A simple way to fix both issues for you will be to edit the file "show" of the view "product" via the menu Display->views and remove the code related to the display of the images
Code:
if (!empty ($variant->images)) {
?>
<div id="hikashop_product_image_<?php echo $variant_name;?>" style="display:none;">
<div id="hikashop_main_image_div_<?php echo $variant_name;?>" class="hikashop_main_image_div">
<?php
$image = reset($variant->images);
$height = $this->config->get('product_image_y',$this->config->get('thumbnail_y'));
$width = $this->config->get('product_image_x',$this->config->get('thumbnail_x'));
if (!$this->config->get('thumbnail')) {
echo '<img src="' . $this->image->uploadFolder_url . $image->file_path . '" alt="' . $image->file_name . '" id="hikashop_main_image_' . $variant_name . '" style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle" />';
} else {
$style = '';
if (count($variant->images) > 1) {
if (!empty ($height)) {
$style = ' style="height:' . ($height +5) . 'px;"';
}
}
?>
<div class="hikashop_product_main_image_thumb" id="hikashop_main_image_thumb_div_<?php echo $variant_name;?>" <?php echo $style;?>>
<?php echo $this->image->display($image->file_path,true,$image->file_name,'id="hikashop_main_image_'.$variant_name.'" style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"','id="hikashop_main_image_'.$variant_name.'_link"', $width, $height); ?>
</div>
<?php
}
if (count($variant->images) > 1) {
?>
</div><div id="hikashop_small_image_div_<?php echo $variant_name;?>" class="hikashop_small_image_div"><?php
foreach ($variant->images as $image) {
echo $this->image->display($image->file_path, 'hikashop_main_image_' . $variant_name, $image->file_name, 'class="hikashop_child_image"','', $width, $height);
}
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php }
Code:
<div id="hikashop_product_contact_<?php echo $variant_name;?>" style="display:none;">
<?php
if (hikashop_level(1) && ($contact == 2 || ($contact == 1 && !empty ($this->element->product_contact)))) {
echo $this->cart->displayButton(JText :: _('CONTACT_US_FOR_INFO'), 'contact_us', @ $this->params, hikashop_completeLink('product&task=contact&cid=' . $variant->product_id), 'window.location=\'' . hikashop_completeLink('product&task=contact&cid=' . $variant->product_id) . '\';return false;');
}
?>
</div>
