Firstly are these pictures specific to them? Or are they along the lines of IMDB.com's pictures of celebs?
Also how many pictures are involved? Assuming sombeody sent you a roll of film (so around 36 pictures), would it not be better to present the user with all the images on one page and (after they have default selected a size.) Also make damm sure you put some sort of watermark all over the images on the screen to stop people just printing off their images. Also what if a customer wanted multiple copies of a picture all different sizes? I would probably go for a quantity box for each size which defaults to 1 of each 4x6. I would probably store the order away in a db against their username. I would assume if they were personal photos the person would have to log in. Anyway lots to think about. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 September 2003 22:39 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Best Approach to Storing Selections... > > > Hi, all. > > I'm setting up a site for users to order photos... > They won't be purchasing online, just specifiying which > photos they want to have printed...then an email will be > sent to the user after placing their order...and an email will be sent > to a local photo shop who will handle the printing and payments. > > I was wondering about the best way to handle the data... > > The flow will be like this... > > - User views multiple photos on page... > > - Each photo has checkboxes for options like 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, and > associated > price. > > -The user will check boxes for various options for photos on each page. > > - The user will go to another page to view more photos and make > selections. > > - User checks list of all they're order and total cost is calculated and > presented. > > > The biggest issue to the best way to handle the info... > > - First, I'm considering making all checkbox names dynamic, such as > '#PhotoQuery.PhotoName#'&'4x6', '#PhotoQuery.PhotoName#'&'5x7', etc... > Would that work for making each checkbox unique? > > - Secondly, I need to store the selections...should I do this in an array, > including > PhotoName, Size, Price...then just output the array contents for review, > then > into the order emails when "checkout" occurs? > > > Thanks for anyone's time and insight...I haven't put together a shopping > cart yet, > so I just want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction with the > coding before I start... > > Thanks, > > Rick > > > Rick Faircloth > WhiteStoneMedia.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
