Product Images Upload Not Working

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TheDropMan said:
I am trying to upload all product images that are currently a link to Ali Express to my local site using the tool below, however, even after completion all my media are still showing as "External".
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How about the three selected below, are they uploaded to the local site? You need to select including Product description images if you mean all product images.

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TheDropMan

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i don't have any product description images so i didn't select it. all other 3 images types still showing as external even after trying the upload a second time
 
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the_lyall

the_lyall

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kdbazarcom said:
I suggest, should have button to reset images upload.
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I don't think that's practical, as the only way would be to reset the product description to match AliExpress so you would lose any changes you made either before or after uploading them to the site. You should go through and set all the settings to what you want before importing. Admittedly it's easy to miss a setting or want to change something, but then you need a manual workaround or risk losing a lot of work.
 
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TheDropMan

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the_lyall said:
The options only apply the first time you import a product. Changing the options afterwards won't update existing products.

If you want to reimport a product you need to completely delete it (put in trash and then delete from trash) and then you can import it again from AliExpress with the new settings.

Unless you mean even after doing that it's still not importing them and they're still not showing in your media library?
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What about the below instructions from Ali Knowledge article.. looks like you have this functionality its just not working...

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Direct Webstore

Direct Webstore

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TheDropMan said:
all my media are still showing as "External".
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Did you check the image's URLs to check that they actually are external?
Did you try emptying the site cache and browser cache then checking again?

the_lyall said:
The options only apply the first time you import a product. Changing the options afterwards won't update existing products.
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Incorrect. They are supposed to.

TheDropMan said:
What about the below instructions from Ali Knowledge article.. looks like you have this functionality its just not working...
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Looks like it ... and in that case, he should write to support@alidropship.com
 
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TheDropMan

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Yes I did they are all showing as external and it is causing a big problem when trying to optimize my site speed because some images loading from ali cdn and if i use a different cdn their images don't load and it becomes buggy..
 
Direct Webstore

Direct Webstore

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TheDropMan said:
t is causing a big problem when trying to optimize my site speed because some images loading from ali cdn
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Where the images are being served from doesn't make much difference regarding page loading speed in people's browsers. (It does a little). It's the size and amount of images that matter. And, more importantly, there are other factors that need to be considered for loading speed as well. I only download the featured image to my stores and the average loading time on pages is 2-4 seconds.

That's been discussed several times elsewhere in this forum, so I won't go into it again here.
 
the_lyall

the_lyall

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@Direct Webstore @TheDropMan Apologies - I've removed my post which had incorrect information, Direct Webstore is right and you'll need to wait to see what support say.

Regarding CDN and image loading, you should check your cache policies for images to make sure they're correct. It shouldn't make a difference if you're using the AliCDN as your own CDN should only try to serve images from your own domain. If you can utilize the AliCDN free of charge which is already globally distributed then it should be a bonus. I also use a CDN and use description images on the AliCDN. Also if you're not hosting the images on your domain they won't (depending on your host) count towards your bandwidth allocation if you have one.
 
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motherclubs

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Hi
i have the same issue on my website motherclubs.com
picture are not imported. you can take a look to the site and understand what im speaking about. on the top of the admin area i have the following message: "Images to be imported for: 3985 products"
 
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Mar

Moderator
motherclubs said:
we import 50 each time + i dont see any reason why i have to limit myself on a new shop to import products

any solution?
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There are many reasons. I sometime have this issue, most of the time it is a connection issue, usually images are imported later, but never have a total of that number, that number is unlikely to succeed. I really think that you should import in small numbers and wait for all images to be imported before you start to import again. If that is your belief that you should not limit yourself on a new shop, it is up to you. Remember, everything has limitations.
 
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