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Tailslide -> RE: How would I do this? (4/19/2008 11:38:43)
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Hmmm... I can see it being lots of work, whatever you do... except... I suppose all the photos need to be within the site's layout do they? Reason I ask is that with photo sites such as Flickr you can set up various "sets" or groups where you drag and drop your photo and you can send a guest pass to someone which allows them access to that set only. But, obviously - it's on Flickr rather than their site so might not be suitable.
If they need an integrated solution then what I'd do is set up a database with (probably minumum) of 3 tables - (something like - categories, photos, client-pages).
The first table would have various categories (say - people, landscapes, weddings, pets, houses, corporate etc etc) which you can add via a form in a passworded client admin area.
The second table would hold the name of the photos and, via a form, assign each various categories (can be more than one) to that image name.
The third table would create a client page (doesn't have to be passworded - the url to the page can include a random number) - during the process of creating that page (via another online form) you can choose which categories of photos to show on the page (e.g. all weddings, all corporate and people for example via a multiple select field). The page is then generated with a random number on the URL to avoid needing passwords. That page would have all the photos from the categories chosen.
The client admin area would have each client page listed with edit and delete links next to it so that when you're done with it - you can just delete the page. Or maybe keep them if they're likely to re-use.
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