Hey there,
I am currently developing a website for Photography enthusiasts.
I plan for this site to have a Forum & Photo/Tutorial Submission System.
I have the forums currently running, but the problem is I don't know where to start for the Photo/Tutorial Submission System; and was wondering if anyone had some advice.
Basically,
I know how to upload a file to the server. That's about it. But, what I had in mind is a bit more complicated then that.
I was planning for the process to be like this:
1. User Submits Photo or Tutorial to website for approval. It could be uploaded to a temporary folder just for content awaiting approval.
2. Admin/Mod Accounts from the forums have access to a page on the site which basically brings up any awaiting photos or tutorials. Admin/Mod's can Approve/Decline/Edit any of the material.
3.If the Admin/Mod Approves the material, it gets shifted to the correct directory (eg. www.mysite.com/photos or www.mysite.com/tutorials)
4.Upon being shifted to the correct directory, it auto-magically creates a web page for the content.
For a Photo, It would be just a page with the photo on it, a description, and the user who submitted it. It would also update the gallery page that it was submitted to with a thumbnail and details that are on the main page. For a Article, it would generate a page with the article that had been submitted on it.
5.Not Needed but, It could update a database with details as to the time it was approved/rejected and by who etc.
Also bump up the count of the user who submitted it. On Each of the content pages it could list "{Username} has submitted {-}Photos and {-} Tutorials to Mysite."
^Now I know I said basically, but it seemed basic to me until I got around to designing it.
If anyone could offer advice, maybe some tutorials on the web. It would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
cozimJaek
