Re: External Images
1998
It keeps the original formatting.
interpreted = N
texte = >>>> I'd use >>>> >>>>[ShowIf [FileInfo localimagefolder/[sku].gif][Exists][/FileInfo]=T] >>>>
>>>>[/ShowIf] >>>> >>>>instead, because it just looks for the one file. >>>> >>>>To really speed things up, I'd do a daily 'report' of all the files that >>>>exist in that folder, and set the HasPhoto field to T for each one that >>>>exists. Then you don't have to hist the disk every time you want to see if >>>>a photo exists. >>>> >>>I like that. I can use that. And I like the idea to really speed things >>>up but I can't picture how to do it. How would I go about doing that daily >>>'report' of all the files that exist in that folder, etc.? >> >>Once a day, do this for your daily 'report': >> >>[writefile DailyImageFileReport] >>[listfiles localimagefolder/][filename][/listfiles] >>[/writefile] >> >>Then use this code in your template: >> >>[showif [include DailyImageFileReport]^[sku].gif] >> >>[/showIf] > >It would probably be even faster to do a [listfiles] once a day and update >the product database HasPhoto field with T for each image found. ... and it would also be a good idea to set HasPhoto to F for each image NOT found, since you don't want any 'broken image' icons to be displayed for items whose images have been removed ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>>>>[/ShowIf] >>>> >>>>instead, because it just looks for the one file. >>>> >>>>To really speed things up, I'd do a daily 'report' of all the files that >>>>exist in that folder, and set the HasPhoto field to T for each one that >>>>exists. Then you don't have to hist the disk every time you want to see if >>>>a photo exists. >>>> >>>I like that. I can use that. And I like the idea to really speed things >>>up but I can't picture how to do it. How would I go about doing that daily >>>'report' of all the files that exist in that folder, etc.? >> >>Once a day, do this for your daily 'report': >> >>[writefile DailyImageFileReport] >>[listfiles localimagefolder/][filename][/listfiles] >>[/writefile] >> >>Then use this code in your template: >> >>[showif [include DailyImageFileReport]^[sku].gif] >> >>[/showIf] > >It would probably be even faster to do a [listfiles] once a day and update >the product database HasPhoto field with T for each image found. ... and it would also be a good idea to set HasPhoto to F for each image NOT found, since you don't want any 'broken image' icons to be displayed for items whose images have been removed ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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