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benjaminj88
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Staff Needed,

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To the moderators and administration of DevNet, I apologize for posting something similar to my previous entry with in this category. I will delete the previous post in a few days. I just figured repost the details of the project on the first post so that any possible viewers who may be interested may see the information right away without all the fluff of the previous post.

My introduction

First off allow me to introduce myself, well somewhat, I am but a simple based coder, with mainly xhtml, css, along with a beginning, started in php/mysql. I have been planning a website now for about the past 4 to 5 months on paper alone in my own handwriting. I currently have a collection of 3, three ringed binders filled with various features, development stages, content ideas, processes, and procedures which will be incorporated onto this website. It will be a somewhat hefty project, which will take multiple months, to finish or at least get to what I have planned up to.

Who I'm looking for
I will need a staff team which will include the following positions:
managers which will be in charge of coming up with new strategies and improvements for the website, along with even little tweaks which may make the viewers experience on the website much more friendly.
Coders who will be helping by creating various scripts to maintain the website in general, along with the general outlook of the website.
writers who will write content such as articles, stories, and other various readable content for the website,
Editors to make sure that the content that is staff submitted is correct as far as grammar and spelling errors
Designers which will be in charge of creating various layout designs, themes, graphic elements which will be placed around the website and for the website along with advertisements.
Moderators which will have the task of verifying content ratings, along with making sure no abusive, discriminative content is shown or on the site.
Please note that more then likely all staff with have general tasks, and will be asked to write various articles which are based on their own interests.

The project
The project is not very simple, and I will leave it in a bit of a shade of gray rather then put it in black and white. In general the website will include various content, from articles based on current events, along with stories, and other forms of entertainment which the users will find entertaining. The website will require various management systems for content, users, affiliates, and other areas. There is much more to the site this is just a brief description, if you want to know more please personal message me.

Current Status as of May 11th 2008

Currently I have a staff of 5
myself as the general webmaster and manager
2 writers,
1 Editor
1 Designer

What you will get
Honestly just the all I can offer you is the fun of being part of the staff team, the challenge to improve your skills or at least activity to keep you tone and your knowledge up, along with a project to place onto your own portfolio. I know it doesn't sound like much but that is all I really have to offer. After the website begins to pick up I would be fine with you placing me on any references for a job application as a previous employer. Other then that honestly right now that is all that I can do, sorry.

Last notes
As I previously said, this project will take time. I do know and understand that there are multiple programs which I can use to perform all the actions and tasks along with the features that I want onto this website, and honestly I would rather build it from the ground up to know exactly what is on the website and how to work with it. If there is anything else that you feel you can provide to help improve this website, but are not sure due to the
somewhat vague description please personal message me.

Along with this whether or not I get programmers to help build this website I will get it done, I just know with help the construction will go much smoother as well as much faster. So please do not reply this post if your only intention is to point out flaws with my responses, or facts that this project will be hard for even those who are advanced with programming etc. Nothing is going to crush me from creating this website, I just would rather not have to deal with the task of responding to bothersome, and negative feedback.

Thank you all for your time in reading this and the consideration of the project. and forgive me for the length of the post
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