V1.7.2 Vanilla install - image import problem via CSV

[peskywinnets]

So I'm contemplating migrating to Prestashop 1.7.2 from opencart.

 

Having struggled for a couple of hours with product import via csv (the auto-matching of column names is very poor!), I have it all working but receiving an error message wrt importing images.

 

here's a typical image URL for a hosted image....

 

http:\\phtools.co.uk\images\dap-01\4.jpg   (if you point your browser at that URL you will get an image just fine

 

but when I import via a CSV using that same URL I receive an import error message...

 

"Error copying image: http:\\phtools.co.uk\images\dap-01\4.jpg"

 

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? (all the directories on my image folders are set with 755 & files 644)

[peskywinnets]

Ok, I've sorted this.....I had my slashes in the image URL the wrong way round - I should have used / instead of \  therefore my URL should be...

 

http://phtools.co.uk/images/dap-01/4.jpg 

 

(NOT http:\\phtools.co.uk\images\dap-01\4.jpg)