Hotlink and URL Product Images
This seems to be the answer that people give in the forums on internet for hotlinking images. Easy to use and super with Easy populate. It's already integraded in MarvikShop 1.0 :
define('DIR_EXT_HTTP', 'http://');
in Configure, and then calling up:
tep_image(DIR_EXT_HTTP
instead of
tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES
in product_info.php and other places. The products_image should now be changed to "
www.mysite.com/images/my_image.gif
", or if hosting on another server "
www.othersite.com/images/my_other_image.gif
"
(And no do not linking the images unless You have specific written permission from associate vendors whose products You are selling that happen to have their images also hosted for their site.