I want to create Online Logo Maker

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OK.. not a Logo maker, I want to add a feature similar to the ones used by logomakers, to one of my established sites.. something like FREE Logo Maker & Logo Design with Business Card Creator.

User will chose a template, and then use will edit the texts, then save a file as a doc, docx, png, jpg or pdf, and also a hosted HTML maybe... with some way to rate it, and comment by members..


What would be the best way to go?
Ruby, Python or just plain Flash?

Not sure what scale has to do, but the current site has 20K visits a day, and the users have been giving me this suggestion for ages... So I am sure, 70% of them will be using this... So I want get it right the first time around..

It will only deal in Texts, and borders, underlines, dotted lines, tables, columned texts etc..

Please give me some suggestions..

I want to hire someone good on odesk, but I want to know what is the best way to program this so that I will know what to look for.. I have two great programmer partners, but they are busy, and they always suggests Java and/or C++ :-)
I am sure this is simple, as I see a dozen of logo makers. I repeat, I am making a logo maker, but I want to use their feature.. .


I thought mattseh, dchuk, cardine, bofu etc maybe able to suggest some good and simple idea..
 


Most of it is going to be frontend, so JS or Flash, then probably a server backend in whatever language to convert to the different file formats, but maybe that can be done on the frontend as well. So, hire a good frontend guy ;)
 
mattseh said:
Most of it is going to be frontend, so JS or Flash, then probably a server backend in whatever language to convert to the different file formats, but maybe that can be done on the frontend as well. So, hire a good frontend guy ;)
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All the logomakers use flash.. but I am not sure if it is a good idea... And yeah, the file save can be done from front end i guess, just as you upload a file...

So, I guess I may have to go with flash....
 
I started developing an in browser WYSIWYG editor for landing page template I had designed a few years back... never finished the project, but it was a good learning experience.

As mattseh said, it's going to be mostly front end. I did everything with jQuery and PHP... now a days I'd probably throw some sort of canvas implimentation in the mix as well (depending on what I was trying to achieve)
 
Any kind of design that can be automated online through an editor for a quick paypal payment per download is solid. I wish I could do something like that and would like to get involved with a similar project, but my personal programming skills are very limited.

I would like to do something like this eventually: myecovermaker.com. That guy is slaying the market.

edit: Also sorry I didn't answer your original question blogspotter. I really have no idea which language would be the best. I just get excited when I see stuff like this because it gives me so many ideas haha.
 
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