I have a client who wants to build a new site very similar to the site at http://www.texascte.org/tcec09/, but with the site re-created in WordPress instead of as a static HTML site.
I will be plugging in all the interior page content and providing the graphics for the header and home page areas, but need for a programmer to do everything else to get a site that LOOKS like this into WordPress.
You will need to have fantastic WordPress and CSS skills to do this job. I prefer very clean and marked up code (CSS and HTML/PHP).
Requirements:
- You will need to install wordpress on the host site (host does not offer one click install)
- I will provide a mockup of the new home page, blog page, and interior page as layered Photoshop files. The designs will have the same structure and placement of elements, but the graphics will be substituted. You will need to plug in the new graphics on the home page and interior page template (pulling them from the photoshop file) with the exception of the rotating Flash element — use a plugin instead for that (see below).
- Blog post snippets and twitter feed will be a part of the new home page.
- Navigation will be the same as on the sample, (still need to have drop down menus), but we need to add in another top-level navigation item: “Blog”. It is o.k. if the drop down menus don’t look exactly like the ones on the model site.
- Finalized design must BE TESTED and look good in the current major browsers (IE 6-8), Firefox (mac and pc), Safari (mac and pc), Google Chrome.
- If you want to modify the “Allure” WP template from Studiopress to build the site (http://www.studiopress.com/themes/allure), I can send you the files as I have purchased that template. However, the new site still needs to match the model site. Let me know if you want it.
- Client will need to be able to use WordPress page editor to edit the interior pages and post blog posts (a sample interior page would look like http://www.texascte.org/tcec09/about/index.html) — note the on page state for the section, drop down menus, and breadcrumbs).
- Please create separate page templates for the blog, regular interior pages, and home page. They may have different sidebar content and I’ll need to be able to customize each one. The blog template pages need to look similar to the interior page template though.
- Drop down menus are not necessary for the subnav on interior pages (as shown at http://www.texascte.org/tcec09/about/index.html — see left sidebar), but the interior page submenu should automatically populate from declaring the page’s parent page when you build or edit a page. This item is important — please ask questions if you don’t understand.
Plugins that you will need to install (in addition to others you see necessary to add based upon above specifications):
- We will need a method (plugin or otherwise) that allows for the client to edit the main nav and drop-down menus as they add or remove pages (menu should not be hard coded — it needs to change when new pages are added and parent pages are indicated).
- We want to shift the existing Flash feature to use the Featured Content Gallery instead. I’ll add in those photographs myself, but want the plugin installed and tested within the home page layout.
- Will want the “advanced text widget” plugin so we can add custom sidebar content.
- Will want the “Add to Any” plugin or similar social networking share plugin
- Will want cform plugin.
- Will want a rate this feature on blog posts (can be a part of the share plugin you select)
- Will also want HeadSpace2 and WP-DBManager plugins.
Time to complete – 8 business days from project start date.
Please send at least two wordpress sample URLs that you have worked on when posting bid.
