By bscriv77 on

I currently run a website called Monsters and Madmen (www.monstersandmadmen.com) that is in need of an overhaul. I recently had it reworked in Mambo/Joomla but I found the system too cumbersome to use, especially the built-in gallery. My main reason for moving away from Joomla is that is that the back end seemed "clunky" and never really worked with my design correctly. I'm hoping Drupal is a little more intuitive to use and what I need to get this site running again.

Anyway, I'm looking for someone to take my designs and make them in to usable templates for a custom Drupal site. The site has only a few major sections. Among them are:

- Featured Masks - a place to see what masks we are featuring with pictures and information as where to buy them
- Must-Haves - a section updated weekly with reviews on what we think horror collectors should have in their collection
- Aricles/Interviews - a place to keep all of our featured interviews and any other articles, with images that can be enlarged
- Gallery - probably the most important part of the site, which we want completely editable by admins, able to have users upload images, and tightly integrated with the site. I have used Gallery before, so I may want to use the new Gallery 2, but I am open to suggestions.

That's about it with the exception of a basic links page, contact page, and front page. Other things on the "wish list" include an ecommerce area to sell things like shirts, etc. which we'd eventually like to have. Possibly a few other things too, like having ad banners, etc. but this is enough to get started. The main thing is that we want it to be easy to operate and update.

Anyway, I can provide the layout design for all the pages, I just need someone to take those and apply them to Drupal. Please contact me at webmaster@monstersandmadmen.com if you are interested in working on this. Plus, if you have an idea of prices, please send me those as well.

Thank you for your time.

Ben

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GSMKer_Kevin commented

I sent you an email but your box was full.

If still looking for someone feel free to contact me.

Kevin Dean
http://www.gsmk.com
kdean@gsmk.com

The only barriers that exist are the ones we create!

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GSMKer_Kevin commented

Im not sure if your getting my emails? So I posted here.

I've never worked with that system but I can tell you right now Drupal is what you want.

We are in the process of finishing two client projects which will be posted online next week. So all I have to show until then is our Drupal site. However please review the following:

- Our site was designed then Drupalized meaning you'll get a template that translates exactly to what you want.
- Templates are xhtml 1.0 strict and css compliant
- Our templates can support flexinode and nice menus for full custom navigation. We can also hard-wire the navigation into the template meaning it doesn't require those modules. However navigation is still plugged into Drupal's menu system so they are easily updated from within Drupal.
- Full three column layout if design requires it.
- We can do whatever module integration you need.

No problem on being easily updated. You can easily update site content from wysiwyg editors and have access rights for different users.

I would be happy to hear from you if you're interested.

P.S. You could pay 50% down and the rest upon completion. If you don't like how things are going I'll refund the initial payment!

The only barriers that exist are the ones we create!