I'm struggling a bit to find the right solution for what I need, hopefully someone here has
some insight on how I should approach this. I'm familiar with basic html and flash, but a few
things have me stumped...mainly on the pipeline. I'm really not sure what the right code should
be...html, flash, php????
Overview:
1) Image gallery with thousands of images that will contain an online store.
Key features:
1) The site will initially be a simple online store that sells a product, however later I plan
to add flash interaction that will allow the user to customize the image by color correction
and then split out that information to me so I know what to ship. The easiest way to describe
what I want in the end is in a component I found here:
http://www.flashcomponents.net/compo...rator_and_payp
al_checkout.html
2) The site will have flash components that allow a very pretty way to view these images, such
as a 3d scroller.
3) The site will need to be expandable dynamically. Users will be able to add images
themselves.
Problems:
1) Need to have a way to process thousands of images into a gallery without spending hours and
hours of time applying links.
2) Need a unique url for each image for marketing purposes. I've found that flash doesn't
have unique url's, which is a problem. Can this be solved easily I hope?
The first thing I want to get going is the simple gallery with online store so I can start
bringing in revenue. However, I want to keep in mind the other future items as well and not
screw myself later. I've played around with Adobe Lightroom and like the fact that I can make
a simple flash gallery that will process these images in no time flat. It get's me really
close and really fast. However, editing the index it spits out seems to be a pain, so it would
seem to be problematic to add flash components as well as a shopping cart. It spits out xml
files that I can edit, but I'm not that familiar with what I'm looking at...I've been a golive
user for years
Anywho, any ideas or advice would be mucho appreciated and I would be your friend forever.
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