Blancer.com Tutorials and projects

Looking For Drupal Expert
Have a project that needs a Drupal expert ASAP. The project needs you to be available on IM so we can chat about the project (I’m in the East Coast and work late). I’m sure there will be several questions since the project was done in Drupal but is a decent size site.

Quick overview

Needs to know how to program in PHP. For example. on the left and right navigation block we might only want to display items content with a certain tag

Needs to know some CSS, maybe SSH it’s on a linux box. But you can FTP onto it as well.

Looking for a quick turnaround and someone to help work with me tomorrow. Will pay bonus to get this job completed.

THanks,

Ipb Search Feature Broken
IPB Version v2.1.7
SQL Version MYSQL
PHP Version 5.2.11

The IPB search feature is broken when choosing “Display as posts” instead of display as topics. Display as posts will only display the first post on each page of the results, so alot of posts are missing. For example, if a member made 50 posts and we are searching to display all their posts – 5 pages of 1 post each page are displayed rather than 5 pages of 10 posts each. I need someone to fix this problem.

Pay Module/plugin Articlems
I use ArticleMS to manage my article site and am looking for a plugin/module to offer a paid service.

I want the authors to set a price for what they want to charge for an article, a paypal shopping cart to purchase the article, and a means to split the purchase price between the author and me.

ArticleMS id database and phph driven, so a knowledge mysql and php is a must.

Usenet Search Indexer
i need a usenet indexer with nzb file generator similar like http://www.bintube.com (exactly like this site with all functions from the search )
it need be possible to add edit and delete groubs and news server all content should also generatet to rss feed like here http://www.meganzb.com
it need be run on a debian lenny linux server
Also it should get all groubs and headers from www.giganews.com where i have a account
not sure how this works exactly

WordPress Site Fixes
NOTE: Anyone who accepts this project must start right away. I can’t wait even a day for you all to start.

I’m willing to pay $300 for this work. The longest it can take to do is 14 days. The deadline is so tight I’m willing to pay a lot more for faste work.

If the work is done (including weekends) in 5 days I’ll pay an extra $250. If the work is done in 10 days I’ll pay an extra $125.

So if the work is done in 5 days you’ll get $550
If it’s done in 10 days you’ll get $425
If the work is done in 14 days you’ll get $300
If the work is is done in 15 days or longer you’ll not get paid at all. This is a tight deadline.

Below are the issues. PM me and I’ll send you the pdf of this exact list. It has links and what not and parts you can click on.

Another very important note: A lot of programmers on here will stop work completely if they have a question. They’ll wait to they get a response. It’s the oddest thing I’ve ever seen. If you have question I’m always available to answer them. But if I need time to get something answered, just skip that part for now and work on another issue. Don’t just stop working completely.

The site I belive is WordPress.

