image upload buttons are missing in magento in back end

Question

I am new to Magento...Installed 1.7 community Edition.

I have heard great deal about it and so far I was not impressed..anyway I am trying to add images to a Product but 'Browse files' and 'Upload' buttons are missing from the backend.

I have tried several solutions from online like:
-copying 'media' folder from 'adminhtml' folder to 'frontend',
-clearing caches,
-reforming indices,
-upgrading to latest flash player.

Nothing seems to work. If any one found solution to this problem please let me know.

Corazoncorban

Answer 1

These buttons are coming from flash.So check your media folder on following location

design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media

if there is no media folder then copy from fresh magento

This will solve your problem :)

Lagena

There is a good chance you are missing both skin/adminhtml/default/default/media and design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media – Ultrared

Answer 2

Magento image uploading issue is related to flash. You need to change the settings of your browser. If you are using chrome,

1. Go chrome settings, or by typing chrome://settings/content
2. Go to Content settings => flash
3. Turn on Allow site to run flash
4. Turn off ask first

And in Firefox, you don't need to do anything, if your flash player is outdated, you need to update it

Artemisia

Answer 3

Go to chrome://settings/content/flash Add you website url in allow tag

Then refresh your admin panel

Steffin

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Answer 4

if git is used It's also a good to check .gitignore. it's easy to ignore "media/" instead of "/media/". Deeper media directory contains swf upload buttons.

Devaluation

Answer 5

The upload button is not displayed if JavaScript Variables maxUploadFileSizeInBytes and maxUploadFileSize are not properly configured in the following files:

• /app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media/uploader.phtml
• /app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media/cms/browser/content/uploader.phtml

The variables are declared as follows:

maxUploadFileSizeInBytes = <?php echo $this->getDataMaxSizeInBytes() ?>;
maxUploadFileSize = '<?php echo $this->getDataMaxSize() ?>';

You can directly edit:

maxUploadFileSizeInBytes = 10485760; /* 10.48576 MB */
maxUploadFileSize = '104857600';

The getDataMaxSizeInBytes() and getDataMaxSize() are defined in the file:

• /app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Media/Uploader.php

If your server is running with HHVM, the parameters PHP post_max_size and upload_max_filesize are available under the names hhvm.server.max_post_size and hhvm.server.upload.upload_max_file_size.

For this he will have to modify the appeal of these parameters in the php file Uploader.php, here's how:

Copy the file in the Local Uploader.php architecture:

• /app/code/local/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Media/Uploader.php

replace the following lines:

public function getPostMaxSize()
{
    return ini_get('post_max_size');
}

public function getUploadMaxSize()
{
    return ini_get('upload_max_filesize');
}

by the following:

public function getPostMaxSize()
{
    $post_max_size = ini_get('post_max_size');
    return $post_max_size ? $post_max_size : ini_get('hhvm.server.max_post_size');
}

public function getUploadMaxSize()
{
    $upload_max_filesize = ini_get('upload_max_filesize');
    return $upload_max_filesize ? $upload_max_filesize : ini_get('hhvm.server.upload.upload_max_file_size');
}

Cordially. G

Zusman

Answer 6

I had problem updating to magento 1.9.1, the problem was solved by copying the folder /app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/dull

into the new magento instance.

Riplex

Answer 7

Image upload button is a flash button so you have to download Flash Player. You can download flash player from following link : http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

After installing flash player just need to restart your browser, now you can see the image upload button.

Peterman

Answer 8

I found this issue in admin area. First Enable the Flash of Browser then Recheck.

These buttons use FLASH.

So if your browser does not support flash - then they will not appear.

Ensure that the app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media folder exists and that there are 2 files within it.

• editor.phtml
• uploader.phtml

Ensure that the skin/adminhtml/default/default/media folder exists and that there are 3 files within it.

• flex.swf
• uploader.swf
• uploaderSingle.swf

If you have created your own theme (ie Theme: "mytheme" and Package "mypackage") then ensure the above applies for:

• app/design/adminhtml/mytheme/mypackage/template/media
• skin/adminhtml/mytheme/mypackage/media

I hope this helps.

Wiggler

Answer 9

I had the same issue and sorted by doing the following settings in Google Chrome:

Go to menu in the right corner > settings > Advanced > Privacy and Security > Content Settings > Flash > In the allow section click 'ADD' button and type your website URL.

You can check the following URL if any problem: http://www.alvipixels.co.uk/blog/magento-product-image-upload-button-not-showing.php

Commodious

Answer 10

I had this problem after emptying all my caches in Opera. I just added the exception of my site to the flash setting. Just make sure it is the complete url starting with http(s). I one case I opened the flash player properies and first deleted all content using the delete all button on the advanced tab.

If it is working in one browser it is usually NOT a magento code error in another browser.

Hire

Answer 11

Google Chrome is blocking these buttons because they are flash. follow these steps:

Open Google Chrome Click on the three dots in the top right hand corner of the browser Click on settings Scroll down to advanced and click expand Scroll down to Privacy and security and click on content setting Click on flash Under allow click on add Copy the homepage link to the website

Here's a tutorial on fixing Magento upload buttons in more details

Stand