programmers, I need a community script

[kisskatlyn]

I need a script made. This is what it needs to do (I tried to give as much detail as possible):

This is a community script with lots of users. I need regular users, moderators, and admin access. I do not think this is a hard script to write, I'm sure you can take a couple of scripts and put them together with minimal modifications but I'm not a programmer so I can't do it myself. I need to be able to adjust the templates that are used with this script as well.

Features of the community:

- Forums
- Profiles
- Photo Pages
- Comments
- Members Area

FORUMS:
Can use a forum package like phpbb if you want but the logins need to be tied to the profile and photo pages. The forums need to have a private message and email feature that hides the user's email address. I want people to receive notifications to new emails and private messages.

PROFILES:
The profiles need to be searchable by several categories and also by keywords. They need to allow people to upload a photo in a specific size, this photo can be used for the icon on the forums. The private message and email feature needs to be accessible from the person's profile page. I want the profile page accessable by a link on people's forum post. Really this is just like the profiles that you have with phpbb except with more features (ie searchable and more categories of information that people fill out). I would like a simple counter on each profile page. There needs to be a link to the person's photo page (if they have set one up) and a link to the comments page.

PHOTO PAGES:
I want people to be able to upload photos. The photo page will display a certain number of photos and then have a break where I can place ads. Each photo will have a space for the title and a description below it. I would like if there was a gallery script installed on the server that automatically resized people's photos so that I don't need to worry about people who don't know how to resize on their own. I also want people to be able to write their own text above the area where the pictures are so that they can do an "about me" kind of thing above all the photos. If possible I'd like them to be able to use html in this (but not hahahahahahahahahaha or any other languages, just html). I would like a simple counter on each photo page. The top of the photo page should have a title that contains the username of the person (something like "katlyn's photo page") that I can change the wording of and also needs to have a link to the comments page and the profile.

COMMENTS:
A place where people can leave positive or negative feedback with comments, can not be edited by users or moderators but comments can be deleted by admin. At the top of the page I would like the name of the person, a link to their profile, a link to their photo page, and a tally of negative vs positive comments. The comments should have dates on them.

MEMBERS AREA:
When people log in I want them to get a really simple splash screen. I can make this splash screen myself however I need something in the script that will redirect people there when they log in. You will need to create an interface for people to use to update their profile, forum settings, and photo page.

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The admin needs to have full access to everything...moderators need to be able to edit and delete messages in the forums and photos on the photo pages. I will need you to write out a sheet of basic instructions incase I need to reinstall the script myself. Oh and there needs to be a retrieve password feature but of course that is usually standard with forums anyway.

Please give me a quote on writing this script. Also give me a quote on installation. I do not mind if you use packages like phpbb and modify them but please make sure that it is legal for me to use it. If you do use these please make sure you provide me with the public license so that if I am ever contacted about it I can show people that I was allowed to use those programs.

please either reply here or
icq: 219783
yahoo: kisskatlyn

[Mr.Fiction]

Start with vBulletin and have someone add the rest.

[kisskatlyn]

good idea...now to find the person to add the rest

[Mr.Fiction]

Originally posted by kisskatlyn
good idea...now to find the person to add the rest

You can always try Scriptlance or Elance. Plenty of cheap international labor.

[DaveMac]

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
Start with vBulletin and have someone add the rest.

Then try vPortal with vBulletin

[Libertine]

phpbb with phpnuke and a bunch of mods would do this... getting it done by a programmer would cost ya though.

[kisskatlyn]

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction


You can always try Scriptlance or Elance. Plenty of cheap international labor.

that is a great suggestion! I will post it on one of those sites too

[Digipimp]

Bad idea start with Invision Power Board it's more featured, free and you can buy addons like a subscription manager for setting up password protected profiles and then have someone add the rest but they'll charge you an assload for that type of custom work.

[Libertine]

Originally posted by Digipimp
Bad idea start with Invision Power Board it's more featured, free and you can buy addons like a subscription manager for setting up password protected profiles and then have someone add the rest but they'll charge you an assload for that type of custom work.

