in over my head?

[adrianqx]

Hi all

 

ive been web design for some time now, im anything but an expert when it comes to php, anyway i got this job todesign a site where users can:

 

1, upload there office artworks eg business cards ,brochures, etc

 

2, Be able to login and order printing by selecting eg business card, number of cards, paper type ,then designated printer shops. and order.

 

like i said ive been using joomla for all my sites and im now just trying to go deep into php, ive looked for an open source code to do this but no luck .

 

is this do able or have i just set myself out to failure?

[Ruzzas]

Uploading their files onto a server is a few lines. This is not much and is completely possible in afew hours or less. But im not so sure about the login part.

 

That looks kinda complicated to me but what the heck, let someone else reply and see if they can help you. Just search for some upload php scripts over google. There's plenty of free ones.

[teamatomic]

1. Go look at established sites that do that to get a feel for the flow and get ideas on how to(or not to) do it. Then make a rough flow chart.

 

2. start with a basic framework and login system. If you want ajax I suggest prototype and scriptaculous, for popups try iBox.

 

3. add in an admin area. if job security and building something that only you can update is called for skip the admin part and just build it in your flow chart order.

 

4. whats first on your flow chart. Do it, but make the admin part to populate it. That way you dont build the whole site and find that you have to change a lot to get an admin feature to work.

After the admin part can add to the section then you can populate it by uploading.

 

5. Whats next on the flow chart. Do it.

 

6. Always keep testing as you go along. You'll find that in the end its faster to always check than to go back and have change things.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic