Screen: ShopSite > Images > Upload an Image

Upload an Image

To upload a graphic file (or other media file) from your local computer for use in your store:

  1. If you know the pathname of the file that you want to upload, type it in the first box. Otherwise, use the Browse button to navigate to the file.

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  2. If you want to give the image a different file name in your media directory, type the new name in the second box. You can give it a long, descriptive name, but it can't have spaces in the name (use periods or underscores) and it must have the appropriate suffix (.gif, .jpg, .html, .wav).

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  3. Click the Upload File button. The upload process starts and the file is added to your media directory. When the upload completes, you will be back at the Images screen, and you will see the new file in the list.

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Note:
Although ShopSite will theoretically support all types of files (sound, Shockwave, Java, etc.) your server may have to be configured to support those files. If you upload anything other than an image to your ShopSite store and it doesn't work, the server may not support it. Speak to your server administrator to try to find out if that file type is supported.

Alternate Ways of Uploading Files

The image upload feature is convenient for uploading files one at a time, but FTPing is more convenient for large batches of files. All of your graphics and other media files are stored in the media subdirectory of your store's Output directory, which you can find listed in the Hosting Service page in the Preferences section of ShopSite. Ask your host administrator to set up FTP access for you to that directory, and then you can use FTP software to upload several files in one operation.


Note:
If you use FTP to upload images files to your media directory, you will need to set the image attributes using the Reset Image Attributes feature.
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