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[laxelrod]

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1. I believe my images are in the database. do i need to switch them over to the file system? if so how would i go about doing that?

2. I have images assigned to about 85% of my subcats

3. I have not so much as touched a php file because I know nothing about php. I at least know html and css which is why I'm willing to play with smarty...

[balinor]

Yea, you are going to want to get them out of the db. Same for your thumbs and detailed images. Good thread on that here:

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=8438

[laxelrod]

Alright I'm going to get the pictures out of the database and into the file system right now. Is that going to solve the problem of the pictures showing up?

[balinor]

It might, but it needs to be done regardless. Once you have them moved, see if they show up. If not, we'll try something else.

[laxelrod]

Ok I'm trying to move them, and this is just going to sound like the stupidest question ever, but the file system would be just folders on my ftp, right? Also, I don't know how to write permissions. I'm pretty new at all of this stuff.

[laxelrod]

Alright I tried to transfer the images to the file system so I made folders on my ftp. On my transfer log it said all of these images failed to transfer. So I went into my ftp to delete my folders I made because I figured I had done it wrong and all of a sudden it was deleting images, so I cancelled it, and sure enough all of my images are in those folders. Weird.

[balinor]

You sure it said all of them or was it just a few of them? Usually when they fail to copy it is because the folders aren't set to writable (666 or 777).

[laxelrod]

I looked at the list and ones that it said failed to copy were in the folders...

[balinor]

Ok, what is it now saying in your 'Images Location' - database or filesystem?

[laxelrod]

It now says database