How does one rename a product image?

[William Davis]

How does one rename a product image?

[lesliekirk]

How does one rename a product image?

As in the image file name? That's a good question! I have a store owner with probably 10K+ images that are "poorly" named and should be redone. If I went into the FTP and renamed them it would be a disaster breaking all of the image paths related to the file name.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Have you tried just renaming it from the product catalog screen?

I.e., on the product page, click Images and then click on the image name and change it there?

[lesliekirk]

Have you tried just renaming it from the product catalog screen?

I.e., on the product page, click Images and then click on the image name and change it there?

You can change the file name from there? I'm thinking all you can enter is the path. The Image Machine looks for the file name on the server.

[ids]

I'd have to look again, but, you should be able to do a product export with the image columns included. Rename them in that flat file. Then create an import that updates the columns. Should be easy to validate that procedure with a small dataset.

Scott

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

I'd have to look again, but, you should be able to do a product export with the image columns included. Rename them in that flat file. Then create an import that updates the columns. Should be easy to validate that procedure with a small dataset.

Scott

ohh yah, that's a good one (eps. if it works. it should

[William Davis]

I'd have to look again, but, you should be able to do a product export with the image columns included. Rename them in that flat file. Then create an import that updates the columns. Should be easy to validate that procedure with a small dataset.

Scott

It seems like that is the only way, its a lot of trouble to rename one image that has blank spaces and a coma. Mark down another field that should have validation for that kind of stuff.

[ids]

FYI, I think the new import setting for the column likely needs to be "replace." But again, test with a small dataset.

Scott

[lesliekirk]

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong part of this, but how are you handling renaming the image file names for the images on the server? Are you renaming them and re-uploading?

[RTHOMASDESIGN]

A few months back we had to rename a few thousand images for a client. We used "Advanced Renamer" https://www.advancedrenamer.com/ (Windows Only) and replaced spaces/quotes/commas. Then did the same in a spreadsheet (from export), and uploaded both. Easy process and takes less than 30 minutes.

[William Davis]

Thanks! We've been using a similar utility for almost two decades called "Quick File Rename Professional" https://www.skyjuicesoftware.com/sof...ame/index.html for similar issues/projects, but this solution seems like an over kill for just one file.

[ids]

Ah, the physical renaming of the filenames. For larger quantities of images, no one can bypass this pain.

Are you renaming them and re-uploading?

A couple of ways this could be handled, someone writes a script/module that could read a flat file that contains a was/is association. Mivascript has this level of capability, as a module in the Admin or perhaps in a page template using SMT. However, I have done similar operations on filename using a batch on my local computer. So, taking advantage of the older Windows batching capability. You still need that was/is file. This is where the pain still exists. But, it's possible to create a directory file listing as plain text. Just create the batch in a text editor with find and replace capabilities. This operation would require the download of the images, running the batch to rename all the files, and uploading the newly named files.

EDIT: I just Ryan's comment. Seems like a good option. Also, I don't know if any of this applies to a Mac.

Scott

[William Davis]

Ah, the physical renaming of the filenames. For larger quantities of images, no one can bypass this pain.



A couple of ways this could be handled, someone writes a script/module that could read a flat file that contains a was/is association. Mivascript has this level of capability, as a module in the Admin or perhaps in a page template using SMT. However, I have done similar operations on filename using a batch on my local computer. So, taking advantage of the older Windows batching capability. You still need that was/is file. This is where the pain still exists. But, it's possible to create a directory file listing as plain text. Just create the batch in a text editor with find and replace capabilities. This operation would require the download of the images, running the batch to rename all the files, and uploading the newly named files.

Scott

The program I cited above has the ability to import two text files (Before and After), one just needs to make sure both files are in the same order. It also allows to see the changes before finalizing it and undo capability.