[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Profile for CNXTim ## [![CNXTim's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar30341.jpg)](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") **[ Offline](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim)** - **User Type:** User - **Register Date:** 18 Dec 2013 - **Last login:** 12 years 5 days ago - **Time Zone:** UTC +7:00 - **Local Time:** 01:15 - **Posts:** 27 - **Profile views:** 81 - **Location:** [Chiang Mai](https://maps.google.com?q=Chiang%20Mai) - **Gender:** Unknown - **Birthdate:** Unknown [ SiamWide](http://esolsea.com) - Posts # CNXTim's recent posts (27 messages ) All Since last visit 4 Hours 8 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours 48 Hours Week Month Year All Since last visit 4 Hours 8 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours 48 Hours Week Month Year | [ ](#forumbottom) | Subject | Replies / Views | Last Post | [ ](#forumtop) | |---|---|---|---|---| | [](/forum/32-content-creation/870423-best-pracitce-location-for-product-images#167805) | [Best Pracitce location for product images](/forum/32-content-creation/870423-best-pracitce-location-for-product-images#167805 "-- HikaShop version -- : N/A -- Joomla version -- : N/A -- PHP version -- : N/A -- Browser(s) name and version -- : N/A -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : N/A Hi guys, thanks to Charles I have finally got a lengthy ,csv ready to work with it's related images. There are many thousands of products, and I am fairly sure it is Best Practice to keep the images on a separate server to speed things up for site visitors, so my question is; Would that be well served with a commercial Dropbox server? Or do you have another suggestion for speed and safety?") Category: [Content Creation](/forum/32-content-creation "If you want to know more about the different options of the product and category creation.") Topic started 12 years 2 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/32-content-creation/870423-best-pracitce-location-for-product-images#167837 "Hi, You can change the folder where your images are stored by HikaShop with the "upload folder path" option of the configuration. However, that folder has to be a folder of your local web server or it won't work properly. Now there are solutions to link a folder of your server with a third party storage server/service but it won't help for speed. Safety is not a concern for the images. I would simply recommend to keep it like it is by default. Sending images to clients is not a lot of load, and if you need more speed, it's better to subscribe to a CDN service which automatically serves your static content (images, CSS, JS files) for you without changing any configuration on your website.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") | Replies:1 Views:778 | [Last Post](/forum/32-content-creation/870423-best-pracitce-location-for-product-images#167837 "Hi, You can change the folder where your images are stored by HikaShop with the "upload folder path" option of the configuration. However, that folder has to be a folder of your local web server or it won't work properly. Now there are solutions to link a folder of your server with a third party storage server/service but it won't help for speed. Safety is not a concern for the images. I would simply recommend to keep it like it is by default. Sending images to clients is not a lot of load, and if you need more speed, it's better to subscribe to a CDN service which automatically serves your static content (images, CSS, JS files) for you without changing any configuration on your website.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167197) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167197 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166763) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166763 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166706) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166706 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166649) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#166649 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#162262) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#162262 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#162199) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#162199 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#161879) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#161879 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import#161693) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import#161693 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | | [](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import#161647) | [How to prepare an Excel file for import](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import#161647 "-- url of the page with the problem -- :http://tbcp.siamwide.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_hikashop -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0 -- PHP version -- : 5.4.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message I am not sure the best way to proceed with this (see attached Excel Price List from Polycom) But it would seem it would be prudent to firstly parse the existing sheet into something more palatable for HikaShop. Any guidance here would be gratefully received. I am no programmer but reasonably competent in Excel...") Category: [Import & Export (CSV, XLS…)](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls "Questions about import and export will find an answer here") Topic started 12 years 5 months ago, by [CNXTim](/forum/user/30341-cnxtim "View CNXTim's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") 12 years 2 months ago by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [1](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=0 "Page:1") - [2](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20 "Page:2") | Replies:33 Views:3047 | [Last Post](/forum/37-import-export-csv-xls/868536-how-to-prepare-an-excel-file-for-import?start=20#167284 "Hi, Normally, you put the name of the images in the CSV, and you upload all the product images in the folder media/com_hikashop/upload. Then, HikaShop links automatically the imported products with the image files in that folder based on your CSV.") by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") 12 years 2 months ago | [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.125 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org) [](#top)