Variable Month Cross-Platform Photo Calendar Builder

A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for ordering a print of a plurality of digitally represented still images on a calendar using a computing device, the computing device having a platform independent web application configured to communicate with a photofinisher device through a network, and the calendar including a plurality of monthly calendar pages, the method comprising:

• selecting a plurality of digitally represented still images using the computing device;
• displaying the plurality of selected digitally represented still images in an image tray pane;
• displaying a calendar workspace pane including a calendar image window associated with each of the plurality of monthly calendar pages;
• associating at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images displayed in the image tray pane with each of the calendar image windows by dragging the selected digitally represented still image to the respective calendar image window, and then dropping the selected digitally represented still image in the respective calendar image window;
• editing at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images after the step of associating the at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images with the respective calendar image window;
• establishing a calendar print order data file which represents the association of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images with the calendar image windows;
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• communicating the calendar print order data file to the photofinisher device, wherein the photofinisher device receives the calendar print order data file and produces the print of the plurality of digitally represented still images on the plurality of monthly calendar pages, wherein each of the steps of the method are provided using a cross-platformed calendar building application resident on the photofinisher device, and wherein each of the steps in the method are executed using instructions in Hypertext Markup Language and a script-based language.

A system for ordering a print of a plurality of digitally represented still images on a calendar using a computing device, the calendar including a plurality of monthly calendar pages, the system comprising:

• a photofinisher device connected to the computing device through a network, the photofinisher device including a processor and a memory, a cross-platformed calendar building application being stored in said memory and programmed to:
• allow a plurality of digitally represented still images to be selected using a platform independent web application on the computing device;
• allow the plurality of selected digitally represented still images to be displayed in an image tray pane;
• allow a calendar workspace pane to be displayed on the computing device, wherein the calendar workspace pane includes a calendar image window associated with each of the plurality of monthly calendar pages;
• allow at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images displayed in the image tray pane to be associated with each of the calendar image windows using the computing device by dragging the selected digitally represented still image to the respective calendar image window, and then dropping the selected digitally represented still image in the respective calendar image window;
• allow at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images to be edited after the step of associating the at least one of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images with the respective calendar image window;
• allow a calendar print order data file to be established, wherein the calendar print order data file represents the association of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images with the calendar image windows;
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• allow the calendar print order data file to be communicated from the computing device to the photofinisher device, wherein the photofinisher device receives the calendar print order data file and produces the print of the plurality of digitally represented still images on the plurality of monthly calendar pages, wherein the cross-platformed calendar building application is programmed to perform each of the above steps using instructions in Hypertext Markup Language and a script-based language.