The company will offer specialized consulting services online. Job description: The job is to write a detailed technical design and blue print of the site, based on written information from the company, as well as interviews with the founders of the company. The technical specification and blue print made will be used to identify the right company to build the site afterwards. Web development project type: New Website Client side or server side development: Client Side Development Specific programming languages desired: This online business will be based on an open source CMS, either drupal, joomla, magenta or liferay. As it looks now, it will be liferay. Short description of what the business will do: Our business will be a forum for multiple (4-5) user groups and expectedly 1000+ users where advisory services will be offered, purchased and managed. The portal will in principle address a global audience of advisors, buyers (corporations), and users (employees). Some of its main features include: Different access/viewing rights/functionality and options for different user groups Directory with individual advisors' (one user group) profiles, skills, pricing, etc. Advanced search function (by category/business need/ language/location/price/etc) Tripadvisor like 'crowd assessment' by users (another user group). I.e. feedback made available online, incl. aggregated scores and comments by individuals Various simple but powerful step by step workflow like modules, e.g. for signing up, service contracting, objective setting, service evaluation, and billing/payment Personal calendars (advisors) and online booking (employees) functionality Use of referral codes, i.e. an advisor brings in another advisor or customer (corporation), they register with his referral code and he receives a % of generated revenue Auto billing (based on predefined price and performance based reward/penalty arrangement) and execution of financial transactions between corporation/portal and portal/advisor Online user dash board displaying predefined aggregate data. Dash boards can also be forwarded to users in HTML by email Downloadable (e.g. Excel) standard reports providing aggregate views into a number of different data sets captured by the portal Catalogue of complementary/ancillary tools (likely mainly web based) Additional comments: We are looking for a contractor that: - has experience with designing and programming sites in various open sourcing CMS's - has a track record in making web site technical design and blue prints and can share some as example so we can see the quality of work - will be able to take written input as well as interviews and convert it into a technical specification document that can be used for outsourcing the later programming - have experience in creating a great, simple user experience through the flow of navigation on the site - can advise on technical and design choices, and build this into our specification. Desired Skills: Technical Support, Content Management System (CMS), Liferay Keywords: Project Management, Liferay, Support, Technical