[resolved] bulk import image url not working

[asllearner]

below is the original post.
I found the error.
I wasnt using the local path from my server...the url itself did not work

/servername/serverusrdir/ and then my subdirectory

not http://....etc

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
I know muchink and blood too for all I know has been spilt over this, but I feel like I have read it all, and still I don't get it.

I am trying to bulk import my products. all works fine except, lo and behold, img url...

I have tried many variations, but the one I believe the most should work is this.
I uploaded my images to www.mysite.com/catalogpresta/img/tmp
my csv file is as follows and attached

id+category+quantity+reference+img url+price+name+description
1914+2+1+100 A+http://www.mysite.com/catalogpresta/img/tmp/100_A.jpg+85.0000+Marco Polo / Italian Renn.+

GLD/BURG/GR

Hat, shirt, sox

MED/LG-2 PC

CHEST-42 / WAIST-31 to 40

1915+2+1+100 C+http://www.mysite.com/catalogpresta/img/tmp/100_C.jpg+75.0000+Vasco de Gamma / Explorer+

BURG/GLD

Hat, sox

MED/LG-2 PC

SH / CH / A / W / H / L / I

1916+2+1+101 J+http://www.mysite.com/catalogpresta/img/tmp/100_F.jpg+50.0000+Prince Charming+

GREY/WT

Hat, Pendant, sox,

SM-2 PC

CHEST-40 / ARM-35 / WAIST-30to 38

1917+2+1+100 G+http://www.mysite.com/catalogpresta/img/tmp/100_G.jpg+75.0000+Romeo+

BU/BLK

Pendant, sox, sash, shirt

L/XL-3 PC

SHOULDER-19 / CHEST44 to 46 / ARM-36 / WAIST-32 to 50

I am using + as delimiter and ^ as option delimiter

I have tried putting the url in quotes, in parentheses, with forward and backslashes, and other ways.
originally I had the images in my img/p/ folder, and tried that as well.
I tried using relative url's (img/p, img, /img/p/, et al ad nauseum

Which of those options is correct?
what should I do?

I would like very very very much not to install a local server at this time (I am just setting up the store, and it will be managed by someone else...) so dont offer solutions involving that, as I have read that already.

I get an error message that says it has a error loading the img, but doesn't explain the error.

I have read mentions about friendly URLS and rewrited urls but I dont understand what they are.......can someone explain the basic idea of these to me?


thanks in advance for any help on what must be an overasked and slightly stupid question.

mysitesample.csv