Issues
1. Scripts are freezing pages sometimes. Sometimes it freezes when we open the page, or submit a comment, next and previous navigation link, logout or login. It must be checked. View here.
2. Site is running slow. It must be checked for that.
3. There are invalid markups everywhere;
4. A Step-by-step document listing the procedures for installation of this site must be create;
5. Internet Explorer shows issues regarding Bullets on home page as showing here
6. Hover effect on Internet Explorer makes the background image disappear back and forth as showing here. Pages show errors at the bottom. It must be checked for full browser compatibility.
7. General Search not working and input alignment needed here
8. Advanced Search is not working properly along with the Inventory Filters. They should both have similar functionality in both directions, meaning if I select a BMW make, I cannot have a Honda model available on the second row, and vice-versa. Please refer to this site for more details. Search must compile only the data available on database – which changes everyday due to the import. Price scale should be divided in 4 quarters from those ranges available on database. ie.: if the lowest price is 10,000 and the highest is 210,000, then:
10,000 to 50,000
50,001 to 100,000
100,001 to 150,000
150,001 to up.
9. Forms throughout the site, like on this page and this one, must be changed to satisfy specs. Labels inside the fields showing here. Colors must be generic so it can match any future site design and colors change.
10. Forms on Details Page showing here must open on lightbox . Please refer to this link. Forms must send confirmation to sender as showing on the links below. Similar e-mail info must be sent to the dealership as well. E-mail address to be used here must also be dynamic.
“E-mail to a Friend” button opens a lightbox form – E-mail to a Friend
“Request More Info” button opens a lightbox form – Request More Info
“Schedule a Visit” button opens a lightbox form – Schedule a Visit
“Make an Offer” button opens a lightbox form – Make an Offer
“Finance this Vehicle” button links to this page where this Credit Application must be framed in. This Credit application will be hosted in another server. This page would carry the vehicle information as showing here. The framed or embedded credit application would come below that. Since this credit application resides in another server, we must figure out a way to transmit the above vehicle info with the application.
“Share this Vehicle” button opens a lightbox form and shows the sharing buttons. We can use Add This for that.
“View Window Sticker” button opens a lightbox page showing a printable vehicle details like this one a Print button must show on top and a better design would be great.
“Auto Appraisal” & “Trade in Info” must link to its respective pages instead of a lightbox. Pages should be blank for now.
11. Layout brakes when submitting a large comment. View here. Broken page can be viewed here.
12. Login and Registration windows must open a lightbox and keep the user on same page. The same must happen when they logout. Customers must not leave the page in any situation. Also, when clicking on “admin link” or “username link” the customer can be redirected to its admin panel but it must be redirected on a new window. It’s currently opening on same window. The goal is never let the customer looses track of where they were.
13. “Get Directions” and “Contact us” page Print Button must print only the google map along with the directions. It should NOT print the page details. Refer to this link and use the map and print button for better understanding.
14. News & Updates must be working along with News Feed and Comments. Any e-mail address to be used with this must be dynamic.
15. Administrator Area widgets must do exactly what they were designed for. Validation and so on …
16. Print buttons throughout the site must print the page in a nice and neat design with blank background color. The only exception for this rule would be the pages that prints map directions.
17. Dealership information this, also this, also this and everywhere on the site must be dynamic so it can be entered once on the back end to update it everywhere.
18. “Finance this Vehicle” button must link to a page carrying the vehicle information as it was set before. Below that, we’ll frame or embed a credit application which will reside in another server. I’ll provide the link for that.
19. Login lightbox window needs resizing and the scrollbar must be removed. Also the logo must be realigned to the center. In this same window, if the customer clicks on the Log in or Lost your password they must be able to open the registration or lost password window on the same lightbox window.
20. Registration lightbox window needs resizing and the scrollbar must be removed. Also the logo must be realigned to the center. In this same window, if the customer clicks on the Register or Lost your password they must be able to open the login or lost password window on the same lightbox window.
21. Site is currently ignoring the Discussion Settings. Those setting must be followed.
22. The posts – which are actually the vehicles themselves (each vehicle is a post) – are not saving any tags. This must continue being SEO friendly. Tags should be setup to automatically pick data from the vehicle.
23. A new “User Role” must be created. We can call it “Dealership”. This user would have limited access to the back end. The site would have only 3 different kind of Users as follow:
• Administrator – This role would be only available to u. This role obviously, has full permissions;
• Dealership – This role would only have access to:
User Panel where he can create or manage more users with Dealership or Subscriber roles only. He must not be able to create an admin role.
Discussion Settings where he can control all aspects about postings and whatever this setting allows.
Comments where they can control publishing which are bounded by the discussion settings. Please note that, the standard functionality of WordPress regarding notifying by e-mail the administrator about new comments and others must be kept. In this case we must be able to setup the e-mail that will receive those notifications, which instead of the “Administrator” would be the “Dealership”.
Pages where the “text content” is editable by the Dealership (Home, New Inventory, Pre-Owned Inventory, Internet Specials, Finance Center, About US, Contact Us, Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, Finance Specials) . Attention – they must have access only to the text content, not any code on those pages.
Dashboard where the Dealership can see limited information –
Most recent comments;
Incoming links;
Number of posts (vehicles);
Number of comments (approved, pending and spam);
and Number of Tags. Nothing else. They must NOT be able to see the theme name, change nor any reference to it, Upgrade Software, QuickPress, Recent Drafts, WordPress Development Blog, News nor Plugins.
• Subscriber – This role should not be modified. It would have access to the standard wordpress setup.
24. On Contact Us page, we need some content container to fill this gap. I accept suggestions for a better layout for this page. It just doesn’t look good as of right now.
25. Images lightbox frame has a “start/stop” slideshow” text that must be replaced by a “Play/Pause button. It’s okay if you have to replace this lightbox plugin for a better one. It must have an auto-play option for the images slide show.
26. “Finance Center” page needs some adjustment. Quick Links widget on looks different from the other pages. It must look identical. Problems identified can be seem here. There are some invalid markups on the page. The css file has been setup correctly. The same ID is been used on other pages without any problem. I can’t understand why this one doesn’t look correct.
27. Payment calculator on Finance Center page needs to be modified . It must look like the one showing here. Refer to this webpage for complete functionality.
28. Permalinks should be set to words instead of page id’s http://auto(remove this)weblab.com/screenshots/2010-02-12_0656.png, otherwise it may create a problems when replicating the site.
29. Sharing buttons on the footer are linking a single page. It should carry the page which the clicking action was originated from.
30. New and Pre-Owned Inventory pages must have a better pagination at the botton. We must include “Jump to Page” buttons. Refer to this link for better understanding. This same pagination should also be showing on top of the page. Also replace the current buttons for the ones you can download here, including hover effect. They are generic colors and the idea is to make them match any background color or design. These buttons are already uploaded into server.
31. Theme Name must be changed to DEMO-201001-01. I wasn’t sure if I could do it without affecting anything. Any future theme created must follow this spec – DEMO-YYYYMM-## (Y=Year, M=Month and #=Sequence Number).
32. Thumb images on Home, New, Pre-Owned Inventory and Special Pages appear very crispy and deformed as they are shrinking down to the size written on the code. There should be a way to automatically crop those images to its thumb sizes to avoid this distortion. Note that, the same must be done for any search result pages. By the way, Search Results pages should look like the Inventory pages but with a title “Search Results”. The current Search Results page shows some double data on the same field as you can see here.
33. Site must be moved to a subdomain and installed there as a demo:

