Re: How to make a customized content management system for less than $500?

From: iMedia (google_at_myimedia.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: 1 Feb 2005 09:32:31 -0800

I consider myself an amateur. Others consider me proficient. When I get
my Zend PHP Certification, then I will call myself an expert. However,
I still feel at least 30 hours should be invested in such a project.

It took me about 5 weeks to learn enough PHP and MySQL to put together
a basic automated calendar system, photo voting and comment system,
page cataloger, and photo ranker. I learned it all off of PHP's HTML
Manual at http://us2.php.net/manual/en/index.php and MySQL's manual at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html ~ I also received great
help at http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/

But, I have basic experience in other programing languages and a
background in Computer Science. You can the above mentioned work at
http://www.sanctuarylive.com/. The voting~comment system is located in
the 2004 Halloween Gallery, under PICS. The calendar page is
dynamically generated off a custom database and scripting that allows
the client to enter their own dates and venues. The website is 2-years
old and is currently undergoing a new design.

After that, it took me about a week to learn enough so that I could
integrate PayPal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) into a custom
ticket sales database and script that I created for a client. A
write-up on that work can be viewed at
http://www.myimedia.com/iMedia_Web_Design_Solutions.php#paypal

Good luck. Cheers!
-Andy

PS: I wouldn't take the job for $500. However, I'm willing to help you
anyway I can via email.