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TheFineArtist
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Coding Illiterate, need direction 4 craigslist template makr

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Hey Everyone, im new and very amature, But what im trying to do has been done countless times.

ok:

A friend of mine has an auto dealership,
He asked If I could make him a craigslist Ad Template generator.
that would allow him to post pics and details about cars he sells online,
he has many different cars he'll be posting weekly.

The generator would have to function, essentially like these

http://thelastreal.com/ctg.php
http://www.craigslistadmaker.com/admaker/

In addition, though he would like to be able to post upwards of 100 photos percar. so
a file browser, that allows a selection of a folder of pics, rather then one image is ideal.

Pre-written or Tutorial, can someone point me in the right direction?

thank you, I'll be checking in often :)
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anyone? doesn't ahve to be a full blown explanation, a link or tutorial that could help me would apprecaited. 8)
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This isn't something that somebody can just post a little "script" for you. It's a reasonably large undertaking. You might find something on a site like hotscripts.com, but probably the best thing to do is to start learning the basics of PHP and work your way towards your goal slowly, building your experience as you do so.

Effectively this whole requirement is to build a small interactive application.

By the way, just a friendly note that we have rules to prevent "bumping" threads within a 24 hour window.
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hotscripts.com, sounds like a great place to start, and like you said im starting with the basics.
I was trying to get an impression of how involved this would be, but with some practice

I should have enough skill over the next few weeks, to pull it off.
thank you, 8)
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Coding questions don't belong in general discussion... moved to "PHP - Code"
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After a few weeks and a PHP text book I did it! thanks everyone, that wasnt so bad. So I have a form that allows a user to type information and afterwards a css/html template is generated using that data. :)

next challenge.

I dont need coding specific help just some theory and guidance
as to "how" i could do this, even if it requires some xml and actionscript.

- I need to create a bulk image uploader,

- that allows ctrl-click selection of multiple files

- to a new folder that the user specifies... ( or that is assigned from a variable name, like box1, box2, box3, ect - each time form is executed )

eventually im going to make a
an image gallery styled like this

a friend of mine will be logging in and using this form every few days to generate ads. he will need a bulk image uploader, and a gallery that can later distinguish and locate this group of photos.

any guidance would be appreciated.

P.S. my google searchs have revealed a few bulk uploaders but they're saturated with features that I dont need, and they wont let me choose the folder im uploading to. swfupload is one
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Try http://www.use.com They got hundreds of templates. Is all free and you can post up to a 100 full size images with size or bandwidth restriction. Works pretty good if you want to do things on the fly without knowing any html. Best thing is that you can save and reuse templates later on and their templates are both ebay and craigslist compatible. Worked for me. Let me know what you think.
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Bulk image uploaders are rubbish in HTML alone because there's no easy way to select more than one image at once. Your best bet is to look into Java for something like that.
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