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selected all your desired images, then click Upload Files. The images will list vertically
in the image page. By default, all images uploaded here will display under MORE
VIEWS on the front-end. This is located under the main product image, and clicking
any of the images displayed here will open a pop-up window with the ability to
browse through all the images associated to the product. For each image in the
admin, you can add a Label, which will display above the image in the pop-up
window. You can add a Sort Order, which will determine the order in which the
images are displayed in the MORE VIEWS section and the order in which they are
browsed in the pop-up window. You can designate which of these images is
associated to which of the three image types by selecting the radio button in the
appropriate column (only one image can be the Thumbnail image, only one can be
the Small image, and only one can be the Base image). The images will automatically
resize to fit the dimensions of each image type. The Base image, however, works a
little bit differently. This is the main image that displays prominently on the product
page. It will resize to fit the image window, however, if it is larger than the window,
your customers will be able to zoom in on the image, and then double-click the
image so that it displays the entire image outside of the original image window at
the designated zoom level. If you want and image to only associate to one of the
three image types, and not display in the MORE VIEWS section, you can check the
Exclude checkbox. To remove an image, check the Remove checkbox before saving
the changes.
In addition to these features, Magento allows you to add your own custom
watermarks to the images in your site, to hamper visitors from making unwanted
copies. If you would like to add watermarks, navigate to System > Configuration, and
click the Design tab in the left column. For each image type, you can upload a
separate image file that will be used as the watermark, define the size of the
watermark, and define the position in which it will be displayed relative to your
product images.
Design
There is more about this in the Assigning Designs at the product level section below.
Inventory
Inventory settings can be configured individually per product, however there are also
several very important global Inventory configuration settings. Additionally, many of
the individual product settings can be set to use the default value (the global
setting). Therefore, it is beneficial to discuss the product settings and global settings
together. Please refer to the section about Stock Management later in this chapter
for more detailed information.