INTRODUCTION
This project is to configure a new Drupal installation.
In the longer term the site will make use of a lot of the power of Drupal (and I will require someone for this bigger project), but for this stage of development the only significant part of Drupal that will be used is the membership function and the ability to restrict access to particular areas of the site based on members’ roles.
This should be a very simple project for someone with significant skills and experience with Drupal
THE BIDDER
I will consider your bid ONLY if:
- You tell me exactly what skill and experience you have with Drupal
- You supply evidence of past work in Drupal
- You answer the question I asked in the requirements below
Please also state
- your time zone
- the hours you are available
- your usual communication channels
WORKING PROCESS
I will create a Google Group for collaborating and communicating on this project. All emails should be via the discussions mechanism with Google Groups, and all key information will be shared via uploaded files or Pages within the Group.
I will ask for a timetable of activities and dates for deliverables and approvals.
DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
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This project involves configuring Drupal (which has already been installed) in order to achieve the following:
HOME PAGE
The home page must be set up as, essentially, a sales page with a member login form. I need a custom template created for this. I already have header and footer graphics created.
From the home page users must be able to either login to the membership area or request a lost password. Registration will be handled via a separate e-commerce script which is linked to Drupal and automatically creates accounts & roles. In other words, for this project – no work is required in relation to user account registration and management.
MEMBERS AREA
The Members Area will consist of a Landing Page and a number of Sections.
Every page within the Members Area will have header and footer graphics (these have already been created).
There will be a simple menu system for members to navigate to and between Sections.
There must be a separate menu with configurable links to other locations outside the Drupal environment (e.g. Blog, Forum, Support Desk)
SECTIONS
A Section, from a user’s point of view, is just a single page (actually, a delivery/download page for a product).
Over time, there will be 4-5 Sections, but for this project only TWO Sections will be created. There must be outline instructions of how to create/delete Sections.
Each Section will have different header and footer graphics for its page. (These graphics have been created). Other than that, the template for each Section can be the same.
Apart from the header, footer and navigation menus, the pages within the Sections require only the ability for me to add general HTML.
Access to each Section must be restricted to members with defined Roles. In other words a member may not access a particular Section unless they have the Role associated with that Section.
I don’t know what options area available for defining what happens when a user tries to access a Section for which he/she does not have a relevant Role. I would want advice on this but will not need anything that goes beyond simple configuration options of Drupal.
MEMBERS AREA LANDING PAGE
The Landing Page is where members arrive when they first log in.
Again, this page will have its own header/footer graphics.
The functionality of this page is:
– the navigation menus
– the main area with general HTML
– information about the member’s access rights
The last item – information about the member’s access rights – could be implemented in two ways.
EITHER: List of Sections:
Listing the Section to which they have access, based on their Roles
e.g.
You have access to the following Sections of this site:
<name of section>
<name of section>
Ideally, the names of the sections would be hyperlinked.
OR: List of Roles
e.g.
You have the following Roles:
<Role>
<Role>
I would much prefer the List of Sections approach, but it this will add significantly to the cost, please quote for the List of Roles approach.
**** WHEN YOU MAKE A QUOTE, PLEASE TELL ME WHICH APPROACH YOU WILL BE USING. Also, whether or not the Section names will be hyperlinked (if you use that method)
