[ic] UI not handling images

[Ed LaFrance (New Media E.M.S.)]

At 05:19 PM 7/8/2004, you wrote:

>Bob Puff at NLE wrote:
>
>>Hello again,
>>
>>I'm running into another snag of IC 5.2.0 with a MySQL database:
>>
>>If I go into the tables database "area", I can make the display_type be 
>>"Image", and can even put an image filename in the next box, and it saves it.
>>
>>However, when I go back to editing that same exact record, the image 
>>filename box is empty!  I just looked at the SQL database, and its in 
>>there, but why doesn't the UI display it?
>The same goes for the items editor. On the first page of create new item 
>there is a box 'Product Images', which should display the tumbnail and 
>full size pictures, which you can upload in the images tab. After doing 
>so, the images are not shown in the 'Product images' box. Why not? In the 
>demo shop everything is fine, but as soon as I create my own article the 
>images stay empty. Not a major issue, but strange nonetheless.

Check the symlink to your images directory in your catalog root. In the 
standard foundation demo it should point to 
/your/home/dir/htdocsroot/catname/images. If it points to a wrong or 
non-existent location, that is your problem (and in this case the catalog 
error.log would contain corresponding "could not write" and "can't open 
file" errors). Also, ensure that the interchange user has write permission 
on the target directories.

- Ed


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