Soul Weekender

Website Quotation Title of Project / Client: Soul Weekender Client Background Soul Club are behind organising a 3 day Northern Soul music event for late October 2010. The event will be take place in various locations in the and will involve various Djs. The Client requires a website to give information about all the locations and DJs at the festival as well as providing a community for participants to discuss the event. Standard 'Web 2.0' functionality such as blog style news page with date-stamped updates, user commenting, social network integration (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.) and discussion forums in order to generate as much user participation and hype as possible. Optional creation and maintenance of profiles on social networks. A subscription mailing list application can be integrated into the CMS to target users with mass emails and automated notifications of updates to the website. A third party booking system can be integrated to the site at a later stage. Website Requirements: • Content Management System • Enables easy amendments and scalable management of entire website • Blog style news page • User Participation • Online Forum (Chat Room) • Social Network Integration (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.) • Initial Pages: • Front Page (concise essential info + recent 2/3 news posts)  • News • About • Venues • Line up • Artist Profiles • Mailing List • Local Area / Accommodation / How to get there • Contact Info / Form • Legal statement • Logo / Brand Design • Modern look & feel to the site • Similar to Southport Weekender Technical Requirements • Hosting • average site loading • regular site monitoring • Large capacity for Pictures / Downloads • CMS installation & management • Forum integration & management • CMS plugin installation • Mailing list Application • SEO, search engine submission, AdWords, AdSense, Analytics Turn around time Initial Brochure site: 2 week (Logo, Structured site with minimal essential details. Finished Site: 4 weeks, pending content (All features implemented) Costings: ??? Active Hosting -regular site monitoring -daily backups -SEO & Analytics monitoring -technical support (free .[login to view URL] domain, unlimited bandwidth, 1G storage, 50 email addresses, MySQL and PHP) (telephone & email support) Main Site Build & Design (dependent on content & scale) Forum Install and configuration (initial moderation included)  Social Network Integration (creating & maintaining accounts on third party websites) CMS training (adding news, comment moderation, etc...) Support & Additional Administration (over and above initial development)