Raison D'Etre
Structure the way images are stored on the server.
Reduce bandwidth, particularly on the home page and category views.
(Most importantly?) Speed up the rendering of web pages for end-users and still provide detailed images.
Functionality
Store fullsize images in images/images_big; store thumbnails (reduced-size) in images/thumbs. Do the same for additional images for the same product. eg.
widget.jpg 40Kb --> /images/images_big/
widget.jpg 10Kb --> /images/thumbs/
widget_1.jpg 35Kb --> /images/images_big/
widget_1.jpg 9Kb --> /images/thumbs/
widget_2.jpg 37Kb --> /images/images_big/
widget_2.jpg 9.5Kb --> /images/thumbs/
Where no additional product images exist, the standard "Other Images..." box will not appear - as per mod. by osCMax forum member 'mithereal'.
For product images, it is optional to include additional fullsize images, it's possible just to show a series of thumbnails. In this case, no 'click to enlarge' will appear.
The Admin console will allow an upload/display of both the thumbnail and full-size images. A current limitation is that the same filename should be used for both - not normally an issue but some may prefer the use of a prefix/suffix of 'thumb', for example.
Additionally, Category images are now correctly stored in the images/categories directory. Move/copy any existing category images into this directory. New additions via the Admin. Console will populate into the correct sub-directory.
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