Hey everyone, so I have about 800 slides of my extended family from as early as the 1930s. I am 21 years old so obviously don't know many of them. I had an idea of creating a website where I could post these pictures, family members could go on, look at them, comment about them, etc. I have a few more specific details and need to know the feasibility of them.
1. Anyone here know www.facebook.com? I would like to have a feature where a family member could take one of the pictures, click a box around a person's face, and label that person (If you have been to the website, you know what I am talking about). This way, they could, for example, search for all pictures with um... "Mary Geary", and it would pull up all pictures based on whether somebody has labeled this person or not. The reason for this is that I have over 800 slides, PLUS i probably don't know 30% of the people in the pictures.
2. I would also like to have a comment section under each picture, so family members could be like "Oh, thats my mother at her wedding in 1945!", etc.
3. Now this is where I think it gets a little tough. I would like, if possible, to have an interactive family tree, where family members could go on and add branches to there line (and maybe even supplementary information such as birthdates, death dates, etc.) Are there programs that you can imbed in websites that do this, or would I have to write the code myself.
Ok, now four detail questions
4. In case this really takes off within the family, I would like level of redundancy so that if something goes wrong we don't lose anything. So, should I set this up in an SQL database maybe? Granted, I'm not real familiar with it, but I have had experience in the past and I am a quick learner. So, could I have the picture in one cell, comments in another, maybe even the names of the people in the picture in another. I'm actually pretty lost on this part and would appreciate any suggestions on how to make this feasible.
5. Does anyone know the cost of getting slides scanned and make digital?
6. Ok, I know if I don't restrict the site with passwords (which I don't believe I will), there is a possibility that someone could go in there and mess everything up on purpose. So I was wondering if there was a way where any changes (names, added pictures, changes to family tree) would have to be approved by me first (either through email, or logging into the website as an administrator and approving).
7. Lastly, what is the difficulty of doing all of this. I am not a professional in the computer field, but have had some experience in coding in the past. I am a quick learner who is dedicated to doing what is necessary to get the job done, so tell me what I need to learn, and I will learn it.
Also, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this, so please move it with my apologies if necessary. Another thing, it may be best if when answering these questions, you put the question number before your answer to help organize. Thanks.
Thanks again anandtech for always helping me whenever I need it. I really appreciate what this community does.
Brian
1. Anyone here know www.facebook.com? I would like to have a feature where a family member could take one of the pictures, click a box around a person's face, and label that person (If you have been to the website, you know what I am talking about). This way, they could, for example, search for all pictures with um... "Mary Geary", and it would pull up all pictures based on whether somebody has labeled this person or not. The reason for this is that I have over 800 slides, PLUS i probably don't know 30% of the people in the pictures.
2. I would also like to have a comment section under each picture, so family members could be like "Oh, thats my mother at her wedding in 1945!", etc.
3. Now this is where I think it gets a little tough. I would like, if possible, to have an interactive family tree, where family members could go on and add branches to there line (and maybe even supplementary information such as birthdates, death dates, etc.) Are there programs that you can imbed in websites that do this, or would I have to write the code myself.
Ok, now four detail questions
4. In case this really takes off within the family, I would like level of redundancy so that if something goes wrong we don't lose anything. So, should I set this up in an SQL database maybe? Granted, I'm not real familiar with it, but I have had experience in the past and I am a quick learner. So, could I have the picture in one cell, comments in another, maybe even the names of the people in the picture in another. I'm actually pretty lost on this part and would appreciate any suggestions on how to make this feasible.
5. Does anyone know the cost of getting slides scanned and make digital?
6. Ok, I know if I don't restrict the site with passwords (which I don't believe I will), there is a possibility that someone could go in there and mess everything up on purpose. So I was wondering if there was a way where any changes (names, added pictures, changes to family tree) would have to be approved by me first (either through email, or logging into the website as an administrator and approving).
7. Lastly, what is the difficulty of doing all of this. I am not a professional in the computer field, but have had some experience in coding in the past. I am a quick learner who is dedicated to doing what is necessary to get the job done, so tell me what I need to learn, and I will learn it.
Also, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this, so please move it with my apologies if necessary. Another thing, it may be best if when answering these questions, you put the question number before your answer to help organize. Thanks.
Thanks again anandtech for always helping me whenever I need it. I really appreciate what this community does.
Brian
