Hi All,
I plan on a project this summer to create a custom web application with which I would like my customers to be able to create and buy custom kits.
My business involves faith based craft kits and this application will in particular target a banner making craft kit. Here's a pic of a completed banner.
The end goal is to have a GUI interface with which the user can drag and drop pieces onto a base, the size of which is customizable. Once they are done, they will then be able to add the kit to their shopping cart, at which point we will put it together and ship it.
Challenges include:
Tracking each piece that is currently on the canvas and keep a running total of the kit cost as a sum of all the component costs.
Tracking the layer each piece is on so that they can be moved up and down layers so the customer can see what it looks like.
High browser compatability. FireFox, IE and Chrome are musts, as well as Opera to capture the Mac users. Handhelds are not being considered.
The layout will be strictly 2-D from a top down perspective.
I have a mySQL database available. I am pretty versed in PHP, HTML. I have minor javascript experience. I am willing to learn new languages as needed.
All I am asking here, is, what sort of platform should I look at to build this on.
So, what do you all think? Some sort of PHP/Javascript/HTML concoction? Flash application? Something else?
Need more details from me to decide?
Thanks all!