Hi,
I’m looking for a RoR developer for 2 projects. It’ll be about 2 weeks
work.
I can do these projects, I just have a lot of things on the go at the
moment
and require help - The situation is; want it done now, how much to do
it?
Also if it means 2 people; one working on each project, this’ll work as
well.
Projects:
-
Enquiry distribution site = lots of content sites have enquiry
forms (all related industry/product), need the information gathered
from
these sites into a single site. Then we can email it to someone or
use the
information directly. Features: record information, search
information,
forward information, xml feed information to external resources. AJAX
interface. Fairly straight forward. -
A directory site = using existing database of information generate
a
directory site like a online catalogue. The database of information
needs
directory specific information added on to it. This site will need to
be
SEO’d with http://www.domain.tld/category/product.html URLs (which I
haven’t figured out how to do with Rails yet - so you’ll need to be
able to
do this as cleanly as possible - using LiteSpeed) also variational
meta tags
depending on product. This will be a Frontend/Backend system. It
really
needs to be like a static site generated dynamically. AJAX backend
requirement - or at least the ability for me to come in after and add
all
the AJAX parts. This project is a bit more involved then the above
one; this
one is the main focus.
Also part of it will be setting up/using (I can set it up…)
- trac
- svn
- this is really open - there needs to be something to support each
project
(or all projects) I haven’t settled on a way to organise this yet and
I’m
open to suggestions.
Who I am.
I am an infrastructure IT Guy who can code (background in Java, recently
picked up PHP not liking it… Been using RoR for a few weeks, love its
way
of working - switched from Java purely from a resource usage view - I
have
VPS accounts). Building infrastructure is where its at for me.
I’ve been building Joomla sites heavily SEO’d (whitehat) - with this
I’ve
built the infrastructure these sites all run on, I’ve implemented my
own
global DNS (have lots of domains, need maximum flexibility - love
building
infrastructure…).
I’m a business partner in the company ZN Dynamic (we don’t have a
website
yet - purely because everything we are about right now doesn’t include
external clients yet). I’m the IT/Solution Deliver in this Web
Development
partnership. Zane handles business related activities and the content
side.
What I’m looking for.
Someone who can take the ideas above, add some of their own, say “that
won’t
work, we can do this”. Ideally you’d be in Sydney and can come out to
Artarmon. This isn’t a requirement. If you are in the +8 to +12 GMT
timezone
that would work; again this isn’t hard coded - it’s a workability thing.
I
can certainly work with people who are up for the job anywhere and am
open
to working with people who want to produce results.
I need you to be in the Convention over Configuration model that Ruby
is.
The admin interfaces will be AJAX - I don’t want any screen redraws in
them
- I’ve coded a PHP Lead management system that is purely AJAX, it can be
done. I used Prototype, if you think JQuery will be a better fit - that
works for me. I’ll learn whatever needs to be learned to get the job
done.
Some tools work better on different jobs.
You wont need to handle look and feel. I’ll be assisting as well, where
I’m
needed (time and all that).
When your done, I’ll be able to pick it up and go with it.
In terms of dollars? 2 weeks is more the requirement here; If it means
AU$100/hr and you can have it all done in 40hours that’s a possibility.
Be in touch 
Nicholas O.