34. Current and all future themes must be compatible with newest WordPress software version.
35. After all bugs fixed, please cleanup the entire site. Must check and remove unnecessary components, files, directories, images and anything else that doesn’t need to be there.
36. Images deletion script must be created to delete images that are not being used. The goal here is to avoid storage problems. Please see notes below.

We stiil have to define the best option for the data feed setup:
1. The Site content is defined by importing data from a csv file which will be located in a permanent directory. Currently, this file is located at ftp://auto(remove this)weblab AT 74.208.111.123/httpdocs/DemoDealer/content/export along with all images. This location must be changed to ftp://website-name/httpdocs/DataFeed. Please note that, every new site installation must and will have this directory to store the data feed along with the images. The way it’s currently setup, each website will import its respective and unique data from the same file based on the Dealer ID. The file name and location will never change.
2. The Site content is defined by importing data from a csv file which will be located in a permanent directory. Currently, this file is located at ftp://auto(remove this)weblab AT 74.208.111.123/httpdocs/DemoDealer/content/export along with all images. This location must be changed to ftp://auto(remove this)weblab AT 74.208.111.123/httpdocs/DataFeed. Please note that, this csv file will contain data from thousands of dealerships and it will be updated every single day. The way it’s currently setup, each website will import its respective and unique data from the same file based on the Dealer ID. The file name and location will never change.

As we add and remove data (vehicles) from this file everyday, there should be a way (script) to automatically remove from the server, the images from the vehicles not present on the file (assuming they were present some point in time). Images are stored in the same directory as the csv file and they are related to vehicles based on stock #. For example – Vehicle stock # 5030 will have images named 5030.jpg, 5030_1.jpg, 5030_2.jpg and so on. So, if vehicle stock number 5030 is deleted from the file next day, its respective images should be deleted as well.
Import Script (plugin), apparently is where we define the Dealer ID for every single site. I’m not sure about this, but it must be checked. If this is the case, this can also be the place where we enter the dynamic information for the site, like dealer info and so on.

