Help with a site set-up

[cococomics]

Hello everyone! I have a sizable request to make for some help. I am looking to start a website where people can purchase photographs I have made.
I would like to have it so that people can create an account, and be able to log in from the front page with a simple username and password input and a login button, all in a little row. This way they could log in, look at photos, and purchase if they wish, using paypal. When a user would go onto an image purchase page, there would be the sample image on the left, and to the right would be some information like so:

[image ID#]
[PRICE]
[here i would like a field for input of paypal id]
[here i would like a field for input of amount to pay, or currency]
[Purchase button, to pay and send an email to me letting me know about the purchase]

If anyone could help me do this, I would REALLY appreciate it. Maybe I could pay a little money if really necessary. Thanks to anyone who helps!

 

[stuffradio]

I am running out of time these days, so if you want to pay me I can do this. PM me and/or post here if you want me to do it. PM me if you want my MSN.

Thanks

 

[cococomics]

Is there a way anyone could teach me how to do it, so that next time I would know? I can tell anyone my AIM if they PM me. Stuffradio, I might get you to do it, depending on how much money you want.

 

[Tree]

This requires quite a lot of PHP knowledge. Perl or CGI could also do it for you. What language are you looking to do it in?

Do you have access to a MySQL database? Having that as a backend would be the best option.

 

[cococomics]

Yes I have access to MySQL databases. I don't really know what language would be best. Maybe CGI? Whichever one you're willing to teach me would be awesome!

 

[Tree]

I have the time right now to teach you some PHP. CGI and Perl are great languages, but take a bit to learn. Not sure how long I will have, but I'll get on AIM and try to teach you some basics.

 

[hottweelz]

Wouldn't some sort of OSCommerce combined with one of the Galleries (both found in Fantastico) be an easy install? Then you're just customizing.

 

[Tree]

That's true. I am not a big fan of using open-source scripts though. The code tends to be messy and I just don't like it. OSCommerce is particualarly hard to edit because there are SO MANY files.

 

[cococomics]

I suppose. Tree I'm about to send you an IM. Thanks for helping everyone. I'm sure if I wasn't able to set all this up, I could get through editting a ton of files with those scripts you mentioned

 

[stuffradio]

Do you have MSN cococomics?

 

[cococomics]

I sure do. I will PM my username to you!