Project Detail

Description

I need a website created to allow end users to purchase from a menu, they can purchase one or more menu options - each menu option represented by part of a graphic menu. Each user selection will alert the person(s) responsible for that task & allow them to communicate with the end user to let them know their progress.


Requirements



What I already have versus what the provider will build:
This is a brand-new site. We have a basic concept designed & a forum being used by team members, however both need to be integrated into the whole site & the design may need changes based on the programming requirements as designated by the winning provider here.

We have in-house forum software in place that allows team members to subscribe to a forum thread, so if this can be integrated, that will be beneficial.


Number of pages:
1x Initial menu selection/index page (9 menu selections)
9x menu areas to pick from task providers' galleries.
1x sample gallery for a sample/demo team member.
1x User's "My Page" with payment & task progress information
1x sample/demo team member's "My Page"
1x Task Admin page to monitor/overview all current purchases & communication.
1x Dispute Admin Page to communicate with disputing parties or to reallocate another task provider (in case of illness or unavailability/suitability of the task provider)
1x Website overall Admin page to add content pages, edit navigation, enter keywords & meta data for all publically viewable pages.
1x User Account Admin page to edit/upgrade/suspend user access to the various areas of the site.
1x Accounting Admin page to view payments made/refunds given/send newsletter to end users & newsletter to task providers
1x Advertising Admin Page to add advertisements in the header, footer & mast of the site
1x checkout page
1x payment confirmation page
1x help page for lodge support tickets & viewing FAQ (i.e. simplified Kayako)
1x forum page (software already provided)

estimate 22 pages of layout/functionality
...Then integration with current Forum


Other context/requirements that providers will need to know:
The menu will be jquery/Ajax driven in terms of displaying the end user's progress through the purchasing process in a graphical manner before they pay.

After the user has completed their selection they will go to payment page.

After Payment (CC or Paypal) they go to confirmation page & a recipt with their login details is sent to them - this email is also viewable in their "My Page" (below)

After payment & recipt has been sent, they will be given a "My page" control panel page which they can log into in order to see progress results for each step of their original selections & an OVERALL progress bar.

Each person(s) providing the service selected by the user in the menu selection process may need to communicate with pother task providers via a unified messaging system where collaboration is required. Also a separate communication system via forum/PMB to communicate with the end-user directly - these MUST be separate.

Users & task providers can also contact admin for dispute resolution or passing the task to another more suitable provider

i.e. overall explanation
Each menu selection will need to link to galleries of example work by task providers. Purchases to be made & tracked via an easy to use selection system such as forum or PMB


Other context/requirements that providers will need to know:
In terms of style, I want an easy to use site. The graphic menu is the basis of the site to make selection by a novice website user easy to accomplish.


Specific expertise that I am seeking:
You should have experience in Jquery/AJAX, MySQL, PHP & CSS 2. The site needs to be W3C compliant, so knowledge of this is essential. Experience with SEO is an added plus. We may be looking for a facebook app to track progress later, so mention if familiar.




Here is some further clarification on the pages/functionality:
Number of pages/Functionality
1x Initial menu selection/index page (9 menu selections)
This is the index page
9x menu areas to pick from task providers' galleries.
Clicking on a menu selection from the graphical interface (slices of PIE) takes the person to galleries of service providers in that category, once they select, they are taken back to the index page with an updated progress bar (selected pieces of the "PIE"
1x sample gallery for a sample/demo team member.
Each provider or team member needs to be able to maintain their own gallery and information that the users can see as well as contact information and access to the forum (access as a coder or designer, etc.)
1x User's "My Page" with payment & task progress information
Similar to above, each team member will need to be able to update their payment details and indicate their progress on tasks so as to update the user progress bar automatically
1x sample/demo team member's "My Page"
This is the profile page that others see of the team member - this is the information that the team member selects as "public"
1x Task Admin page to monitor/overview all current purchases & communication.
This is for the website super admins to be able to view all projects and see any alerts or slow progress for each project
1x Dispute Admin Page to communicate with disputing parties or to reallocate another task provider (in case of illness or unavailability/suitability of the task provider)
1x Website overall Admin page to add content pages, edit navigation, enter keywords & meta data for all publicly viewable pages.
This is for the super admin(s) of the site to be able to edit content and meta data for those pages as well as all dynamically generated pages such as the index page, profile pages and the forum category pages
1x User Account Admin page to edit/upgrade/suspend user access to the various areas of the site.
This is for the website Super Admin(s) to edit the accounts of team members from the various provider types, admins or super admins - also a link to forum admin should be here
1x Accounting Admin page to view payments made/refunds given/send newsletter to end users & newsletter to task providers
1x Advertising Admin Page to add advertisements in the header, footer & mast of the site
1x checkout page
This is the page to show the user what they have selected and asks that they confirm their purchase and acknowledge the terms and conditions before proceeding to pay for their project.
1x payment confirmation page
This confirms what they have purchased after entering in their payment details via Paypal or direct CC payment.
1x help page for lodge support tickets & viewing FAQ (i.e. simplified Kayako)
1x forum page (software already provided)
This is the forum software located at http://www.artwebteam.com/
i.e. I estimate 22 pages of layout/functionality
...Then integration with current Forum

Future plans for this project and future websites, which may bare on this project's initial production<
...Essentially we are working on a base system to use on several niche sites.
The first will be for www.artwebteam.com - where users select from logo designers and web designers along with coders, hosts and SEO experts to build a website all in one place.
The second will be based on the same process after we have the profits from this first one; for book publishing (cover artists, editors, ghost writers, etc.)
We have plans for seven altogether, all based on the same principal and selection process. But first we need this one to be profitable...
hope that helps,


Additional information submitted:

02/14/2009 at 9:10 EST:
my budget limit for this work is $200