Hello. We need help revamping our existing downloadable game site to Drupal.

HarryBalls.com offers reviews and downoads of casual and indie games. There are three primary business objectives of the site: drive game downloads, drive game sales, drive membership subscriptions. You will see the site's architecture supports these goals like an ecommerce catalog as opposed to a site designed to generate unnecessary page views to drive advertising revenue. Ads will appear on the site but game downloads and sales trump revenue from advertising in importance.

Drive Game Downloads - We emphasize the message "Download Free Game Trial" in text as opposed to images throughout the site but mostly on the each game's detail page.

Drive Game Sales - We also emphasize the message "Buy This Games" in text as opposed to images throughout the site but mostly on each game's detail page. We will work with the game content providers to maximize the conversion to sale within the trial game download experience to drive sales as well but the design doesn't influence this. We will not be processing the credit card transactions.

Drive Membership subscriptions - Subscription is free but we will offer sign up forms throughout the site. Members will be able to review games.

Project Deliverables. - This new site version will employ Drupal and (http://www.reviewpost.com/) Review Post which will allow users to post reviews. Both Drupal and Review Post will need to be installed by the company we hire.

Features of Review Post include:

1. PHP w/ MySQL database

2. User registration system

3. Users can add products - We will not use these feature right away.

4. Users submit reviews

5. Multi-language Support - The site will support English first

6. Can use existing forum login (vBulletin, UBB Threads, others)

7. Can integrate w/ vbPortal

8. New product approve/reject

9. Unlimited Cats/Subcats

Main Site Page Types:

The site will employ five pages types:

A. Site Front Door

B. Category Door

C. Game Product Page

D. Site Search Result Page - We may use Google's site search technology.

E. Post Download Page - This page appears when users click the "Download Free Game Trial" message on free games only. The goal of this page is to merchandise the shareware games in the same category.

F. Footer/About Us Pages

The site will use search engine friendly urls:

1. Category front door url- http://www.harryballs.com/category_game_reviews_and_game_downloads.html

example http://www.harryballs.com/action_game_reviews_and_action_game_downloads....

2. Game Product Page url http://www.harryballs.com/category_game_reviews_and_game_downloads/game_...

3. The game content will come from two sources: 1. Manually input and 2. and xml feed from a company called Reflexive. They provide detailed document for their standard xml feed. Documentation on their feed can be provided but the feed contains the standard fields:

Game Name
Game Publisher
Game Download Link
Game Buy Link
Links to thumbnail and large screenshots
Game Description
Game System Requirements
Platform
Price
Category
Short Description
Long Description
Release Date
Download Size
ESRB Rating
Standard Box Shots
Beveled Box Shots
Game ID

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I've contacted Roshan by email. In the future, please comment directly on the post or your account will be blocked. If you want to advertise your services without responding to the post use the users contact tab.

Kieran

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sure.. will use contact tab in future :-)

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