Hello,
Two months ago, we hired a Pligg designer to take on a project of ours. We requested a professional & unique template made from scratch that matches the theme of our upcoming Pligg-based site. After multiple delays, the designer finally admitted he could not get the project done on time. Fortunately for us, he has agreed to give us all the PSD (Photoshop) files containing what he has so far. To our best knowledge, we are around 80% done with the design, 0% done with the skinning to HTML, and 0% done in some programming enhancements.
We are still planning to launch the public beta of our site by Thanksgiving day of this year (November 22, 2007). Thus, we are looking for a VERY EXPERIENCED, VERY QUALIFIED, Pligg EXPERT to take finish this project within this timeframe. Designer is REQUIRED to be adept with Web 2.0 technologies.
**** YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ****
You must be..
1. Very adept with Photoshop and vector graphic design programs (e.g. Fireworks) to finish off the design
2. Very very skilled with AJAX, PHP, and MySQL; to convert the design into a Pligg template. You will also be asked to integrate A LOT of AJAX components and writing several small additional elements that follow our algorithms (they are quite simple, so don’t worry!) If you’re good, our requests/additions should take no time at all.
3. Very familiar with the Pligg CMS. Look, I know a lot of you will contact me with a huge impressive portfolio, however, we are in a time crunch. We do not have time for you to “learn” how to skin Pligg templates. Unless your portfolio is mindboggling/amazing, you must have done this before.
4. Be able to (a) CHECK your email for at least TWICE a day (b) CHAT with us at least one time a day. (I have GTalk, MSN, AIM, YAHOO.. you’re choice). (c) STAY in constant CONTACT until the launch time.
5. Agree to finish the site by November 22nd, 2007 if not sooner. We absolutely need to get this site out the door. It’s been delayed for 2 months now and we do not want to deal with anymore flaky designers.
**** JOB DESCRIPTION ****
Since we already have most of the template design already done, the tasks that are left include:
FINISHING THE DESIGN PHASE 3-4 DAYS MAX (~ $200)
1. Finish the design. We have the latest iteration from the old designer & our comments ready to send. You would need to follow our comments and finish the design according to our likings.
2. We are currently not satisfied with the logo. During this design phase, you will be asked to remake the logo. (The main blocking of the site will stay the same, stuff needs to be moved around/added).
3. Create a temporary “splash” page containing the logo you will create. This will be placed on the site along with the launch date and a text box for interested users to submit their email for more information before launch. (If you’re too lazy to create a backend database for the script to dump users’ email addresses, you can do a simple PHP mail function to email interested peoples’ email addresses to a Gmail account.)
SKINNING PHASE 1-3 DAYS MAX (~ $100)
1. After we have approved the final beta design, you will be asked to SKIN (convert the template) and make it fit in the latest version of Pligg.
2. As you can see, you only have 1 to 2 days to skin this template. If you don’t know what you are doing, this process can take a much longer time. This process needs to be done very smoothly & compatible with IE6+, Firefox 1.5+, and Safari. We don’t want to have an inexperienced guy create something (a) incompatible (b) improperly coded (c) simply ugly.
CODING PHASE 4-5 DAYS MAX (~ $300-$400)
1. For the user profile page, we have a couple of important additions that will distinguish our site from the other generic Pligg based clones. You will be expected to manipulate some of the PHP code in files that’s BEYOND the general Pligg template PHP files.. (Again, this is why we need someone who knows Pligg very well.)
2. You also expected to ADD A LOT OF AJAX to the site. We will provide you samples of AJAX components from other sites. It will be your responsibility to clone these components. (Keep in mind, most of these “cool” looking AJAX usually can be found online for free in the open source community.)
3. Again. PHP, MySQL, and AJAX skills are mandatory.
DEBUGGING PHASE 1 DAYS MAX + Support up to 1 month after launch
1. Pligg is pretty stable to begin with --- so there should not be that much debugging. We will concentrate on testing mainly the PHP files that you changed.
2. We ask the designer stay in communication with our team after the beta launch to fix any outstanding bugs. (People from your side should correct any security flaws or outstanding coding flaws. We will pay additional money if we deem more features are required.)
3. We are looking for a long-term relationship with a designer/design company. If your firm does an awesome job, we have other projects
**** TIMELINE ****
Bidding for this post closed: THURSDAY, 11/8/2007
--- Winning bidder will be chosen
Design phase due: MONDAY, 11/12/2007
--- Logo finalized
--- Simple splash page created
--- Design completely finished, with JPEG mockup of all standard & AJAX features
Skinning phase due: WEDNESDAY, 11/14/2007
--- Template successfully transferred into Pligg format
--- Unfinished demo site should be launched and working
Coding phase due: MONDAY, 11/19/2007
--- ALL AJAX and ADDITIONAL coding requests should be done
--- Overall, site is ready to launch
Debugging phase due: WEDNESDAY, 11/21/2007
--- Site is ready to launch
**** PAYMENT ****
SO, the total price of the project will be in the range of $600 to $700.
KEEP IN MIND. 80% of the DESIGN IS ALREADY DONE! We have a huge PSD file that contains all the layers intact. We need an experienced programmer/designer to finish this off.
We will deliver the payment DURING the debugging phase. Final price may be negotiable depending on your productivity, work ethic, and the final appearance of the site. Bottom line is $600 IF ALL DEADLINES and REQUESTS are met and IF you promise to stay in constant communication via EMAIL/IM through this whole process.
The project IS NOT THAT HARD in my opinion. If you’re good with Pligg and good with Photoshop you can definitely pull this off (even maybe in 7 days!) The times that we set are just the ABSOLUTE hard deadlines. If you can do a great job at a much faster rate, we would love you even more.
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ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SKILLS AND WHO CAN FEASIBLE ACCOMPLISH THIS PROJECT ON TIME SHOULD RESPOND.
*** INTERESTED? ***
To speed up this process, please send us links of only 3 samples from your portfolio.
1. Your BEST PLIGG DESIGN. If you have a lot of Pligg experience in the past, just chose the most aesthetically appeasing piece.
2. Your BEST FRONT END DESIGN. Choose a work of yours that LOOK the best. (If you think #1 is your best looking piece, just send your 2nd best work. If you have designed stuff other than Pligg, you may chose another site.)
3. Your BEST BACKEND WORK. Please select the most complicated backend work that you’ve done.
Please email me at: marcfang (---at---) gmail (---dot---) com
If you have a Getafreelancer.com account, you can view this same listing here: https://www.getafreelancer.com/proje...ve-Design.html
Best regards,
Marc
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