[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Images - upload ## - **[Huski](/forum/user/3364-huski "View Huski's Profile")** - [![Huski's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/3364-huski "View Huski's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/3364-huski) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 6 months ago [\#47884](#47884) by [Huski](/forum/user/3364-huski "View Huski's Profile") *[Images - upload](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/47884-images-upload#47884 "Have a website that has both the shop as well as articles with images on a large number of products which provide a lot more detail and have far more information than is required in a shop. Anyway, content was added to website, and then I have just added the shop. My question is re images. The content has all the images I need for the shop, but it seems for each product in the shop, I have to upload the image again even though it is already in a file in my media folder and hikashop stores its own version. This is duplication. Is there a way I can just select the image from those already in media folders?")* was created by *[Huski](/forum/user/3364-huski "View Huski's Profile")* Have a website that has both the shop as well as articles with images on a large number of products which provide a lot more detail and have far more information than is required in a shop. Anyway, content was added to website, and then I have just added the shop. My question is re images. The content has all the images I need for the shop, but it seems for each product in the shop, I have to upload the image again even though it is already in a file in my media folder and hikashop stores its own version. This is duplication. Is there a way I can just select the image from those already in media folders? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzQ3ODg0LWltYWdlcy11cGxvYWQ/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86323 - Thank you received: 14283 - - 14 years 6 months ago [\#47958](#47958) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Images - upload](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/47884-images-upload#47958 "Have a website that has both the shop as well as articles with images on a large number of products which provide a lot more detail and have far more information than is required in a shop. Anyway, content was added to website, and then I have just added the shop. My question is re images. The content has all the images I need for the shop, but it seems for each product in the shop, I have to upload the image again even though it is already in a file in my media folder and hikashop stores its own version. This is duplication. Is there a way I can just select the image from those already in media folders?")* If you have them in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload you can link them to products with the import system: [ www.hikashop.com/en/forum/4-how-to/47363...l-image-storage.html](http://www.hikashop.com/en/forum/4-how-to/47363-external-image-storage.html) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzQ3ODg0LWltYWdlcy11cGxvYWQ/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.049 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)