Product details – Images

Page: Products >> [product] >> Images
Product images are displayed at various places: in promotional products, as part of product lists and obviously also in the product details. You can provide images in various sizes, as well as group them together to form image galleries and slideshows.
There are two areas in which a product's images are managed: Views and Gallery/slideshow.
Views
The images are made available here for display in product lists and product details. Since the images can be displayed in different sizes on different pages, the images are generated in various sizes:
Table 6: Product image formats

Format
Description
List view
This image will be used in product lists. A product list can be the representation of the products in a category, or the results of a search.
Details page
This image will be displayed on the product details page and on the home page. It can be used in an image list or slideshow with other images in the Gallery/slideshow section.
Enlarged view
This image is shown in a new window to a maximum size of 800*600px, when the visitor clicks the product image in the product details.
View for promotional products
This image is displayed using the page element Promotional in box format.

You can upload images usually using the Upload file button. For more details, see Uploading images. The individual formats can be prepared as follows:
Each image that is uploaded to the Views section is stored in the image list in the Gallery/slideshow section.
Gallery/slideshow
On this page, you can upload and manage images that you want to show additionally on the product details page in the image list or in a slideshow. The following options are available to adding images to the list:
In the table, you can see all the images that you have uploaded. If you want to display an image in the product details, check the corresponding check box in the Visible column. The display sequence of the images on the Web site is defined in the Sorting column. See also Sorting using sorting keys.
To the right of the table you can see the preview area. If you move the mouse into the display area of the slideshow, the control elements are displayed.
The display of images and the slideshow in the shop on the product detail page are set using the display option for the product type. See Layout.
Caution: If you delete the image to which the views in the Views section belong, the views will be deleted too. No further images will be displayed in product lists, etc., for this product.
Note: Slideshows can only be viewed in the shop if JavaScript is enabled in the customer's browser.