There may be other small issues you will need to fix. That is covered if you agree to this project. Work should be done on the client’s server or my server.

Cubecart 3 Search Opening Hour
Search for store opening hours for cubecart 3 shop.

I will start off with a little explanation of what my shop does:
It collects data for store opening hours (including description etc.) so it’s only to be used as a service and not for buying items.

I am looking for someone who can make me a special search page that will find out which stores are open right now. You should know how cubecart works!

So this search should be in its own file, but still be viewed in the main area, as any other
existing files.

Please see the attached file for the layout of the search and necessary forms.

I need:
*search area
*tick box (to be checked at start) to include subcategories when searching
*3 dropdown:
— 1 with ONLY the TOP level of category -> Store/TOP category
— 1 with ONLY the 2nd level of category -> Store/TOP category / 2nd
— 1 with ONLY the 3rd level of category -> Store/TOP category / 2nd / 3rd

Example: New York (state) / New York City / Restaurant

This is very important!

Please note that the user does not have to select every dropdown menu to search.
It should work with one dropdown selected. + The user can leave the search area blank and only choose from the dropdown menu!

*Then a submit and cancel button.

*The output should start with “The time is XX:XX and the following stores are open right now:”

We only use one language so all text can be written in English and I’ll change that manually
later.

Search example:

The time is 21:05 and I search for SUBWAY and choose 2nd category NEW YORK CITY and hit SEARCH.
Now I should get the results of which SUBWAYS that are open right now.

I have 6 database values to make it easier to return the correct opening hours of the store.
Mon – Fri: [Open_mon] [Close_mon] Time in 00:00 format.
Saturday: Open_sat] [Close_sat]
Sunday: [Open_sun] [Close_sun]

—

I want to be able to follow every step in an easy way. For example:

Vieworders.tpl:
1) Find the following code …
2) Replace with…

etc…

Save and close.

Upload file a, b and c to store location/includes/ etc…

Pretty much as any other mod install instruction. I have some knowledge
but it’s much easier with proper instructions.

I have added a few extra searchable lines but they are working fine with
the standard search. More details about the database values etc will be discussed with the programmer we choose.

If you have any questions regarding this project, don’t hesitate so contact me.
I am new on this page but will have several projects to offer in the near future!

Kind regards,
Mike

Printing Site Clone
I would like to make a website identical to one that is already been made. Please pm me so I can give you the url to the website that I need clone.

One thing the site is in aspx I would like for my site to be in php & MySql for the db.

Another thing only serious programers bidding on this thank you

Picture Rating Site
I am looking at getting a hand coded picture rating/sharing site made as i already have the domain, hosting and logo prepared.

Here are the details of the project.

I’d like people to be able to post pictures for public view so they can both vote between the two of them in a quick battle war and also give them votes out of ten. The vote is done by clicking which picture looks better or the rating out of ten they wish to assign the picture. The win/loss results or rating are shown on the following page under the menu, and the next picture battle or picture is shown.

When someone submits a picture they are required to accept terms of agreement, give a picture name, email, and the picture. If the picture is too large it should submit a picture that is automatically resized. If the picture is too small it should auto decline and ask the user to resubmit.

I would like the option of user side login’s, as well as backoffice admin access so that the admin can accept or decline submissions based on criteria manually.

The information should be kept in a database. It should have name, email, photo, date submitted, number of battles,number of votes, wins, % wins, losses, % losses, draws, % draws, rating.

The menu up the top should be like puppywar.com but it should also have a drop down feature. This would be so people can choose between the top picture by rating and by battle wins.

But I would like to have Best of the current week and worst of the current week as an selection as well as Best/Worst of all time.

This needs to be well documented programming, interface should be simple.
This website should be fast loading and the backoffice must be easy to use.
Backoffice should have a list of all submissions and easy to approve or decline.

I would like the site to have the feature of commenting on pics and discussion back and forward between members. This would be along the lines of a very simplified facebook feel where members login and see their own page. On this page it would show any comments on thier pics, the rating of thier pics and any messages sent to them by other members.

