Looking for a Fmylife.com clone

[iamsofuckingcool]

Fmylife.com clone.
Anyone know of one?
Can anyone make one?
Anyone know of a tutorial or resource so i can learn how to make one?

iamsofuckingcool.com needs a script for fuck sake.

Anyone that helps me significantly I will put ads on. HEADER FOR U!

[iamsofuckingcool]

Nothing really?

bump plz...

Pretty simple script to be honest.

[iamsofuckingcool]

yea...

simple enough for you to show me how?

I'm busy with some other stuff currently but when I have an opening I'll let ya know.

[iamsofuckingcool]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

I'm busy with some other stuff currently but when I have an opening I'll let ya know.

Seriously? That would be awesome!

[Ozarkz]

Give me $1500 and i'll tweek a joomla template to look just like fmylife.

Originally Posted by iamsofuckingcool

Seriously? That would be awesome!

[iamsofuckingcool]

Originally Posted by Ozarkz

Give me $1500 and i'll tweek a joomla template to look just like fmylife.

I don't need to copy it. I just want the same functionality.

People post why they are cool. Other people vote on their coolness. Simple, sexy, and free for all.

[fris]

can I do it? Yes.

Will I do it for free? No.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by iamsofuckingcool

I don't need to copy it. I just want the same functionality.

People post why they are cool. Other people vote on their coolness. Simple, sexy, and free for all.

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=894832

Enjoy.

[iamsofuckingcool]

thanks for that... i searched GFY for an hour and couldnt find that. I dont know if i want to go down the wordpress route though. i heard SEO sucks with that.

[iamsofuckingcool]

How much would it cost for someone to make such a script. I can make the art. I just need the script made so i can slap it in a div and let the users go wild.

[Libertine]

Wordpress is quite good for SEO, if you set it up right.

As for the cost of making a script like that from scratch... you'd probably be looking at $1000 at the very minimum, depending on how closely you'd want to copy fmylife's functionality. It isn't all that complex, but post/comment/user moderation, support for multiple moderators, etc. means it's a fair bit of work. That's if you go with a decent programmer. A cheap one might do it for a few hundred bucks.

Originally Posted by Libertine

Wordpress is quite good for SEO, if you set it up right.

As for the cost of making a script like that from scratch... you'd probably be looking at $1000 at the very minimum, depending on how closely you'd want to copy fmylife's functionality. It isn't all that complex, but post/comment/user moderation, support for multiple moderators, etc. means it's a fair bit of work. That's if you go with a decent programmer. A cheap one might do it for a few hundred bucks.

$1,000 for a basic user system with access levels, commenting, and posting?

Damn, hire me for your next project.

[woj]

Libertine is right, it's not rocket science, but there are ton of little details that chew up time... not many would take something like that on for under 1k...

[iamsofuckingcool]

Well, that sucks. This site is just for fun. I don't want to pay that much money. Anyway, is there any way I can trade something for the script work? For example, advertising on the site...

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

$1,000 for a basic user system with access levels, commenting, and posting?

Damn, hire me for your next project.

If you think that's a lot for a project like this, either you have very little experience with coding larger projects, or you are severely underpricing your services.

If you price yourself at $50 an hour, and charge 50% for code you've already written before, there is no way you can do a project like this *well* without going way over $1k. Remember, you also have to add countless little features like validation for all user input, email verfication, password retrieval, tracking comments per user, etc.

Scrap all the social features, and it becomes a lot cheaper. But with those included, $1k would be a really, really low price for a custom script like this.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by iamsofuckingcool

Well, that sucks. This site is just for fun. I don't want to pay that much money. Anyway, is there any way I can trade something for the script work? For example, advertising on the site...

Just go the wordpress route. That's easy to set up in just a few minutes, and it's entirely free.

Originally Posted by Libertine

If you think that's a lot for a project like this, either you have very little experience with coding larger projects, or you are severely underpricing your services.

If you price yourself at $50 an hour, and charge 50% for code you've already written before, there is no way you can do a project like this *well* without going way over $1k. Remember, you also have to add countless little features like validation for all user input, email verfication, password retrieval, tracking comments per user, etc.

Scrap all the social features, and it becomes a lot cheaper. But with those included, $1k would be a really, really low price for a custom script like this.

You a programmer? Because I wish more non-programmers think like you. Seriously.. I get people wanting huge full blown CMS' done in a month for $600. Nobody in adult wants to pay reasonable prices so it forces me to lower my prices if I want to keep work coming in.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

You a programmer? Because I wish more non-programmers think like you. Seriously.. I get people wanting huge full blown CMS' done in a month for $600. Nobody in adult wants to pay reasonable prices so it forces me to lower my prices if I want to keep work coming in.

I used to be a programmer.

You should avoid the low prices. Focus on producing the best quality possible, and set your prices accordingly.

Once you have a decent number of references and GPL scripts, stop doing the underpriced work entirely if you can afford to. The quick, dirty jobs often bring more hassle than they're worth. Low prices mean you'll be dealing with amateurs, and dealing with amateurs raises the chance of running into drama significantly.

Meanwhile, dealing with professionals means you'll be making more money for less work, and getting better references. Spend the time you save getting better at improving your high-level skills, and build up an extensive library of classes to save work on future projects.

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

You a programmer? Because I wish more non-programmers think like you. Seriously.. I get people wanting huge full blown CMS' done in a month for $600. Nobody in adult wants to pay reasonable prices so it forces me to lower my prices if I want to keep work coming in.

Oh, and as an aside: you should have a website advertising your services and listing references, and put it in your sig.

Originally Posted by Libertine

Oh, and as an aside: you should have a website advertising your services and listing references, and put it in your sig.

Nice information, and to this, I don't really advertise my services as I'm not really looking for free lance work, been mostly just developing my own products.

[raven1083]

that was nice!

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Nice information, and to this, I don't really advertise my services as I'm not really looking for free lance work, been mostly just developing my own products.

In that case, advertising yourself is even more important. If more people see your products, more will use them, and if more use them, more will see them.

Also, consider writing a few small but useful scripts and giving them away for free. You can easily get a few hundred backlinks that way, which can greatly improve your sales. Just make it clear up front that there is no direct support for those scripts.

[iamsofuckingcool]

Well, i guess i will go the wordpress route.