We are a team of designers and developers with expertise and experience in Photoshop, HTML, CSS, PHP, AJAX, JQuery, Angular JS, XML, Wordpress, Bootstrap, CodeIgniter, Laravel, Google Map API and MySql. We have designed and coded many custom sites and applications of varied extents and complexity.
I have read the overview and am confident of delivering well. I suggest developing it in Wordpress as it is most suitable for your requirements. Please share more details:
1. What will the site be about - any specific topic?
2. Any reference sites that you like in terms of layout etc.? Any design specifications?
3. Will blog be separate from the posts mentioned by you? Please share a reference blog / page that you want to follow.
4. Please share more detail about "commentary"
5. We will allow embedding of videos from YouTube etc.
6. Please explain "approved users" - user registration fields, you will approve users. They can login, logout, add comments to your posts. Anything else?
7. What other pages (about, contact) will your site have?
Above details will help me to assess scope of work precisely. I will revise / confirm my bid accordingly. Detailed specifications and inputs will also help me to make an informed commitment and deliver as required.
I ensure a very thorough job and also support if you need changes / enhancements in future. I look forward to hearing from you and working on the project.