Importing Images?

[phelp]

I am trying to import my product list and every field uploads without a problem however I cannot get the "image" to upload.

I have the following questions?

1) Image URL(x,y,z) can someone type an example of the exact syntax needed here?

2) Is the actual image file uploaded or are you just providing the address of the image already on the server?

3) If we are just providing the address, can you specify the same address for multiple images so as not to take up room on the server?

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phelp

[rocky]

When you specify an image URL, Prestashop grabs the image from that link and copies it to the img/p directory as the ID of the product then .jpg. It then generates the thumbnails for that image according to the image preferences. The image URL can be on an external site http://www.anysite.com/image.jpg, or you can create a directory on your own server like upload/import and then copy your images there and enter http://www.yoursite.com/upload/import/image.jpg. I've used absolute URLs because they are easiest to use. I think you might be able to use relative URLs too, but I'm not sure where they are relative from. They might be relative to admin or admin/tabs.