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[I]Okay here’s a question/survey/inquiry what-have-yous from me:[/I]

I wanna do an image gallery page on the internet. Trick is, this page has to be dynamic. The page shows images contained in an assigned folder. There can be 1 or 100 images and the page shows ’em – I simply drag and drop images into that assigned folder and the page does its trick.

[B]Question.[/B] Which combination of platforms/formats/system is recommended by your vast experience? (Let’s just say I have all the system requirements for whatever it is that you think may be succesful here. This thread is intended to gather information pls – as much as possible!)

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@KDLAAug 10.2006 — You'll probably need a combination of an MySQL database and some ASP script. Visit some of the ASP coding sites for some ideas.

KDLA
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@KravvitzAug 10.2006 — I would use PHP instead of ASP but the fact remains that you need a server-side language.

I'm not sure why you would need a database, like KDLA mentioned.
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@KDLAAug 10.2006 — I'm not sure why you would need a database, like KDLA mentioned.[/QUOTE]

If you're using captions with the images.
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@KravvitzAug 10.2006 — True, but that would involve doing more than "simply drag and drop images into that assigned folder and the page does its trick". ?
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@GoogooboyyauthorAug 14.2006 — Ahh, great response fellas.

To clear things up, perhaps the database would make my site nifty but i guess I have an idea of what works now.

ASP/PHP sounds big to me right now - absolutely no programming background other than HTML (if html qualifies as programmin that is).

Any idea if a flash site is able to incorporate this idea at all? [I]I'm trying to imagine all the possible senarios here.[/I]

N how about SSI? curious...
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@KravvitzAug 14.2006 — Ugh. Flash. That's a good way to lose visitors.

I'm pretty sure this is beyond the capabilities of SSI.

HTML is a markup language, not a programming or scripting language.

Try looking for a script at [url=http://www.hotscripts.com/]HotScripts.com[/url]
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@GoogooboyyauthorAug 15.2006 — Flash is out. So is SSI.

So mySql n PHP is the way to go~ Mucho gracias fellas.

Oh, since I'm at a lower than beginner level in these area, on a scale of 1 to 10, how dificult do you thing this would be for me?
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@GoogooboyyauthorAug 18.2006 — Just had to bring this up..

I'm currently reading up on XML. Had 1 day of theories in my head and up to schemas now (yes, still a long way to get the big picture that is XML).

Question, can XML do the job?


Clueless still..
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@KravvitzAug 18.2006 — I'm no XML expert, but I'm fairly sure that XML can't do this by itself.
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@NogDogAug 18.2006 — A PHP script (no MySQL needed) could be easily created to read a directory and display all the image files it finds there.
[code=php]
<h1>Photos</h1>
<?php
// assumes all files will have ".jpg" suffix and are in a directory called "images"
// just below the current directory:
$files = glob('images/*.jpg');
foreach($files as $image)
{
echo "<p><a href='$image' alt=''></p>n";
}
?>
[/code]

Lots more could be done to make this more flexible and robust, but this is the gist of it.
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@GoogooboyyauthorAug 25.2006 — Haven't touched PHP at all. Finishing up my tutorials on XML now (and wondering if its worth the time spent). Yup, looks like PHP is the thingy I should dwelve further into.

For all the great help, thanks a million guys - all of you!

; D
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