[wp-pro] Wordpress PHP coding and design help for two web sites

[Russell Bauder]

So, I started my search for help by posting on iFreelance.com.  I've  
received 5 bids, one of them for $12 an hour (I'm picturing child  
geniuses in a third world country being whipped while they pound out  
command line scripts), and all with questionable skills.  I want to  
pay fairly, and I think I need someone with pretty excellent coding  
skills. I've done the visual design, for the most part, but I'm not  
so good at coding.

This was my project post on iFreelance:
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I'd really like to find someone with expert Wordpress coding skills  
and some design sensibilities too.  I want to launch two websites,  
which will be very similar, but have slightly different coding  
requirements.  I have already installed Wordpress and set up the  
databases, but I need help with layout (headers, fonts, sidebars,  
page layout), and some special coding requests.

I will have a blog/writing site, and then a photo site. There will  
likely be about six pages, and the sites will be so similar that  
virtually the same coding could be used for both.

Main page
Comments page
Search page
Category page
About page  (this could be relatively static, like a category page or  
maybe the main page)

The special coding is a nice to have, but might be dropped if it's  
difficult.

Blog/writing site:  I'd like the main page to display quotes from  
archived entries (maybe I could tag certain sentences within the post  
so they could be pulled).  The quote would link to that archived  
post.  I'd also like a module for each category (which are  
dynamically created by the admin tool) that has editable text.  Each  
category would have copy and an icon that explains what the category is.

Photo site:  It would have a similar feature as the blog/writing site  
for the main page.  It would randomly display small, faded,  
thumbnails of previous photos used in posts (there is one photo per  
post).  These thumbnails would link to archived posts.

I haven't completely planned out each page, but I do have mock-ups of  
the main page that will help illustrate what I want.  I'm willing to  
pay more for someone diligent, talented and honest.  I'm hoping to  
launch these sites January 1st, 2008.

I would definitely like a teleconference to go over details and nail  
down the scope of this project.
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Anyone interested in helping a code dunce?

Thanks,
Russ