Magmi Image Import

[Sparetoolparts]

Hi Guys

I am trying to import images into my magento site using Magmi (image processor attribute)

the files are put into the correct media/import folder and everything seems to upload, but the images don't appear, when I log into the back of the site and look at a sku image section it is showing the broken image thumbnail. So I done a download/export of the file and see that the file path it is using is: e/n/image.jpg

the problem is when I browse my file structure I can't find the n folder only the e, so to me it looks like the n folder isn't getting created, I have got my host to make all folders inside media/ writable but still no luck any ideas?

 

[ebafy]

Is this for a variation or simple product? are any of the images present when you actually login to your magento back to view the product image/s? have you tried to manually create the e/'n/ folder yourself? what are your magmi image processor settings? and what version of magmi are you running?

 

[Sparetoolparts]

simple product
No
I created the n folder but still no insertion
default config in image processor

I will need to check this out but it wouldn't be the latest version I know that

 

[Sparetoolparts]

Its Magmi v0.7.19_git

I have asked my host to change permission on the folder to 777 as advised on other forums but they are saying they can't stating:

We are technically able to change the permissions to 777 however the Apache server would not operate with files/directories with such high permissions. The highest permissions that can be set up are 755 and as I can see - they are already set up with this permissions.

 

[ebafy]

I've just checked this on a clients upload and we have the following permissions set

media/ 755
media/import 777


I would strongly advise going back to them with regards to your media/import permission and get this set to 777 as this should eradicate the problem (or at best rule this out).

 

[ebafy]

Sparetools - can I ask who the host is? PM if you wish.

 

[Sparetoolparts]

currently with siteground, but i have migrated to dx3 today an am currently getting my A Records etc updated

I'm now on a dedicated server so I should have more control over everything

 

[ebafy]

Nice! let me know how it goes!

Best,
James

 

[Sparetoolparts]

still no go with Magmi and the image import, but I now have noticed that magmi is putting the files in the wrong location they are currently being uploaded to:

protecteddirectory/magmi-git-0.7.19/media/catalog/product/etc

this is clearly two levels too deep in my file structure as of yet I haven't figured out how to sort it, but at least I now what is happening here are my file paths setting in magmi:

Filesystem Path to magento directory ../../
CSVs base directory ../../var/import
Image Search path /media/import

contents of csv file:
image small_image thumbnail media_gallery
ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0002.jpg

any ideas anyone?

 

[Sparetoolparts]

right guys this is not a fix but my work around, what Is after the images have been created inside the wrong directory, I simply download the directory to my machine, then upload it again into the media directory, this works a treat a little tedious but at least it works

 

[Deleted member 106254]

If your file system path and import path both start with ../../ why doesn't your media path start with that?

 

[Sparetoolparts]

when I set this, I get the error message telling me errors about the file path, it only seems to work with the current config, any ideas?

 

[Crystal Web Designs]

Hi Sparetoolparts,

Not sure if you still need help with this but a good way to solve the problem is to use full paths instead of relative ones. Eg avoid using ../ and also if you start a path with /media you maybe putting in the wrong path as a slash to start off with means to start at the root.

So depending on if you prefixed the path with another variable, a better path maybe
/home/username/public_html/var/media/import

But depends on your server setup. You should be able to find out your environment variables with PHP checking the $_SERVER array.

 

[Sparetoolparts]

haven't solved the issue but I haven't been uploading for a while either so will give this a try on my next bulk upload

 

[goivvy]

still no go with Magmi and the image import, but I now have noticed that magmi is putting the files in the wrong location they are currently being uploaded to:

protecteddirectory/magmi-git-0.7.19/media/catalog/product/etc

this is clearly two levels too deep in my file structure as of yet I haven't figured out how to sort it, but at least I now what is happening here are my file paths setting in magmi:

Filesystem Path to magento directory ../../
CSVs base directory ../../var/import
Image Search path /media/import

contents of csv file:
image small_image thumbnail media_gallery
ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0001.jpg ENGINE CHAIN SAW CS 40EA_0002.jpg

any ideas anyone?

image search path should be without leading /:

media/import

csv base directory doesn't need ../..

var/import

that implies magmi.php is located at two level deep from magentoroot (where index.php file is):

magentoroot/magmifolder/web/magmi.php
magentoroot/media/import (your image files)
magentoroot/var/import (your magmi csv files)

if the path your magmi.php is:

magentoroot/protecteddirectory/magmi-git-0.7.19/web/magmi.php

then change Filesystem Path to magento directory to ../../..

hope it helps

 

[Sparetoolparts]

I'll give this a shot @goivvy thanks for the help