Kiwi Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Ped and I have decided to looking for someone to help us out with developing the forum. We're getting increasing amounts of commercial interest but neither of us have the skills to meet the demand in a way that minimises the impact on the browsing experience of our regular members. So if anyone who is interested is reading this, drop us a line with some kind of CV that shows us how much experience you have including references to past clients or employers. We'll keep this invitation open indefinitely until we find someone. cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Im a developer but not really of the web kind, thats my boss really. What kind of stuff are you trying to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 We're limited with what we can offer by the use of off-the-shelf software. So we'd be interested in developing modifications that allow us to create a more presentable and flexible 'shop front' as well as take advantage of the google bot lurkers that monitor the home page. We would also need ongoing support for managing the security so that spamming and hacking is kept to a minimum. We had two different parties who were previously interested but one is dragging their feet and the other is now subject to a NZ police investigation for fraud. The browsing experience for signed in members should remain unchanged as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='832628' date='May 9 2010, 10:23 PM']... we'd be interested in developing modifications that allow us to create a more presentable and flexible 'shop front' as well as take advantage of the google bot lurkers that monitor the home page. ... The browsing experience for signed in members should remain unchanged as much as possible.[/quote] You're not talking about cloaking though are you? Because that would be a very bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='833151' date='May 10 2010, 03:36 PM']You're not talking about cloaking though are you? Because that would be a very bad idea.[/quote] For the uninitiated, some may thick, what is cloaking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='833151' date='May 10 2010, 03:36 PM']You're not talking about cloaking though are you?[/quote] You've lost me, I'm afraid. Are you interested in applying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 She cannae fire while cloaked, cap'n! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marvin Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 So, we still don't know what cloaking is, apart from we cannae fire if we are cloaked I might go to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 [quote name='Marvin' post='833710' date='May 10 2010, 10:13 PM']So, we still don't know what cloaking is, apart from we cannae fire if we are cloaked [/quote] It's basically getting your site to detect a search engine and presenting it with different content than you'd show to a user. You can read more on Wiki if you're interested - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking[/url] Traditionally, Google will ban you from their listings in a flash if they catch you at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 [quote name='Eight' post='833750' date='May 10 2010, 10:59 PM']It's basically getting your site to detect a search engine and presenting it with different content than you'd show to a user. You can read more on Wiki if you're interested - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking[/url] Traditionally, Google will ban you from their listings in a flash if they catch you at it.[/quote] Yeah it is proper naughty. Even the snake oil SEO cretins frown on IP cloaking these days. CK: I am no SEO specialist but I am a freelance web developer, I specialise in ecommerce and payment service integrations, I've provided ecommerce solutions for businesses turning over six figures in monthly web transactions. My expertise is consultancy and code for card payment service integrations and negotiations between emergent web-based businesses with new payment - payment/service models and acquiring banks. If it's purely a UI or content management/delivery problem that needs to be mated to third-party promo code it should be pretty straightforward. If it involves a lot of well-supported local stats and/or insane third-party APIs that's when it gets expensive. Both in terms of code development and also server resources to bag all the biznonsense the third party insists you report to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 You're talking a language I don't understand However if I were to respond in project managment speak, I'd suggest that you were focussing on a solution before we'd defined what the scope of the brief was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 CK - it might be worth identifying if it would be expected for the additional functions to integrate with the existing forum software ? A shop front as far as I can see wouldn't need to ? If it were required then someone with experience of PHP would be suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thanks Machines, its something we would probably need to discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Drop me a PM with what's needed, I should be able to convert that into something more techy that might help isolate our requirements to people as it is a little vague currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='832628' date='May 9 2010, 10:23 PM']We had two different parties who were previously interested but one is dragging their feet and the other is now subject to a NZ police investigation for fraud.[/quote] I LOVE this quote! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Ooh go on, please put it in the quotes thread...its been ages since I've been deemed worthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 i guys, the vocalist/guitarist of my band is a Senior Developer with a large Web Development company here in Nottingham. He may well be interested in taking on some work on the side. If you would like to drop me a PM with specifics and some relevant contact details I will happily pass them over to him this weekend so he can get in touch. I know he a stickler for W3C regulations so everything in XHTML and 100% Validation rate. From what I understand he is efficient in PHP/ASP/JSP & Coldfusion to name but a few…. but they all mean nothing to me so who knows :-) Regards, Shep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 Hi Shep, would you mind sending me his email address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='837864' date='May 15 2010, 05:20 AM']Hi Shep, would you mind sending me his email address?[/quote] Sorry for the lateness... PM'd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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