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Yeah, I suppose it pretty ambitious, but I feel up for it. I don't like using pre-made programs if I can build it myself, and I'll even learn Java if I have to. I just hope there's not another direction I should be going that would end up being more useful.

I didn't know where best to post this, so I hope this works. On my site I want to have a section that will allow visitors to create small images. Ideally, I'll like to be able to allow the viewer to upload a picture, see a thumbnail (resize the thumbnail?), and place the the thumbnail anywhere on the drawing board. I'd also like to allow simple drawing abilities and allow the viewer to place text. The kicker is, once the image is finished, I need to allow them to send it to me (save it in a designated spot on the server, email it to me, whatever). I'm pretty sure this could be done with a Java applet. I don't know Java, but I'll learn it if I have to. But before I jump into that daunting task, is there any other way these things could be accomplished? Flash? Anything I'm unaware of out there? Thank you

And that won't mess up the shared server? This whole "install" nomenclature brings up the idea of embedding itself in the registry of whatever computer it's running on. Maybe I'm just paranoid (since I know plenty of other TCH users have this shopping cart), but I'd hate to mess up someone else's site. Perhaps using "Setup" or "Configure" on their "Install" page would put me at ease.

I'm getting ready to install osCommerce into my site. I noticed TCH offers it as an addon. Would it be better for me to install it from there and upgrade to Update 051113, or should I install Update 051113 fresh. Would installing the most recent package downloaded from osCommerce mess up the shared server I'm on?

I want to be able to send an e-mail message to a particular address and have the contents automatically inserted into a database. Is it possible have this happen automatically whenever the e-mail is sent or do I need some sort of script that will run every hour to check for new e-mail (I'd hate to waste the overhead b/c I won't be sending message all that often). Or can I not do this at all? I'll primarily be sending e-mails from my mobile device to my database so that I can add information on the go.