Need to add flipping catalog to site

I am a newbie and have been tasked to add a clients catalog on their site as a
flipping catalog. The client wants to have a image of their catalog added to a
page. They also want the catalog to open up as a flipping catalog. I have found
several sources for flipping books but I am a little lost on where these files
will be posted on the site. Will the original image be linked to a new page
that holds the flipping book?

I appreciateany help.
Thanks

Your best solution is probably Flash-based. But IMO it is a horrible idea.
Talk about a usability nightmare. And does your client realize what a
maintenance nightmare they will have? What will you have to charge them just
to add a single product or change a single price?

If it was my client I would convince them to build a traditional database
shopping cart as I am absolutely certain it will produce far more sales,
although that partially assumes their product line isn't something so
off-the-wall as to possibly benefit from a wacky presentation. Barring that
I would say, "Thank you", followed by, "Goodbye". But that's just me. I
refuse to build sites I am certain will fail.

Left to their own devices many (most?) site owners would impose their own
likes, dislikes and preferences and usually severely impede any possible
success. I think part of my job is to discourage that. "Don't try this at
home. We are professionals."

--

Walt


"swgrafix" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am a newbie and have been tasked to add a clients catalog on their site
as a
flipping catalog. The client wants to have a image of their catalog added
to a
page. They also want the catalog to open up as a flipping catalog. I have
found
several sources for flipping books but I am a little lost on where these
files
will be posted on the site. Will the original image be linked to a new
page
that holds the flipping book?

I appreciateany help.
Thanks

On 12 Feb 2009 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Walt F. Schaefer wrote:

Your best solution is probably Flash-based. But IMO it is a horrible
idea. Talk about a usability nightmare. And does your client realize
what a maintenance nightmare they will have? What will you have to
charge them just to add a single product or change a single price?

I don't know a whole lot about Flash, but As I Understand It, you should
be able to build a database-driven Flash app, so that the catalog items
come from the database, and you'd add a new one simply by updating the
database. I agree on the usability count, though.

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email: http://makowiec.net/contact.php

Thanks for for the answers. And I will look into the flash-based solution.

I found this last year - have never used it and have no idea how good it is or
if it
is what you are looking for. You may want to just check it out.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/bookflip.htm