgtemp is not blank.

 

[why this is useful... if you have a large image library and have deep catagorization across say, 2000 products]

 

It does NOT do this, are you proposing that you want it to? That is not an efficient way do add photos to a server, believe me.

 

Why do you not want to ftp the files?

[pinbrook]

Hnmmm, I am resurrecting a very old thread...

 

but I have the same problem.

 

using easypopulate I want to define my image names in my spreadsheet, thats ok I use abc.gif in the column

 

and then ftp the images to the correct folder. BUT my images don't show - when I right click the missing image I get the pathname www.xxx.com/images/ but without the image name

 

The only way I seem to be able to get my images to show is to add each image name in the admin panel (not something I want to do!)

 

Anyone tell me where I'm going wrong please

[pinbrook]

oK fixed it myself. I had to upload the images into category folders. and define the path name to include the category