Yeah... so that would be a <i>bad</i> idea, if they'll charge you an assload, now wouldn't it?



I'm actually coding something like this for myself but only in a few months... otherwise you could've gotten it very cheap.

[kisskatlyn]

if I could do it myself I would...but I can't...so I am turning to my friendly GFYers ;)

no programmers replying here yet huh? They must only like replying to threads where they already have the script made and don't have to actually do any work lol

[LasseKongos]

I have a full comunityscript but not in php. This is in asp.

[SicChild]

no programmer have replied because taking existing scripts and trying seamlessly add in features to it can quickly become a real bitch.

[brutus]

PhpNuke + few modules does it and lots more... photos, profiles, board, dating...

[venturi]

Hi kisskaytlyn,

phpNuke w/ PNphpBB2 and a couple add-ons available will do everything you are wanting and more. I've done literally dozens of implementations of it. If you' like to see some examples of what can be done hit me on ICQ @ 5 3 1 4 9 4 0 6 or email me @ venturi at cyboriginal dot com and we'll discuss options for you. I can have you up and running in less than a day and at a very affordable price.
cheers,
v

[JDog]

Originally posted by SicChild
no programmer have replied because taking existing scripts and trying seamlessly add in features to it can quickly become a real bitch.

This is very true! I only add mod's to my scripts I have made! And I have had to add mod's to a few programs we've bought, but it does become a real pain is the fucking ass!

jDoG

[Libertine]

Originally posted by SicChild
no programmer have replied because taking existing scripts and trying seamlessly add in features to it can quickly become a real bitch.

Yup. Often it's faster just starting from scratch

[kisskatlyn]

Originally posted by punkworld


Yup. Often it's faster just starting from scratch

anyone is more than welcome to do that too if they want...I just figured it would be easiest to add scripts together...what do I know, I'm just an html webmaster lol

[Libertine]

Originally posted by kisskatlyn


anyone is more than welcome to do that too if they want...I just figured it would be easiest to add scripts together...what do I know, I'm just an html webmaster lol

No, the easiest for you would be phpbb + phpnuke + a bunch of mods. You're looking for something that already exists.

[JDog]

Originally posted by punkworld


No, the easiest for you would be phpbb + phpnuke + a bunch of mods. You're looking for something that already exists.

This is the best bet, this would be cheaper, you just would need to find a programmer that will do the mods

jDoG

[Libertine]

Originally posted by JDog


This is the best bet, this would be cheaper, you just would need to find a programmer that will do the mods

jDoG

The mods already exist for that... no need for a real programmer.

[kisskatlyn]

Originally posted by punkworld


The mods already exist for that... no need for a real programmer.

well this is good to hear...though I do need someone familiar with those scripts to set it up for me.

[Mr.Fiction]

Originally posted by punkworld


Yup. Often it's faster just starting from scratch

If there needs to be a forum involved, starting from scratch is a bad idea.

One programmer isn't going to quickly write a better forum script than vBulletin, nor are they going to support it with upgrades and security patches like an actual company does.

[Libertine]

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction


If there needs to be a forum involved, starting from scratch is a bad idea.

One programmer isn't going to quickly write a better forum script than vBulletin, nor are they going to support it with upgrades and security patches like an actual company does.

That's why I said "often", and not "always".

[Mishi]

Originally posted by kisskatlyn


well this is good to hear...though I do need someone familiar with those scripts to set it up for me.

Contact venturi; as he said, he's done a lot of these.

For the record - I'm his partner, not a client - but he did set up one of my sites with PHPNuke and I'm quite happy with it. ;)

[pornanza]

i'm glad other people think pre-written scripts are a bitch, for a while i thought it was only me

a custom script and a separate forum sounds like the best way to go.

phpnuke is evil!

ryan

[Darren]

go to a differnet board had nothing but problems and money theft from programmers on this board...

only one that comes through is bittu.

[- AFN -]

Try PHPbb and layer the rest.

[- AFN -]

By the way, if its PHP based, you can get a custom solution for around for less than $200 at scriptlance.com