This is not a big project. I am tempted to buy this template, but I want a few things changed so I want a new one designed from the ground up like this one, but where I own the rights to the code so that I can set it up on multiple domains. It should be xml based with an html/css template and no flash.
This is the template that I am referring to in this project description.
http://www.template-guide.com/preview/2213/
I would like someone to design a template like the example into a working dynamic photography template with its own built in backend CMS. I want a few changes to this template however. I don’t want the orange bar that follows the curser up and down the page. Instead, if you move your curser to the top of the page you will see a grey bar that fades into the page. I want that bar to be visible at all times. It should have the previous/next options just as it does now. The ” About Me: Portfolio: Contacts” links should be located on that top grey bar instead of the floating orange bar. I like how when you click the word “Portfolio” a list of categories drops down and you click on one. Then the thumbnails appear. However, those thumbnails should appear centered on the bottom bar at the foot of the screen instead of on that floating orange bar. The thumbs should only show up in sets of five. They should also have an arrow at the left and right of the set of thumbs that lets you scroll to the next set of images within that category if you had more than 5 images in that category. The second orange bar that now pops up just above the thumbs should not exist. Instead, the links “Zoom in | Zoom out | Fit To Page |reset | info” should appear along the grey footer bar at the top. From the current footer, we can get rid of the copyright, “Menu off | interval” and the word “sound” but leave the symbol for the sound on/off switch. (Notice I have added the “Fit to page” link so that the full image is visible inside the current browser window. The default should zoom just as the example template does, but I want the view to be able to one-click their way to a full image view)
The thumbnails should be actual small thumbnails that the template produces and not simply small version of the large image that would take forever to load. The site must load quickly.
The information on the about me page should be able to be added in the backend admin screen so that a novice user like myself does not need to know how to do any editing of files but can update the website at any time.
Categories should be able to be created/renamed/deleted in the admin screen and there should be an unlimited number of categories possible.
There should be a section in the admin where a user can check a box and manage which category an image is linked to with a single click of a button in ajax. See this link for a reference because I love how this script and programmer does it. http://www.pixelpost.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4523
I should be able to set the contact information in the admin page which includes the setting for the email address, smtp server, email password and port. I want to be able to use gmail for the contact page and it should be using the gmail server to send the information so that my bad shared host don’t mess up the emails. I need to have control of the details as described from the admin screen so that I can change to a new email in the future without giving anyone else access to my email password and so that my email address is not seen on the website for spam collectors.
On the image upload page, the user should be able to enter the text that will appear when you click on the “Info” link for each image.
The two lines in the “logo” that is at the top left of the screen should be set in the admin screen. Each on a separate line and it should function the way it does on this template.
I would also like the admin area to have the ability to email me my password if I forget what it is. It should only be able to send that password to me and not to anyone who happens to stumble across the password recovery form.
I don’t want people to have to scroll left and right and up and down to view the image. I do like how this image scales itself with the browser window. Test this out by changing the size of your browser window.
The music track should be uploaded and set in the admin screen with the ability to set new tracks when I want new ones. I would also like the option of setting some of the categories to be password protected so that if i shoot a wedding, it will appear in the drop down menu but when you click it to view the category you are asked to enter a password to view the photos. If I shoot five weddings, there should be five different passwords so only the bride of each can view their own photos.
I would also like a shopping cart ordering system for selected photos. I should be able to set availability and pricing for each image in the admin screen. They can then shop their way through the “album” and pick out whatever photos they want and in as many sizes as they want. They should be able to pay via paypal and then i will fill the orders.
There should be an edit section in the admin area where I can delete photos or update the associated text.
I have a mockup admin area that you can view to see how I would like the admin area to look and function. It does not have all of the features included, but it will give you a strong idea of what I want.
