Experienced Coder for main page and SMCARS WANTED

[Icekid84]

We at SMCars are planning on a major rehaul of the entire site. However our main man of coding and such has become excessively busy with other engagements. We need someone who is experienced in HTML, PHP, and mysql skills.

Here is a run down of what we have in mind for SMCars..

The first major change would be, no more prints on the main board. Every time a new car forum is added or a new forum is needed this page just gets longer and longer, and frankly it’s just starting to look very unprofessional. As of right now it is undecided right now if donation forum will be left on forum or made into an upload point where people can make comments.

Before coming to SMCars I used to and still am somewhat a frequent NFScars fan. I would hang out at such sites as NFSCars.net or ND4SPWORLD.com and that is where I got the inspiration for how the Blueprints would be handled.

I have no knowledge of this stuff which is why I am posting this stuff. And my idea I’ve been told is possible but it would be hard I guess. Here is the scenario.
1. You come on to SMCars and you see a button that says, “Blueprints”.
2. You click this button and the page loads and now you have options of how you want the blueprints listed.
• by Author
• by Number of Downloads
• by Brand and maybe by Latest Prints

Say you click by Brand, well the page loads and there is an organized list of all the cars we have prints for here. Next to each name is a number of how many prints there are for each brand.
If you were to click by number of downloads then a page would load and it would contain the top ranked blueprints. On NFScars its 97 pages but we might try top 25 or 50 prints not sure yet. You finally click by Author, a list of all people who donated prints and the number of prints by there name. Now the author idea may be overkill but again these are just ideas.

The Members only rule will still be in play as well. If you are not logged on and you click on a print, then same thing will happen that happens now, a window pops up prompting for name and password. Another idea I am taking from NFScars is that you can still make comments on the prints by clicking on add comment to print or whatever.

[NightEye]

I think marcovtwout (sorry, can't spell it ) could do it
I think he was the guy with quite some experience

[Sno]

You could also do it youreself. Download the trial of macromedia dreamweaver. Copy the code (original website) or the system to dreamweaver, follow some tuts and you know how to fix it..

Just suggestion ...nothing more...

[Jille]

Sno, it's a bit more than just that...

[marcovtwout]

It's a lot more then that yes

Oh and you got my name right NE

Well coding something like what you're suggesting would be a lot of work.
However at Lostheaven we have quite a system to handle downloads.
It's combined with phpBB, and it would fit most needs, but I didn't code it so I have to ask the guy who made it if I can use it here.
Since he made an entire CMS around it, it might even be fit for a site like this one.
Also a lot of extra coding will probably still be required.
I'm not sure if I have enough time to start on something like this but I'll consider it

Here's our download system -> http://www.lostheaven.co.uk/modules.php?name=downloads

Who is your main coder btw?

[Cheetah]

nvm

[marcovtwout]

"Its just creating a big database with a number of fields"

You obviously don't know what you're talking about :?

Ofcourse, creating the database wouldn't be too much trouble but it's the INTERFACE that would take 99 percent of the time. And not only the interface but also you must code secure, logical and efficient.
And ofcourse noone would put up 6500 blueprints on his own.

[Cheetah]

yup just corrected myeslf was talking crap

[Sno]

Alright marco, show me the tut about codes and i will consider to help you....

[marcovtwout]

Sno it doesn't work that way.
PHP is a programming language, Dreamweaver and Frontpage won't get you far.
And if you never programmed before, well, you just have to gain experience.
You can't pick it up as easily as HTML for example.