[mikeswimm]

I have read in these boards that the use of the DB and the image.php file to render images severely slows down the x-cart system.

I successfully dumped the images of the 50 or so products that I have in my cart to the file system via the images location page in the admin section. I received no errors and I can browse them in the img folder. It seems however that the system is still using the db. If I delete an image in the file system it still shows up when I browse through the site. Also if I view source on the page it seems to be using the image.php file to render out the images which I have read in other places make the site very slow.

If anyone could let me know how to completely circumvent the images DB and the image.php file I would really appreciate it. My site is EXTREMELY slow.

Thanks,
Mike Swimm
x-cart 4.8
php 4.3.3