Project Detail

Description

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I need development for a e-commerce shopping site (mainly clothes).

I will provide the site design as Illustrator/Photoshop file for Drupal implementation.

!IMPORTANT!: The site need to be rendered in tableless, semantically-correct, standards-compliant rich XHTML syntax, optimized for SEO. So, nothing like this <p class="bold-h1-headline">xxx</p>, but using all standard XHTML tags instead i.e. H1, H2 etc. I will check on the quality of the HTML and might also tweak parts of the CSS myself or will send feedback for HTML/CSS corrections.

Mainly it`s about:
- site set-up/configuration of Drupal
- implementation of the Ubercart module
- Design (theme) implementation.

Javascript might be needed for parts of the site too i.e. (AJAX?) drag and drop shopping cart etc, also the option to post video clips from backed (all other detail informations below)

General:

- Site must be rendered in tableless valid XHTML/CSS + Javascript
- Cross browser stable: IE6, IE7, IE8, Safari & Firefox (Mac/PC)

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I am posting a brief by the client itself for now:

E-commerce Shopping Site

5) Multiple products:
Men’s
Women’s
Multiple brands
Multiple sizes
Multiple product types (e.g. [*Product Name*], socks, bras etc)
Multiple style types (e.g. briefs, boxers, thongs etc)
Multiple colours
Multiple countries of origin

6) Filter items by:
Sex
Designer Brand
Size
Product type
Style type
Colours
Country of origin
Price (up/down down/up)
Availability


7) Homepage:

Movie
Featured offers
Featured products
Featured new arrivals
Featured event (e.g. Father’s Day)
Horizontal navigation bar (Men, Women)
Vertical product finder/browser
View basket
Search box
My Account Login/Register
Email newsletter signup
Fitting Room (Size charts, Style glossary)
About us
Customer service
Delivery info
News
FAQs
Privacy
Site map

8) Functionality:

A) Scalable/Updatable:
One idea: stylish updateable movie at beginning
Ability to amend featured offers, products, new arrivals and events on homepage with ease
Ability to add new brands, product lines, product photos etc with ease
Ability to amend lifestyle photography for individual brands with ease
Ability to update front end stock availability with ease
Ability to make brands, products, sizes etc ‘invisible’ if unavailable
Real time stock availability for sizes / Individual re-availability times for individual sizes (i.e. if size is not available one can still pre-order it and be told how long delivery will take)
Ability to add new product types (e.g. accessories, pajamas, lingerie, shirts) to vertical navigation bar in future

B)
Forward page (of product) to a friend
Bookmark website
Registration
Shopping basket
Wish list
Gift wrapping options
Postage options
Multiple delivery addresses
Multiple payment options
Promo codes
Invoicing
Currencies: Pound, Euro, Dollar, Australian Dollars
Shopping history
Returns/Refunds page


Home Page

Editable Delivery Price which is also dynamic with the invoicing (e.g. to start with I may promote FREE DELIVERY but later on I may change this to a price – (see top of www.figleaves.com).
Horizontal nav bar (see ww.figleaves.com)
Vertical product finder search boxes (see www.figleaves.com)
Ability to change ANYTHING on home page with ease (main photo, other images, fashion video(s), delivery price, special offers etc)
I would like to have:
Editable Main window (e.g. large images showing different products which either rotate automatically or change when you scroll on the mini horizontal nav bar below – see www.figleaves.com)
Event window with editable image/message (e.g. SPOIL YOUR MAN THIS CHRISTMAS)
Special Offer window with editable image/message (e.g. FIRST 500 CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A LIFETIME DISCOUNT)
Featured Product window with editable image/message (e.g. JUST IN)
Video window where I can show an [*Product Name*] video
Email signup for updates
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT US window (e.g. TELL 5 FRIENDS ABOUT US AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A [10%] DISCOUNT).
The brand logos visible somewhere (possibly as a scrolling clickable line of logos) which I can edit/add to.
Music playing in the background (volume can be switched off)
I require a social networking presence on the homepage incorporating Twitter, Facebook, Bebo as well as the digg, del.icio.us, reddit and add to favorites icons.

(B) Important Functionality

1) To begin, I will sell mainly men’s [*Product Name*] but I will carry some women’s [*Product Name*] lines as well. There therefore has to be 2 main categories: Men and Women

2) I will need to be able to:

Easily add/edit Brands, Products, Types, Styles, Prices etc (to help with search engine listings, it might be a good idea to have a ‘home page’ for each designer where there is a little blurb about each designer.)
Add brand logos and corporate photos on home page and elsewhere.
Add a video on home page and possibly on other pages.
Add front and back shots
Add Discounts
Add Promotional Codes
Offer Discounts to certain customers (e.g. lifetime discounts of 10%)
Display ON SALE or SPECIAL OFFER promotions on products both on homepage and on individual products throughout site.
Show front and back images of same garment.
Upsell…
When viewing an item, other items are suggested below.
When a person has added a product to the trolley, I would like to be able to get them to CONTINUE SHOPPING? or CAN WE TEMPT YOU WITH ANY OF THESE? (SHOW SEVERAL OTHER PRODUCTS BELOW + IMAGES)
At Checkout: CAN WE INTEREST YOU IN SOME [*Product Name*] FOR YOUR MAN?
Before payment: FANCY SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF? MALE / FEMALE
Gift Wrapped option
Special Delivery option


3) Currencies

To start with, I will need:

Sterling
Euros
US Dollar
Australian Dollar

4) Payment Types

Sage Pay (Protx) – my bank Bank of Scotland offers this facility.
PayPal
Google Checkout

5) Backend

Need to be able to monitor and analyze customers by frequency of sales, sales amounts, last purchase date, type of [*Product Name*], men/women etc. I can then use this to target customers for repeat purchases and offer discounts to TOP CUSTOMERS.

6) Mobile Commerce – I have an Android powered HTC Hero. Can your site be compatible/e-commerce friendly on my mobile as well as on an iphone? 

Possible Add-on:

- In keeping with this theme, how easy would it be to have a page where people can upload photos of their man in his [*Product Name*] plus possibly a voting system as well? We would obviously have to administer the page and check photos before they are uploaded.
Possibly another option is for people to email us their photos and we can upload them ourselves. Providing it is not too difficult, I would like to present the uploaded photos in a slightly messy “post-it Polaroid” kind of way – please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.next.co.uk/tv" www.next.co.uk/tv to see what I am on about… 

- Implementation of an AJAX powered drag-and-drop shopping card

(we might change this assignment to a hourly billed one later, if other features are needed)

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If you have additional questions please let me know.

Please start in cover letter with this sentence: "Clothes Make the Man" so I know you have read this description to the end. Thank you!