This is a default image creator to get rid of the ugly red x's.



1. Open the File:  /catalog/includes/functions/html_output.php

2.  Search for (~ Line 73)
	////
	// The HTML image wrapper function
	  function tep_image($src, $alt = '', $width = '', $height = '', $params = '') {
	    if ( (($src == '') || ($src == DIR_WS_IMAGES)) && (IMAGE_REQUIRED == 'false') ) {
	      return '';
    }

3.  Insert the following after the above (before Automatic Thumbnail contribution(1484) if installed)

$img=true;
if ($src == "images/"){
      $img = false;
      $src = "images/noimg.jpg";
}

4.  if Automatic Thumbnail contribution is installed put an else{} around it like so.

else{

//automatic contribution...

}

5.  Scroll down to where it says:
       if (tep_not_null($width) && tep_not_null($height) {

This is where it sets the width and height of the image, but we want to use
the images default so that it doesn't get resized, so we modify to say:

       if (tep_not_null($width) && tep_not_null($height) && $img) {

6.  Copy the noimg.jpg to your /images directory.



Maybe a backend default image manipulator will make it into MS4??