The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Call for web designers
Posted by Jason on February 5th, 2010 in the Dragonmount website category

Although this isn’t directly related to The Wheel of Time, I wanted this call to go out as many people as possible to take advantage of the wide diversity of fan skill sets out there.

About
Dragonmount.com is currently in the early stages of a major site overhaul. For nearly 12 years we have existed by using our own homebrewed HTML and design. While the site has never been unpleasant to visit (I hope!), it could use the touch of a professional designer with experience in crafting dynamic web site experiences. Therefore, we are inviting professional web designers to submit quotes for this job. A list of the requested services is as follows:

  • Design a clean, consistent, and familiar look-and-feel for the entire web site based on flexible guidelines
  • Develop PHP templates for each section of our website to be consistent with this new look
  • Develop matching themes (with artwork) for multiple web applications such as Wordpress, MyBB, Coppermine, ZenCart, Amazon aStore, as well as possibly Drupal, MediaWiki, and a unique third-party application still in development
  • Work with specific artists we’ve chosen to incorporate various WoT-themed art into the design
  • Develop and help implement a mobile version of the website

About our site
Dragonmount.com is self-hosted on a collection of dedicated Linux servers. We have a volunteer staff which maintains these servers and will continue to do so. While we can (and will) apply routine updates and patches to software applications, we would prefer if the vendor we select (you) would be available to do semi-annual upgrades or future feature enhancements.

Deadlines
The deadline for quotes is February 28th. We would like to have the new site implemented and live to the public by Fall of this year (September / October timeframe) at the latest.

Budget
Negotiable. Please include a quote for both the site redesign, as well as potential semi-annual updates. Email webmaster@dragonmount.com for ball-park figures on our budget.
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7 Responses to “Call for web designers”

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    Chris Says:
    February 5th, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    FYI, I think you are really looking for two people. You are looking for a web designer and a programmer/admin. Two very different skill sets if you want things done right. One person can do it, but I haven’t met too many people who actually do both parts well.

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    Ticondrius Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Agreed, you need 2 separate skill sets to do this well.

    I’d be interested, if it didn’t sound like it’d swamp out my schedule to make DM my only client. Too much middleware to integrate and support.

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    Filip Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    You should find someone who is found of WoT. In my opinion people who are connected to the series will be more committed to deliver their best, not just to get the job done. Can’t wait to see the new site :)

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    Dan Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Ill get my friend and we will do it cheap cause i love this series and want to do w/e i can to help it out

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    Lee Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    I myself am a web developer, quite capable if I may add. I can make a very well functioning website for you, however, if you want it to look good, you need a designer. so to agree with the above, be prepared to pay 2 people.

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    Kainewynd2 Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    I pinged a programmer/designer friend of mine who runs a consulting business that does just this. IIRC, he loves WoT. :)

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    Michael Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    I design and develop websites, I am more focused on the front-end and graphic design but I do back-end programming as well, perhaps if there is other wot fans of the php/mysl persuasion we can work together I would do this near free as this is a great resource for the series and I hate to see the site get drupalled to boringville.

    There are better systems or building it on framework like cakephp, zend, modx (revolution will be by then).

    MVC kids.

    By the way cain was reborn but his parents live in the town mat visited in TGS so he will never comeback 1+ Darkone

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