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Ok so i run an online lingerie store. I have set up product and combination import files for my products. I have a problem that might be particular to my specific use case.

 

Let's take a hypothetical Brassiere. It may come in 10 colors and 15 sizes. That's 150 different combinations. But there are only 10 colors. If i create a combination file with the product images what happens is that the same image is downloaded and applied 15 times for each color.

 

This of course increases the combinations import time significantly as well as storage requirements for the store.

 

I'm wondering if there's a better way or if i should make a forge request or if i should look for a developer to pay them to modify prestashop's CSV import process.

Has anyone encountered this problem before?

(attached you will find an example of the combination file)

supplier1_combination_export_24-08-14.zipFetching info...

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I'm also having the same problem with this.

With a T-shirt store, I have 916 possible combinations (6 sizes, 12 colours, 4 colour prints and other options).

 

Thing is, I want the image to change depending on what colour print.

 

I tried to do it earlier and not only did I overload my server (it's a free one I'm playing with for dev), but I also started filling disk allocation rather quickly!

 

Surely, it should be using pointers? So for instance, if I pick any combination with a blue print, it should simply point at the "blue print image" that I've uploaded. I understand the need for 3 different copies of any image because of thumbnails and such like.

If I do it manually, it doesn't keep duplicating the images, only if I import the combinations.

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