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This is the first step to setting up your images for any given product.
1) In the Admin component, go to Catalog->Attribute Pictures via the menu on the left.
2) Select the product to which you would like to add images using either its model number or name.
Use the dropdown menus to choose and then click 'Select'.
3) Initially, you will see a message stating that there are no pictures available for this product.
Beneath this message, you will see the upload section.
4) In the uploads section you can choose between uploading images for a new or existing attribute for the
current product. If you upload files to an existing (PAPs enabled) attribute, the new images will be grouped together with
the attribute's existing images.SUGGESTION: You should upload at least 2 pictures for each new attribute. Enter
a number in the box provided and click 'Submit'.
5) You will now see a number of rows (the number which you entered in step (4)) allowing you to upload
your product attribute images. You will need to fill every row before uploading. Each row has 2 columns:
- Attribute Value - This is the specific name of the individual attribute (e.g. Red, Large, Gothic etc.)
- File - This is the filepath and name of the file that you will choose by clicking on the 'Browse' button.
For example, if you wanted to upload 3 pictures showing different colors, your
upload section would look like this:
| Attribute Value | File |
| Red | [FILENAME].jpg |
| Green | [FILENAME].jpg |
| Blue | [FILENAME].jpg |
SUGGESTION: Attribute Names and Values can contain spaces, but please avoid using apostrophes
as these could affect the normal operation of PAPs.
Attribute Values will be displayed exactly as you enter them here.
WARNING: If you plan to upload several large image files, make sure that the total aggregate
size of all files added together does not exceed the 'upload_max_filesize' or 'post_max_size' settings
in your web server's php.ini file.
6) When you have entered the information in all 3 columns of the uploads section, click 'Upload'.
Congratulations! Your pictures have been attached to the selected product and you should now be able to see
them if you look at the item's product info page in your store.
At this point, you can make adjustments to the way your pictures are displayed. The next section deals with
these options.
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After you have uploaded a set of images for at least one attribute, you can now make various adjustments
to the way in which the images are displayed. To make adjustments for images already uploaded for a different product
simply select the product from the dropdown menus at the top of the screen.
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You should now see the Current Images section, which has the heading: 'CURRENT PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE PICTURES FOR: '
followed by the product name and model number. Below this you will see the following product-level options:
Ignore product attributes (Yes/No):
'Yes' (default): your pictures will be displayed in the product
info page even if you have not set up any attributes for the product via the 'Products Attributes' section of the Admin
component. In effect, this means that you can add images that are unrelated to specific product attributes to the
product info page.
'No': your pictures will only be displayed AFTER you have set up corresponding attributes using the 'Products
Attributes' section of the Admin component. In this mode, you will have the option to show the price differential
of each attribute value below its picture. You will also be able to allow customers to select their desired attribute
using radio buttons below each picture. Please note, the Attribute Value and Attribute Names you use when
uploading the image files must exactly match those that you set up in the 'Products Attributes' section.
NB - This setting applies to ALL pictures associated with the selected product.
Viewing Area Title:
Edit this textbox to change the main heading for PAPs viewing section on your product information page.
Viewing Area Subtitle:
Edit this textbox to change the text below the main title. This could include a brief instruction
for users on how to use the viewing area.
Main Image Title:
Edit this textbox to change the text which will appear above the enlarged image which the user
has selected.
Thumbnails Position:
Choose the appropriate layout for the viewing area on the product information page.
Click 'Update' to save your changes.
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Beneath this setting, you will see one column of settings for each (general) product attribute that
you have already uploaded pictures for. Each column consists of the following:
- A 'Current Product Attributes Pictures' table -
This table shows which pictures representing attribute values (e.g. Nylon, Cotton etc.) you have already uploaded to the server,
and the attribute name (e.g. Material) with which they are associated. You can also view or delete any of the
pictures via this table. If you have 'Ignore product attributes' set to 'No' and have set up corresponding
product attributes in the 'Products Attributes' section, you will see an extra column in this table which shows the
price differential of each attribute value.
NB - The fact that your uploaded pictures appear in this table does NOT necessarily mean that they
are currently being displayed in the product info page.
- Display Attribute Name:
'Yes' (default): the attribute name (general heading e.g. Material, Size etc.) will be displayed above the group of
pictures showing the different attribute values.
'No': the attribute name is hidden.
- Display Attribute Values:
'Yes' (default): the attribute value (specific title e.g. Cotton, Large etc.) will be displayed below each
attribute value picture.
'No': the attribute value is hidden.
