Magento Questions Answered By Magento Experts

 

Welcome Guest. Sign in or Signup

16 Answers

Magento 1.5 won’t import images via CSV??

Asked by: 5401 views
Questions

I just upgraded and went to import a csv using dataflow. Worked fine EXCEPT the product images won’t import for some reason.

I’ve had these exact CSV file working just fine prior to this upgrade. Any ideas why it would stop?

I was guessing at file permissions and to rule that out I’ve temporarily set /var and /media and everything within them to 777 and still no go.

16 Answers



  1. hugepickle on Feb 18, 2011 Reply

    I would suspect an extension is causing this. A client of mine had a custom import extention casing an issue like this

    0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  2. GammaFX on Mar 12, 2011 Reply

    Same problem with v1.5.0.1. I’ve opened up a bug report:
    http://www.magentocommerce.com/bug-tracking/issue?issue=11085

    0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  3. Singh on Apr 05, 2011 Reply

    Try to put images in media/import folder then change the permissions and also check the images name in csv under all 3 columns with /forward slash!
    Then in admin go to import all product – profile and upload!
    Hope this works

    0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  4. JageshMK on Sep 20, 2011 Reply 

    Put images in media/import folder.In ur csv file create three columns as follow
image
small_image
thumbnail
In that columns you put image name with forward slash(/) for eg. /image_name.jpg in 3 columns. then save that file as csv format. while saving file as csv use Edit filter settings in save dialog box.then save using character set as utf-8 ,Field delimiter as comma(,) and text delimiter as double quotes(").
now go->system->import/export->data profile->import all products->upload file->save and continue->run profile.

    +2 Votes Thumb up 2 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



    • BH on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

      JageshMK – I can’t find the Edit filter settings when I’m saving and the dialogue save box appears. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you.

      0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



      • JageshMK on Nov 03, 2011

        are you working in windows or linux?
        can you tell me what application you are using to save that file as csv
        for eg i am using openoffice.org spreadsheet and linux platform.

        can u tell me your email id?

        0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  5. BH on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

    Yeah, I’m on Windows 7 using Microsoft 2010. Does this help?

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



    • JageshMK on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

      I dont know about microsoft 2010.
      please download openoffice.org spreadsheet for windows
      it will help you a lot

      0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



      • BH on Nov 03, 2011

        I’ve installed openoffice and did as per your instructions, the only issue I had when importing is that it came up with:

        Skipping import row, required field “sku” is not defined.

        I assume that I will have to specify an SKU column?

        +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  6. JageshMK on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

    can u tell how you import csv file in magento.?
    can u tell step by step?

    for eg In admin System->Import/Export->Import or Export or Dataflow Profiles or Dataflow Advanced Profiles

    0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  7. BH on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

    OMG!!!! It’s worked (but need to include SKU as well).

    WOOOOOO HOOOOO!!

    Thank you JageshMK!!!!!

    0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  8. JageshMK on Nov 03, 2011 Reply

    ya we should include sku.
    Its unique id
    we can add same name to some products but we should differenciate the products. sku is like a primary key.

    0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  9. panderson on Nov 20, 2011 Reply

    Put the images into the /media/import folder
    Put the image name in your CSV file under the following columns – image, small_image and thumbnail in the format /myimagename.jpg (notice the forward slash).

    Here is the link : http://blog.avesinfotech.com/importing-images-via-csv-file-in-magento

    0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  10. Darren on Oct 25, 2012 Reply

    If want to solve this problem read this info. I think you will find the answer. There is a list of different solutions for Magento image problem.

    +1 Votes Thumb up 2 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  11. William on Nov 26, 2012 Reply

    Try to re-import your images via built-in Import Wizard of Store Manager for Magento. It allows to import images even if you have only image name in your file. Simply run import Wizard, enable import images option, specify in the default path section the URL to your supplier (if images are there) or any local folder with images and run import. For such import you may have imagename.jpg in your file only.
    After import the tool will create image path and upload all images according to Magento requirements (like i/m/imagename.jpg).

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  12. Phil on Jan 15, 2013 Reply

    In this situation you have to be SURE that your images are not imported. The thing is that sometimes your images just don’t appear. You have to check it from your admin panel.
    Also i can give another suggestion. A client of mine uses a service that works without errors. Check it out – file2cart. It may be useful.

    Good luck

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes


Answer Question