@ebest: PaulD's tip is the tip of the iceberg. For a little more direction read
http://help.qtmsoft.com/index.php?title=X-Cart:Import-Export_Guide and then definitely read
http://help.qtmsoft.com/index.php?title=X-Cart:CSV:Notes_on_importing . From the second link the most important part is the suggestion (also given by Steve of CFLsystems on similar threads) is to do an export of the same detailed_images file you're going to import to study its structure.
I just did my first import, got a couple of errors which I corrected, and then it ran with issues.
1. Bug that causes each image on your server to be duplicated and appended with "-01" before the filetype extension (like .jpg).
2. The import skipped some images, even though everything was completely parallel with the successful images.
I'm posting a bug report!
Then I decided there's got to be an easier way and posted this in X-Cart feature requests:
http://ideas.x-cart.com/forums/32227-x-cart-code-improvements/suggestions/1405135-web-based-bulk-image-upl...in-and-detaile
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Web-based bulk image uploader for main and detailed images
The import system is not time-efficient for less than 20 images, by the time the file is prepared. Further, it's buggy and difficult to use.
Just do what Facebook, picasa, and just about every photo album and photo processing website does. They offer different tools such as an ajax uploader where you can view and select multiple files on your computer in one window. Not so great, but much simpler for you to do QT is multiple Browse and upload buttons, whereas now you just have one. You could probably code that in an hour, but it would save your users thousands of hours.
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