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[S Parkinson]

Hi,
I have installed xcart, i chose use file system for images,
but i can't see the images folder in the root directory on the server.

When i installed it last time, i could see it.

Any idea why it is not there?

[brocillator]

I recently had this problem too, and this is what solved it ...

When calling product thumbnails/images to the 'Product Management' section, (when you have 'Images Location' settings = File System (for both product thumbnails/product images) in the admin panel) ...

The pop-up window for product thumbnails/images in the Product Management page provides 3 options:
"file on this server"
"file on your local computer"
"file on the internet (enter image URL)"

If your store is in:
www.mydomain.com/store/[x-cart]

... and you want to use "file on this server", x-cart (version 4.1. looks for those files in ...

www.mydomain.com/store/files/[images/subdirectories]

It looks for your images/image subdirectories (that you've uploaded via FTP) in the /files/ folder of your store.

Does this help?

[S Parkinson]

Hi,
Yes, thanks the images folder has now suddenly appeared, now that i have uploaded an image.

Just one other thing. In my previous install, inside the "images" folder, there were sub-folders called C, D, M, P, and T. In this new images folder that has now appeared, it only has the folders called C, D and T.

Will the rest appear later when i upload the appropriate images?

Also, what i din't understand is why last time i installed x-cart, all these images folders were present immediately after the install, but this time the folders wern't there.

I thought the installation script should do the same thing each time, but obviously, this is not the case!

Thanks for your help

[alreadyregistered]

Since no one else has yet to respond, I will venture an educated guess here. Since:
T = thumbnails
D = detail images
C = category images (i think)

I suspect that the others correlate to some module that you have turned off. For example, if you turn on the Manufacturer module (where you could use a manufacturer's logo with proudcts), the "M" folder will probably appear. Try it. It will cost you nothing!

XCart seems to create files and folders dynamically, on an as-needed basis.

[S Parkinson]

ok thanks, will make some changes and see what happens.
I haven't disabled anything though.

Cheers