RE: [PHP] suggestions

I'm in a situation where I built a PHP/MySQL based shopping cart driven site for a somewhat non-computer literate person. My solution was to supply him with the tools to change text content, view the pictures that were online and copy/rename them to the correct directory (hard coded in the tool) so they would display where/when needed. I do all the scanning and uploading of pictures. I also have a default "picture coming soon" image that displays if the correct filename for the item image doesn't exist. If you'd like to see the end result, take a look at http://www.performanceamstyle.com/ John Guynn This email brought to you by RFCs 821 and 1225. -----Original Message----- From: Toby Butzon [mailto:php-lists@imawebdesigner.com] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:19 PM To: Jerry Lake; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] suggestions [snip] One thing that comes to mind though is what it's like to have a client that's not web-savvy as for a project like this; this goes for the pictures & thumbnails, especially. I'd say just put a field in the table that references the location of the pictures (ie, "/pics/honda_civic_thumb.jpg", etc). If they want to add new ones, let them come to you... unless you feel like somebody there is capable enough to scan, size, optimize, and all that. It's just a pain to try to teach somebody that doesn't get it... then they complain that their website looks bad, or it just looks bad period and has your name on it and people wonder why a site you designed looks bad. Just a though ;) [snip]