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[elabdesigns]

I am building a site for a client using x-cart 4.0.6 gold. Once I customize the site to their liking, they will mantain the site. Not that uncommon right?

Well I have ran into a bit of a problem. When you add a product and select an image for the product, my client will not know how to resize their image to fit my design scale. So if my client imports a 680x420 image and I need the image to be no bigger than 150 wide, how can I make the cart resize the image for them. Kinda like the thumbnail view on the category listing, but not destort it? Does anyone have a why to rescale the image once they click on a product (/product.php?productid=2&cat=13&page=1)

Also, does anyone know how to make a three column product category listing rather than the default one product under the other listing? Nevermind, sorry found that. What file do I edit to change the appearance of the multi-column lists? products.tpl?

Thanks

[shan]

products_t.tpl

[emil]

hi,

for the image sizing,

try to adding the code with (width="150") in the image tags where the image appears and remove the smarty tags that input the image widths.

eg, in the file product_thumnail.tpl

{* $Id: product_thumbnail.tpl,v 1.14 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
{if $config.Appearance.show_thumbnails eq "Y"}[img]{if $tmbn_url}{$tmbn_url}{else}{if $full_url}{$http_location}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}{/if}/image.php?productid={$productid}{if $file_upload_data.file_path}&tmp=y{/if}{/if}[/img]{/if}

try to change the code to:

{* $Id: product_thumbnail.tpl,v 1.14 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
{if $config.Appearance.show_thumbnails eq "Y"}[img]{if $tmbn_url}{$tmbn_url}{else}{if $full_url}{$http_location}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}{/if}/image.php?productid={$productid}{if $file_upload_data.file_path}&tmp=y{/if}{/if}[/img]{/if}

you also may need to create your own image tpl file since changing the above template also affects your products list

[shan]

having them upload massive files wioll screw up the performance of the store.

get some freeware software that resizes images and teach them how to do it properly.