Need an experienced PHP/MySQL (probably Drupal) developer/team/agency (Portland, Beaverton)

City: Portland

I have an adult-oriented project which most likely could be suitably done in Drupal (and if so, Drupal 7.) Unless you have a compeling option to sell something else to me. Please don't try to sell me Magento or Joomla. I want something that is not based on object oriented code.

It's has an aspect of live chat (which may or may not be within scope, depending on cost), image galleries, video uploading, and product purchasing/a type of shopping cart. I can have the live chat piece developed separately, I may just need the PHP side to interact with the Flash applet (passing some data back and forth)

The site design is very minimal, and I have an example of a site that is related in function and even somewhat in design.

It's actually not an extremely difficult project, only a few features have any real "meat" to them. Most are quite basic and an experienced Drupal developer probably would know which modules to use or how to develop them pretty quickly.

Originally I was going to hire this out online using freelance sites, but was ripped off by the person I chose. I've got the last of my savings for budget, so I am betting the farm on this. I am quite sure of it's success, and plan on giving a bonus when the project begins to make money.

I am a developer myself. So I know how to talk the talk, I just am very overloaded in my day job, and it's very hard to be the manager/promoter and the developer. I will be having a lot of other duties to get the site "busy" and like the idea of knowing it is being developed in the background.

Ideally, this could be an on-going relationship, I have more projects and ideas in the future, and the more successful my projects get, the more I can reinvest and invest in other projects. Not all the projects are adult-oriented, some are not for profit either - like advancing some open source projects, or developing some new ones (and licensing it as BSD or another "open" license)

Tech skills: PHP 5.3 compatible (I want it to run under 5.3 without issue), MySQL 5.0 compatible, HTML5/forward thinking markup, CSS, jQuery for the JavaScript library. Like I said, the site doesn't need an advanced design. Minimal graphical work would be needed.

Requirements:

• I want to be able to meet with someone in person and be able to talk and go over sketches/wireframes/mockups.
• You (or your main tech resource) must be extremely proficient in PHP. If done in Drupal, I want a very fluent Drupal developer so they do things right and the "Drupal way"
• Results oriented: I don't care who does the work, as long as it is done and is done with some quality and pride. However, I want one English-as-a-first language, local to Portland point of contact to be able to meet with for status updates, reviews, things of that nature
• I want someone who can "infer" certain requirements, as I try to be as detailed as possible, some things may not be explicitly requested.
• I prefer it to be fixed bid vs. hourly, or an attractivfe rate. It's much easier to plan financials with fixed bids.

After signing an NDA, I can discuss the idea and we can talk specifics, milestones, etc.

Agencies are okay to work on this. So are individual developers. I may require escrowing the funds to protect myself and release for each milestone completed, depending on the situation.

Ideally I would like this project to be in a decent functioning state within 45 days; part of the project requires approval from a third party, and core functionality of the site needs to be implemented before that can happen. I would like to be able to have some initial users on the site inside of 60 days. We could work out some sort of time-based bonus as well, depending on the quote. The sooner it gets to market, the sooner I can begin pushing it, making it successful, and being able to kick back some bonus money and offering more work and projects!

Please email me with a portfolio, any other relevant information (about you/your team/experience/etc.)

Thank you for your time. I would be willing to meet or talk over the phone but please email first with more information about yourself/company.

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