Online Community For Masses 10.05.08
This is a brand new website. I need everything done, including, logo design, graphics, professional web design, content, programming, easy to use and manage. It should be search engine optimized.
I need a website designed for an online community open to anyone (worldwide, masses) for viewing and posting (by registered users) any and all media formats. The features and requirements: on line Community forum, blogs, chat rooms and message boards, etc; comprehensive, search engine friendly, secure and hacker proof e-commerce solution that would be easy to navigate and user would be easily able to complete a transaction. The e-commerce solution will have complete Order tracking, Access Control, Express Checkout, Discount Management System, Flexible Website Payments Standard with Payment Gateway integration, Flexible Product Options, Sorting, Categorization, and Intelligent Search Options etc.; Provide our own developed easy to use and manage content management system to manage and update the static pages of site; In addition to this, provide a comprehensive “Administration Control Panel” to administer on day-to-day site activities, Manage event/calendar, Manage and control Blog, Add/edit events/calendar, and Message Board management, change/update the images of sites and products and to change and update the prices of products etc.
You must be fluent in English, talented and experienced in building sophisticated online communities.
Provide us with a three-month free support and services once the work is delivered and accepted by us and deliver an easy to use and understand how to guide explaining how to admin and use everything.
These are the categories for functionality and features that we found on some websites online and the areas we like, etc.
Video example sites:
http://www.youtube.com (everything)
http://video.aol.com (simple layout for videos)
http://vod.sextoytv.com (ecommerce)
showbusiness.com (some categories, some layout, too slow, too much flash, 2 sleek, professional)
Audio example sites:
http://www.museeks.com
http://www.besonic.com
http://www.soundtribes.com
http://www.premiumbeat.com
http://www.sellaband.com/
Literary/book sale/publishing example sites:
http://www.echapterone.com
http://ebookmall.com/ (for users/buyers) - http://publishing.ebookmall.com/ (for content providers)
Advertising example sites (video, audio, pictures, print ads,tv,radio,flash)
http://www.openad.net
http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php
http://www.dreamstime.com/
Example Sites for the look, design, feel, appeal, simplicity, etc.
www.youtube.com
www.facebooks.com
http://video.aol.com
www.myspace.com
www.msn.com
www.cnn.com/
amazon.com/
www.facebook.com/
www.ebay.com
www.msn.com
You should be ISO certified company, experienced in Web Design/Development and Software Development; ASP.NET / VB .NET / C#/ Mobile Technologies with strong Database skill (SQL, Access and Oracle); experience in web development using HTML, ColdFusion, PHP, Java/J2EE and MySQL, etc .
