Upload images + Text

[Ravon]

Hello,

We are looking to add an upload form to certain products on our site (form to be on the same page as our product). The problem we have is that we need to keep the textbox so really the other info box in actinic can't be used.

Does anyone have any suggestions.

At present we have a link to an upload form but some customers get confused on what to do after, hense trying to keep things simple

Sample Product

[Sheff_Nut]

We had an upload function for people to send logos etc for about a year. In the end we told people to email us the details with the images attached.

I think we used php_upload which was easy enough to integrate with dreamweaver and used the "information link" dialog in "miscellaneous" within "design options" to get to the page.

The images uploaded great but we had to go into the ftp folder every day as there is no way of knowing whan a file appears. As we didnt setup any text information to go with it in a SQL database it was hard to figure out who the images belonged to, as they used the local file names, and didnt make the files relevant to the order.

[Ravon]

Thanks for the reply Mike,

We currently use an upload form (forwards file via email and emails reply to customer) which is accessed via clicking on a link (code created via customvar).

We want to include a form with the product (one field - file upload) Once the file is uploaded, text could be entered in our Stamp Text/Comment field with message "File uploaded - Ref 12345 (each upload will have to have a unique number) The area where the upload form was, could now be a normal text line saying "Please enter the stamp text or click Add to Cart to continue"

[NormanRouxel]

One of the Actinic partners has an upload add-on that integrates with the products.

I've also done some custom ones that carries an uploaded image through the shopping cart. See http://www.fastframes.co.uk/acatalog...__a_Width.html for a live example.

[jont]

Norman, what server requirements are needed to implement the example site you have shown?

[NormanRouxel]

You'd need a PHP enabled server. A default installation of PHP4 or above should contain the modules needed for file upload.

That particular site also does some nifty graphics maniplulation. The picture frames are created by reflecting, extruding and mitreing a portion of each frame's small icon. Again, a standard install of PHP4 would usually include the required GD library.

Another neat trick is that the frame is modified in real-time as the customer changes things by refreshing only the image on the screen (via a JavaScript image.src="newimage.php?width=12&height=34&etc...."), not by having to reload the whole page.

[Ravon]

Norman,

The example site isn't really want we are looking for, apart from the upload window. (Uploaded files range from jpegs, tifs to eps or ai files.) Could you give us the name of the Actinic partner with the add-on

[jont]

Thanks Norman - should be OK server wise just have to learn PHP and I'm sorted

[NormanRouxel]

See http://www.suresolutionsinc.com/actinic_addons.html for the off the shelf add-on.