Online Travel Portal

A web portal featuring user generated content that is geo-location specific and integrates with the Google Places / Maps API. The site is simple to navigate and is focused entirely around a location search. It will contain photos, user comments, voting, the ability to flag content. There exists a master template in HTML/CSS, some database architecture (including geographic locations) and a basic MVC2 framework. The site must be SEO optimised as per specifications focusing on specific keywords as well as optimised using friendly URLs with breadcrumbs for maximum SEO reach. It will heavily incorporate JQuery/Ajax, HTML5, and other dynamic technologies. It will have both a normal and mobile version. On the back-end of the website it will have an admin panel for easy access and editing. Users will be able to log-in and keep track of their profiles. The site must be built from the ground up with future development in mind, e.g. allowing users to interact with each other through the site (at a later release). At present the website contains four (4) static pages which will be edited through an admin panel. It will also contain dynamic pages which are lists gathered from the database of a) Countries, b) States within those countries, c) cities within those states and d) entries within those cities. Think of a site similar to [login to view URL] Payment milestones will be based on the following: 1st - Functioning ASP.NET site, with all web pages (but no content or interactivity), that works on multiple browsers, admin panel and user log-in ability 2nd - Users able to submit content, and user submitted content able to be displayed, linked to Google Maps/Places API 3rd - The ability for users to vote, comment, flag, edit their own profiles 4th - Integration of Google Analytics, Websense Advertising, social media integration and mobile site Freelancers hoping to be selected should include the following information: Links to web projects they have developed that they feel is similar, or link to portfolio of work Proposed development methodology Proposed cost, including cost of each milestone Estimated development time Any thoughts, questions, suggestions or comments about the proposed project The first round of short-listed applicants who's proposal shows the most understanding of the project will be given a functional specification and screenshots of the user experience. At this stage we will request revision to proposed project, pricing and timeline. The successful applicant will need to begin immediately and show consistent progress.