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65.0.60.197

1. Contact Information

Name: Terrance
E-Mail Address: eastone1111@yahoo.com
Telephone:
State: WA
Country: US

2. About Project

Number of employees: 1-5
Modify existing site?: no
URL of existing site: http://
Budget: undecided

Project Details: It is desirable to setup functionality and let master accounts add/delete/edit sub-sections as they see fit. We want it self-managable, without requiring extra coding in the future. The web pages will be truly dynamic, pulling data from several sources on the server and piecing together the HTML. You could see one thing on the page, make a change in a database, reload the page, and the change is reflected. It is modelled after http://www.egroups.com in a lot
of ways, but also adds a few things and removes others.

We will need a server and the domain name registered.

-an administrator account
-admins can all accounts types
-all account types admin, groups, and user
-all account types can have their privelages set, to grant them read/write
access to areas and/or admin capabilities
-a creative web designer who can pull this off!

So far, it sounds like a typical network setup. The front page will be similar to http://www.bluesnews.com, where the top-left corner shows the login/password
boxes, a top-center table shows the website title, a left sidebar (table, not
frame) shows what you can access plus a login box, and the rest is to show
news.

These are the items listed on the left sidebar. Not all of them are
accessible until login.

login:
a name and password for the member

forums:
-privelaged users can add/edit/delete forums
-links to forums can be added dynamically to any page in the website
-can be setup with password protection
-can email responses to the original poster
-can be setup to email all responses to subscribers

files:
-can upload/download/view files

database:
-can be add/edit/deleted online
-has import/export capabilities

classifieds:
-sub-areas can be defined
-each sub-area can be set for public/private/group/user access
-only public sub-areas are listed on the front page; private pages are
additionally listed when the user logs in

news:
-privelaged users can add/edit/remove news items, which of course, are
reflected on the front page
-news items can be imported and exported to HTML and text
-news items are automatically time/date stamped by the database when imported

logs:
-all activities are logged in seperate files
logins
forum posts/edits
news
management activities

Forum example - http://www.creonline.com/wwwboard/index.html
uses free 'webboard' found from http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/

Forum software
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http://www.coolboard.com
http://www.infopop.com
example - http://community.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic/a/cfrm
http://www.vbulletin.com/
example - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php

Approx. Number of Webpages: 6-10
Project Deadline: none

3. Additional Information/Background:

Contact how?: By e-mail

Commitment to project:
I know what I am looking for, just find me the right designer.

Classification of needs:
I will need help with most aspects of the site's design.

1st Admired website: http://www.egroups.com
What they like about the site: has much functionality, authentication

2nd Admired website: http://www.bluesnews.com
What they like about the site: dynamic news

3rd Admired website: http://www.creonline.com/wwwboard/index.html
What they like about the site: dynamic forums

Additional Comments:
We would like a website to serve our club, InvestNW, and promote its growth and activity. The pages served will be a result of a dynamic database underneath. A host and domain name registration will be required.

We are looking to include the following functionality:

- An authentication system that allows/prevents access and privelages of the site
- Site structure and flow configurable by high level accounts
- A database engine that can be used to provide dynamic info in pages such as:
news
forums
articles
classifieds
online newsletter
success stories
calendar
contact lists
user profiles
logs
any other functionality a high level user can think of
- File storage and retrieval

We may want to contract someone to design the site through a high level user account.

There are several websites that have similar functionality:

http://www.egroups.com
http://www.bluesnews.com
http://www.creonline.com/wwwboard/index.html

Example scenario:
Joe Surfer hits front page. Dynamic news and a login is listed, but Joe clicks a drop down box with the word 'classifieds', revealing a srollable list with the entries:
For Sale
For Rent
Buyers Wanted
Investors Wanted
Properties Wanted

Joe clicks on one of them and views the contents, but upon trying to post, is directed to a login screen which also lets him choose 'new member'. Not being a member, he clicks on 'home' and then a link labeled 'files' which shows a list of files with description and size. He downloads one of them by clicking on it. Joe then clicks on 'forums' and sees different topics, but decides on 'Future Homebuyers'. Joe replies to a message and does not fill out the login/password fields on the form. He is directed to a page that asks him to login or become a new member, so he goes through the process and it informs him to
check his email address to validate his account. He checks his email and replies to the message. He then chooses 'home' and logs in, then sees he has one pending forum message. Joe validates it and checks the forums and tries to post on 'For Sale: Commercial'; it tells him a request has been sent to the forum manager to grant him access to the forum.

Jane Admin checks her email and sees an email from the website, detailing the timestamp and email address. A link is listed to view their profile. Another email shows a request from the website for Joe Surfer to access to 'For Sale: Commercial'. She clicks the profile link in the new member email which brings her to a SSL login screen and upon authenticating, continues to Joe Surfer's log. It shows Joe posting a reply in the 'Future HomeBuyers' section, so she clicks the link to the message and reads it. It looks good, so she checks Joes pending message in 'For Sale: Commercial'. It too looks good, so she grants him access.

Bob Designer decides to restructure the site; he wants the front page to list calendar events submitted by staff and authorized members. Using software on his local machine, he rewrites the script that pulls data from the news database and adds in code to include fields from the calendar database such as date, submitter and content. He logs into the web site or the computer running the web site, uploads the new script into a holding pen, then logs out. At the next maintainence interval, the web site is put on hold while the new components update.

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