I'm looking at ways to create an online business card/flyer creator. I will have images already online, and the visitor can type in the text they want to insert and it will show on the image in the chosen font. (Like Vistaprint's online business card creator... see: vistaprint.com) How would I do this? I would REALLY like to avoid using flash. Can this be done with jquery? I was thinking the fonts can be shown using cufon replace, and colors can be changed using a jquery color picker. The main issue I'm having is how to get the text you type in a textbox to show on top of the displayed image "live"- as you type it. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
You can of course do something with layers, and jquery, although there is a big change that the image displayed to the user differs from the image printed (Browsers display that kind of things different) If you want to create something without flash, I recommend the php image functions. If you want to display it live, flash is the best option.