xml, flashden, and image galleries ?

hello peeps. does anyone have any experience with some sort of automation for writing xml that could work in your average xml flashden photo gallery. What I am trying to say is Im to lazy to hand type and size it all. I thought photoshop could write xml from a batch of photos because I used it or I think one time I even used a I photo export option component from slide show pro to export xml and photos for slideshow pro. I just wondered if any of yall of worked through this or not. Thanks for any time you may have to offer

check my template, it reads files from a directory and creates xml automatically. it could be modified easily to work with any xml scheme.

You can use php to read a directory and make an XML file. Only thing you would need to know is what the structure of the XML file should look like.

I have been so close to getting you file for a while chucka, How does it handle descriptions? Fonz I am actually trying to start learning how to do this for a project I am using P&K AS3 unlimited Category image gallery on. The photographer is the the client and I would like a easy way for him to update. The folder idea sounds really cool. i hope it works with descriptions and I know like 0 php. unfortunatley Thanks for the suggestions guys.. I appreciate it very much. Chuck do you think if I got your file it would be a good learning point if I could make you code write xml for P&K as3 image gallery.. Does the process involve any AS? thanks again for the expert advice

Hey man, ive got experience doing this sort of thing. And am quite the php wizz, if you need a hand let me know.

yep, you can use the php on its own and it can be modified to work with any xml format. The image titles are handled nicely e.g some_image is automatically changed to some image. My code also has some sort options – alphanumeric, date and random this is good as lots of servers will sort the xml output differently.

Thanks FJ I might reach out to you for sure. I appreciate that. to Everyone, do you think the php and folder on a server option works well with a gallery that has unlimited categories withen categories. The photographer I work with takes new photos of new fights every weekend and probably each new fight/upload will be a new category. Thanks yall

That shouldn’t be any problem as long as everything starts of in the same directory. Put up an XML parser and you only need one php file which your flash app would load instead of the original xml file.