Product details – Images

Page: Products >> [product] >> Images
Product images are displayed at various places: in categories, 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 sized on each page, you can upload the image files in various formats:
Table 69: 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 using the image upload button . For more details, see Uploading images, above. The individual formats can be prepared as follows:
To remove an image for a specific format, click the icon.
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 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 key, above.
Save your entries by clicking Save.
To the right of the table is the image display as seen by visitors to the Web site. The lower portion displays the list of the images that have been marked as visible. The upper section has the following functions:
Figure 23: Control elements for slideshow
The control elements have the following meanings:
Table 70: Print preview controls

Format
Description
Starts the slideshow. The images are played back in the sequence in which they are listed in the table. The Visible marker must be set.
Shows the previous image.
A running slideshow is paused.
Shows the next image.
A running slideshow is paused.
The current image is shown in its original size.
A running slideshow is paused.

To delete an image from the table, proceed as described in Deleting entries, above.
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.