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 remote computer, the remote computer having a platform independent web application configured to communicate with a photofinisher through a network, and the calendar including a plurality of monthly calendar pages, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a plurality of digitally represented still images using the remote computer;
• 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, wherein said image tray pane and said calendar workspace pane are displayed at the same time;
• 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;
• and
• communicating the calendar print order data file to the photofinisher, wherein the photofinisher 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 server, and wherein each of the steps in the method are executed using instructions in Hypertext Markup Language and JavaScript.

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

• a remote computer;
• and
• a photofinisher server connected to the remote computer through a network, the photofinisher server 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 remote computer;
• display on the remote computer the plurality of selected digitally represented still images in an image tray pane;
• display on the remote computer a calendar workspace pane including a calendar image window associated with each of the plurality of monthly calendar pages, wherein said image tray pane and said calendar workspace pane are displayed at the same time;
• associate 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 using the remote computer to drag the selected digitally represented still image to the respective calendar image window, and then drop the selected digitally represented still image in the respective calendar image window;
• edit 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;
• establish a calendar print order data file that represents the association of the plurality of selected digitally represented still images with the calendar image windows;
• and
• communicate the calendar print order data file from the remote computer to the photofinisher server, wherein the photofinisher server 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 JavaScript.