297061 Lyrics Search Engine

Project: Lyrics Search Engine Pre-Request: If you're in Montreal, Canada, you have greater chances to get the position as I feel better if I can buy you a lunch, get to know your skills, work with you one-on-one to get the best results. However, if your profile is very stong and you're the man of your word, I would have no problems working with you. In brief, I would like a professional programmer to build powerful and the best innovative lyrics search engine there is. Clean, fast and smoothly running user-friendly environment with plenty of working features. I will name some, but I rely on your creativy and innovation - the one who would offer the most interesting ideas on how to make the future site work will get not only this project, but some future tasks more complex than this. WORKING ENVIRONMENT: From the very beginning I would like to state that attention to details and quality of work is EVERYTHING for me. Promises and failures will not stand. From my side, I guarantee honesty and responsibility: I will always be there to answer a question or clarify how I specifically want something done. I expect nothing but professionalism in return, as your communication skills, attention and serious dedication will be greatly appreciated at the end. It is crucial that I get fast and clear responses from you, as I always work hard to offer you the same, otherwise, this partnership will not work. PROJECT: This lyrics search engine will be a part of my ongoing web site - TheWorldJournal.com. This is a Student Media Network that contains variety of "special projects". This lyrics engine will add to the list of what I have now. You can find all the specials we have at: [login to view URL] Check this page out, because it'll give you an idea of what this site is all about, how it is presented to the public. It is paramount that this Lyrics Search Engine looks and feels like [login to view URL] site itself. At least, reminds the overall design style (which is not hard to do I think). Basically, the use of similar font, color and correct page proportions would do the trick here. Since I do not overload you with little details and requests, I leave you the freedom of making the engine as you think would be performing the best. IMPORTANT EXTRAS: VERY IMPORTANT: I am ready to pay an extra something if you can arrange an existing database with lyrics. Please leave a message about what you can offer. The more lyrics there is, the better. If someone is ready to update the database regularly, I might be able to pay for every update for a fixed $$ separately. NO STEALING, NO MIRROWING other sites. The content should come originally from my server. Also, since you guys are professionals, tell me if it is possible to make all the popular music charts: MTV, Billboard, MuchMusic, as well as some specific charts in this project, but so that they update themselves (no supervision) live and link to lyrics in my engine automatically? The engine should have place for one 120x600 banner (on the right) and 468x60 banner (on the page bottom). The code for both places will be provided at the end of the project so that you can insert it in. When someone search for certain lyrics on the Internet, I would like to be in the top results. If you can arrange that, I can also pay extra for that. Either way, when someone visits certain lyrics page on my site/engine, I would like the title in browser show up like (example): Madonna - America Life Lyrics. BASIC FEATURES: Since this engine would be the part of the special project of my network, the "Home Page" of this project specifically should would be URL: [login to view URL] (I'm sure it won't be a problem for you). Basically, I want this lyrics search engine to have as many features as possible. I'll try to name some of them, but please build it so that it is easy to "edit in" certain featured later on. - Search by song title, artist, album, everything. - Ability to rate each Song, Album, Artist and deliver Top Lists Results: Top 100 Artists, Songs, Albums from that ratings. Ability for guests to add their favorite songs to their own "Favorites page", Accessible from the main page. I imagine it so that every page has its own sub-menu that has: rate this song, artist, album, add to favorites, buy this (affiliate link) from amazong or elsewhere, send lyrics by e-mail, submitted by NAME, viewed X times, etc. - Chart of weekly most popular Songs, Artists, Albums (by hits) - Separate Top Lists of Top 10 Artists, Songs, Albums on the mainpage - Archive Page (ability to browse lyrics from A to Z by Artist, Song Title, Album) - Area for site guests to Submit Lyrics (easy form like Title, Album, Artist, etc). Better to make it so that guests choose the artist and album from the current database if the artist already exist and suggest new category of not). Something of the like: [login to view URL] - Administration Environment for Music Editors to Add/Edit/Approve lyrics received from guests, as well as on their own. - Request lyrics page - Voting system that is easy to manage from Administration Panel - Link parter page - Small cozy forum-type environment (like a message board maybe) where people can request/chat about music, help each other , etc. with ability to moderate content from Administration area. - On the front page: ability to browse (A to Z) lyrics by Artist, Songs - Total count of Lyrics, Artists and Albums on the main page (automatically updated from the database) - Ability to later on slightly change the top and bottom part of the site without hurting the work of the engine. For example, if the logo changes or the top main network navigation should be updated, or the banner position changes, etc. RESEARCH & DELIVERY: Please do extensive research, see how other successful projects are functioning like [login to view URL], [login to view URL], for example. See how fast some sites are versus very badly designed, presented. If you have your own ideas, vision, innovative thoughts on how you can make this site shine, I would more likely prefer working with a person like that. I will always be in the contact, so never be shy to work together with me, clarify stuff. Make sure you understand something completely before actually implementing it. I rely NOT only on your programming knowledge, but design talent as well - so that the engine looks like its part of [login to view URL] Network. I would like to be able to see how the project is doing EVERY STEP of the building process. Would like to see a page, comment on it, add something to it if necessary. At the very end, I would EXPECT to see it perform successfully on a server prior to making the final payment. BENEFITS & OTHER: Please be reasonable in pricing. I'm a student and [login to view URL] is a non-profit student network, though it is somewhat popular. I am no Bill Gates, so my budget is limited. :) I can give you great benefits, for example, an official "design/programming" credit on our Network, which you can use to advertise your skills, recommend you to friends and other internet businessmen. You can finally add the company on your Resume to make it bigger and better. You can finally get some more exciting work from me in future (Some projects may be huge - but it all depends of how good quality your results are). Possibilities are infinite. MOST LIKELY, at the end of the project I will ask you to some really small changes, additions, like text, a link or minor presentation features. Please make it easy for a programming-uneducated person to work on the project, make basic content changes. Well, if I remember anything else, or if you have any ideas, please share with me so I can make the right decision by choosing YOU. BIDDING: NO HOURLY BIDS. WHATEVER YOU BID WILL BE ACCEPTED AS THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO GET FOR THE WORK FULLY DONE. All the Best, Artashes