- Display Attribute Prices (only available if 'Ignore product attributes' is set to 'No'):
'Yes': the price differential (e.g. +$2.00, -$3.50) will be displayed below each attribute value picture.
NB - the price differential should already be set via the 'Products Attributes' section.
'No' (default): the price differential is hidden.
- Allow Attribute Selection: (only available if 'Ignore product attributes' is set to 'No'):
'Yes': a radio button will be displayed below each attribute value picture. Customers can select which
attribute value they would like to purchase by clicking on the radio button. When the item is added to the shopping cart,
the attribute value will be added to the cart, together with the price differential. The standard Product Attributes
dropdown menu for the attribute name will not be displayed.
'No' (default): the radio buttons will be hidden, and customers will use the standard Products Attributes
dropdown menu to select which attribute value they require.
- Number of pictures per row:
Default: 3 - enter the maximum number of thumbnail pictures to be displayed per row next to the main selected
picture frame.
- Width of thumbnails (pixels):
Default: 80 - enter the width in pixels of each thumbnail (attribute value picture).
- Width of selected pic (pixels):
Default: 300 - enter the width in pixels of the enlarged picture which displays the selected thumbnail.
NB - Only image widths can be set in order to maintain the aspect ratio of each image. You should always
ensure that you upload pictures which are slightly larger than required because the system can reduce large images
but will not increase the size of smaller images. Again, this is to maintain the quality of the image.
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If you have uploaded a set of pictures which you want to use with a different product, you can copy an entire image
set (i.e. all attibute value pictures for a specific attribute name), together with its current settings, to one or
more other products. Please remember that if 'Ignore product attributes' is set to 'No', you will have to ensure
that the necessary attributes have been set up in the 'Products Attributes' section for the images to display
properly. NOTE: Bulk copying is not possible if there are apostrophes in the attribute name.
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Copy to products:
Enter the product model number of each product you wish to copy the current images and settings to. When copying
to multiple products, separate each product model number with a comma, leaving no whitespace on either side of each comma (e.g. 11045,DVD-ABUG,30122).
Then click 'submit'.
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| Q) I have completed installation, but the link to the PAPs control panel hasn't appeared in the Catalog menu on the left.
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A) This is probably due to denial of access to the paps.php file (see below). To confirm that this is the case,
try accessing the PAPs control panel from the index.php page of the Admin component. If access has been denied, see below.
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| Q) I have completed installation, but when I click on 'Attribute Pictures' in the Admin menu, I get an
'Access Denied' message.
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A) If you have Administrator rights to the Admin component, then go to Administrator->File Access. Then select
'Catalog' from the list and click 'Store Files' on the right side of the screen. In the dropdown menu that appears,
select 'paps.php' and click 'Save'. If you do noy have administrator rights, you will need to contact the
administrator and ask him/her to do it for you. Now go back to Catalog->Attribute Pictures and you should see
the control panel.
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| Q) I select a product name from the dropdown menu, but when I click 'Select', nothing happens.
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A) Ensure you have attached a model number to the product via the product edit page in the admin component.
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| Q) My images are being displayed smaller than required even though I have set the image widths in the
control panel.
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A) You should create your images at least as large as the size required for the enlarged (selected) picture
before uploading them.
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| Q) My product info page has been completely rearranged and has lost its original structure.
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A) Try changing the position of the line <?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . '/paps.php'); > in
your product_info.tpl.php file. Please bear in mind the guidance about placing this line.
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| Q) Having upgraded from a free version of PAPs, I'm getting 'Division by Zero' errors where my attribute pictures
should be.
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A) Go to the PAPs control panel in Admin and select the product that has the problem. Make sure you enter values for
the number of pictures per row and image sizes.
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| Q) When using the Bulk Copy function, the system says I have successfully copied images to another product,
but when I check the PAPs for that product, the images haven't been copied to it.
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A) This problem arrises when updating from a free version. Only images uploaded with this version of PAPs can be copied
over to other products. Please delete the current attribute pictures, then upload again before copying.
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| Q) I'm getting an error similar to: 1146 - Table [TABLE_NAME] doesn't exist.
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A) You may be using database prefixes for your database tables. In this case you should change the name of the
two PAPs database table to reflect your chosen prefix. You can do this by running the following SQL commands on your
database (remember to back it up first). Substitute your database prefix for the part in square brackets:
RENAME TABLE paps_headings TO [YOUR_PREFIX]paps_headings;
RENAME TABLE paps_globals TO [YOUR_PREFIX]paps_globals;
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