I already have a logo, but I’m open for suggestions. Again, it’s a simple interface, it should be sleek and fast loading, but very well programmed at the same time.

Social / Semantic Web App
Start-up is developing a web application that combines the best of semantic and social networks with an intuitive graphic UI. This shall be a fun project for 6-9 months!

We want to build a well-organized team of 3 people with good spirit in the Czech Republic with regular meetings in Prague.
(I was even thinking of posting this in the “Jobs” section …)
Please, don’t respond to this if you can’t make it to Prague at least every two weeks.

Profiles for team members are as follows:

1 technical lead
Good conceptual thinking and communication skills, fluent in English. Knowledge about semantic web and OpenSocial / Facebook API and experience with open-source projects would be a plus. Sound knowledge of MySQL, Apache, PHP. At least basic knowledge of RDF, Adobe Flex and AJAX; experiences in developing a complex web application.
Should be able to work a TRD against our brief and to set up a development framework.
Available for at least 30 hours a week.

1 web/PHP developer
Good command of English, sound knowledge of MySQL, Apache and PHP. Knowledge about semantic web and OpenSocial / Facebook API and experience with open-source projects area would be a plus.
Available for at least 30 hours a week.

1 Adobe Flex UI developer
Good command of English, very good knowledge of Adobe Flex/Flash and (X)HTML, basic knowledge of AJAX, MySQL, Apache and PHP. Experiences with open-source projects would be a plus.
Available for at least 30 hours a week.

We are looking for reliable people who are looking forward to pioneer, who are creative in engineering around problems, who have a sense of humour … and who have fun working in a good team!
We’re happy to work with people fresh from university as long as they have a good ambition and experiences in web development.

We want to get started as soon as possible 🙂

Build App – Google Yahoo Api
Here is how the app works:

Step 1 – Google Keywords API

Make a webpage with a text input box where user can enter a list of “seed keywords”.

On submit, each keyword is sent to the Google Keyword API.

Google’s API will return a variety of similar keywords, with traffic levels and competition levels for each keyword in the list.

Remove any keywords that have competition levels greater than 4 out of 5 (80%).

Remove any keywords that have last month search volume less than 20,000

Save results to a csv file.

Step 2 – Yahoo Site Explorer API

For each keyword in the list above, search in Google.com

Record the URL of the 5 websites in search result positions #1, #2, #3, #9, #10.

For each of those 5 websites, send to Yahoo Site Explorer API.

Find the number of “inlinks” (sites linking to the website) using these parameters:

Look at “inlinks”
Except from this domain (omit_inlinks=domain)
To entire site (entire_site=1)

The results will say how many other sites “inlink” to the site in position #1, #2, #3, etc.

Record the number of inlinks to each of the 5 URLs in the csv file.

If possible, sort the inlinks by Google Page rank. Then get the average Google Page Rank of the first 100 inlinks in the sorted list. Record that average value in the csv file.

Step 3 – Sort Results

Create 3 csv files for the final results:

Good
Medium
Bad

Each keyword needs to be sorted into ‘good’, ‘medium’ or ‘bad’.

Good:

All 5 URLs have number of inlinks less than 1,500
Average PR 1 or less for first 100 inlinks

Medium:

ALL URLs have number of inlinks between 1,500 and 5,000
At least 2 URLs have number of inlinks less than 1,500
Average PR 2 or less for first 100 inlinks

Bad:

Anything not fitting the criteria for ‘good’ or ‘medium’

Step 4 – Master Record

Add ALL records to a master csv file.

Append the records to any existing records. (add new records to end of old records).

The master csv file will contain a history of all records created since the app was created.

LINKS TO GOOGLE API AND YAHOO API ARE IN THE ATTACHED DOC, WITH SCREENSHOTS

Web Design Php
ok so basically the project is to change my current HTML site into a dynamic PHP website which can be modified through back end so a CMS would be required and finally we need to have a WORDPRESS blog integrated with the same design of the site however the most important is to keep exactly the current design and look of the website (I don’t want to have any change in the design of my current website) all this project will be under supervision of my SEO company so it’s very important that whoever take this project will know how to build the site SEO friendly!!!