adding new pic when duplicating product.

[2001kx]

well not really a bug but an issue for me.

i sell alot of the same items with a different image.
so i use duplicate product to add new product and i just change the pic and title to list a new item (everything else stays the same)
my issue is when i add the new pic.
i delete the old pic with the check box and click update.
then i go back and add the new pic...but when i click delete it will delete the pic from the original listing that i duplicated as well that i do not want to change.
with this way i have to go back into the original listing and add the pic again and add the new pic to the duplicated listing...which takes 3x as long to list an item.

is there a way to do this without all the extra steps like before 2.5rc1?

[ridexbuilder]

Sounds like you're doing a linked copy, instead of a duplicate.

[2001kx]

Sounds like you're doing a linked copy, instead of a duplicate.

im using the button COPY TO then DUPLICATE PRODUCT.
and it will change the image on both listings as if they are the same.

[ridexbuilder]

Are you sure that it's not just your browser cache, the image is linked to a specific Product ID? A copy will (should?) create a new Product ID.
Try an EasyPopulate export to confirm this - just choose Custom, Image for the export.

[pgmarshall]

I see your issue - you want to clear the image name from the database NOT delete it from the server ... unfortunately we have designed this to make it easy for people who would normally be using the same image for the same product. I would suggest that EJ's solution of using EasyPopulate to edit the database values for the new product to be the easiest route. Otherwise if you want you can edit the source to suit your needs - simply removing the products_image from the duplicate query will allow you to change the image when you copy them. BACKUP! Open catalog/admin/categories.php - Line 740 - remove " . tep_db_input($product['products_image']) . " Job Done! If this sounds difficult or confusing get someone else to do it for you. BACKUP before you fiddle around. Let me know if I can help anymore. Regards.

[2001kx]

I see your issue - you want to clear the image name from the database NOT delete it from the server ... unfortunately we have designed this to make it easy for people who would normally be using the same image for the same product. I would suggest that EJ's solution of using EasyPopulate to edit the database values for the new product to be the easiest route. Otherwise if you want you can edit the source to suit your needs - simply removing the products_image from the duplicate query will allow you to change the image when you copy them. BACKUP! Open catalog/admin/categories.php - Line 740 - remove " . tep_db_input($product['products_image']) . " Job Done! If this sounds difficult or confusing get someone else to do it for you. BACKUP before you fiddle around. Let me know if I can help anymore. Regards.

ok i did the above and all is good,thanks.