The old one - image importing using CSV

[msward]

Hi,

I am developing an app is Visual FoxPro which allows me to catalogue pictures from events and then exports them as categories and products in prestashop, all of this is done and working bar the one thing, importing the actual pictures.

 

Everytime I try to import a picture I just get a 'error uploading picture' error, I have tried just about everything I can think of and wondering if someone can help, don't want to have to switch at this late point to another ecommerce system.

 

I am assuming that the image field in the csv is for the location of the picture, cant find any really good details on importing data but managed to cobble it together so far. I was not sure what the URL field was for and if this is in some way linked ?

 

I first tried putting a reference to my c:\ drive for the images but this does not work so I assumed you had to upload them to the server and reference them from there, I have uploaded the image (only trying one at moment) to \prestahop\upload and \prestashop\img\upload directories and tried referencing them in one of 3 ways, none of these worked :

 

http://localhost/upload/imagefile.jpg

http://localhost/img/upload/imagefile.jpg

http://futurescopecomputers.co.uk/upload/imagefile.jpg

http://www.futurescopecomputers.co.uk/upload/imagefile.jpg

../upload/imagefile.jpg

../../upload/imagefile.jpg

 

If I try the, in a web browser they appear no problem so the direct url is working and they are there and accessible.

The files are tiny at only around 200 pixels wide and I have changed the max values in the config to allow files up to 3000 wide and size wise the server is set to 64m max file size so that should not be a problem.

 

Thought I had finally got it to work with a direct link, it does not seem to give an error but still no picture !?

 

Any help much appreciated as I am losing the will to live on this one, sure it must be something stupid I am missing.

 

Using the latest 1.6.5 version of Prestashop with the default theme.

 

Many Thanks

[Newbie Presta analys]

Facing the absolute same issue! Is there someone who can help with this? or will we have to update images one by one!