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Some Volusion-based merchants may encounter a situation where the images they have uploaded to one or more store products within their online store needs to be resized.

This could be due to the default image size not providing enough detail when viewing the product page, to meet the merchants aesthetic needs or for other reasons. This article will instruct you how to upload custom-sized images to your Volusion store products.

Getting Started:

We'll assume that the product you wish to have a custom-sized image already has a product photo assigned to it. When assigning photos to a product, the Volusion store automatically formats the image file to a specific size. Here, you'll find instructions on first removing the pre-existing product photo and then uploading a custom-sized image.

Part I - Deleting the Existing Photo:

In order to upload a product photo with a custom image size, you will first need to delete any pre-existing images associated with the product you will be editing.

Use the following steps to accomplish this task:

• Log into the Volusion Admin Page and click on the Inventory tab.
• Click on the Products link in the menu bar. (Version 5 )
• In your store's Products table, click the product code for the product you wish to edit.
• In the product's settings page, click the "X" tab at the top of the product's image to remove the image from the product. (Version 5 )
• Alternately, you can click on the image itself to view all images associated with the product in a pop-up window. You can then delete these images by clicking the Delete button in the pop-up window.

Uploading Custom-Sized Product Photos

Once the above process is complete, you are ready to upload your new, custom-sized product photo. You can do this by following these steps:

• In the product's settings page, click the "Image Management header at the top of the page. (Version 5 )
• Once the image upload controls have appeared in the product settings page, click the link marked Advanced Options. (Version 5 )
• Here, you can use the Advanced Settings form to define the height and width of each version of the product image that Volusion will automatically generate when you upload a product photo.
• You can also check the option to create alternate view photos for your product.
• Additionally, check the option marked, "Make These My Default Sizes" to apply your custom image size settings to any future product image you will upload to your Volusion store.
• With your custom sizes configured, click the Browse button and select the product image you wish to upload.
• When finished, click the Upload button to upload the selected image file to your product. (Version 5 )

With this process complete, your product will now have images assigned to it, automatically sized to the specifications you defined in the steps outlined above. If you selected the option to make these size settings your store's defaults, each additional image you upload to your store's products will automatically be sized accordingly.

Note:

When creating custom image sizes, be aware that these settings may affect your product's vZoom image magnification effect. For the vZoom effect to remain active for a product's images, the "Photo Size Large" product image must be more than 20% larger than the image size for the product's "Photo Size Medium" image.