HI i am creating a web site and i need a thing so that people can make there own posters, preferably with a set templte i can make and has various drop down menues. then it goes to the part of my site that they wanted it on. is that posible??? is there a script for that??

I'm confused by what you mean by "poster". Are you talking about a printed poster that you hang on a wall? Because you say that the poster will go on a part of your site. In either case it is definitely possible. One product I worked on previously was a web application for the creating of variable data printing where users would create documents from preset selections. Is there a script for it? I would probably doubt it, but perhaps. Michael J

what you are talking about is exactly what i need, could you tell me how it's done??

Well, I can give you a general overview of how it was done, but depending upon what your level of experience is and what languages you know, it might be beyond your ability. We have a team of developers that worked on that application. But, if you are talking about a single product, then I can strip it down to the bare essentials. First you will need to have a form to capture the user's selected options. This can be a single page form or multiple pages. You can also use javascript to control the options (for example, have a city field which the content changes based upon the state selected). Once you have captured the data, you will need to create the document. We used the method of creating PDFs. To do that we created the "template" which was a postscript program which utilized variables for the data options. When the user submitted their data we would write a postscript file using the template and writing out the variables from the user input data. Lastly, you would need to distill the postscript file to generate the PDF. I "think" there may be some free PDF distilling tools that you can use within ASP/PHP but I'm not sure. We used Active PDF. There are companies that already have the technology in place and can allow you to put up your poster. I would give you a reference to my last company, but to be honest, I hate them and would not do anything that might benefit them. But, I believe Kinkos offers a similar service and I'm sure there are others - check with some local commercial printing companies in your area. There are some important considerations though. Who is printing the posters? Will the users be purchasing them? Do they need to see an online proof? What is your budget, if any? I would be happy to help with some general advice and such pro bono. If you need more in-depth help, I can help with that as well. Michael J

THANKS FOR THE HELP MICHAEL. but at the moment i am stuck on how to make drop down menues. i think you need to use javascript but the only problem is i dont have a clue on how to create it. Could anyone help??

Ok, you have a long, long way to go to get where you want to. A drop down menu is basic HTML - no javascript involved. <select name="fieldName"> <option value="value1">Value 1</option> <option value="value2">Value 2</option> <option value="value3">Value 3</option> <option value="value4">Value 4</option> </select> Michael J

thanks for that!! now all i need is a thing so the user can write in a bo what they want. Also i need a button at the bottom that puts the infomation they have input on a part of the site.