I am looking for a web developer that can build me a Q&A community website.
The website Im trying to go for is very similar to Yahoo answers. I want it to have a ranking (or voting) system that allows members to vote or rank the best answers, I would also like to have a leader board for the best contributors (or have the highest vote or rankings). This will be a big project. The site really has 3 main features but Id like to start off with the "answers" feature. I would love to see a very minimal (2.0) design that is user friendly. I would prefer it to be coded from scratch but if you are able to use a 3rd party app then thats ok too as long as you can blend it nicely to the website. I already have a mockup of the design so it shouldnt be hard for you to design it from scratch. It will require people to sign in and have their profile to ask and answer questions and non members can check out the site but will not able to interact with members or view answers. There will be alot more details I want to talk about with you, a pretty decent amount of money is going in to this project so I will be really careful choosing the person I will hire.
I am looking for somebody who I can work with long term. Once I am satisfied with the first feature which is "answers" then I will rehire you and have you do the other main features as well (details on those later)
Tech specifications:
Programming language: PHP, Java, .NET technology
Database: mySQL, SQL
if you have done similar kind of job then please provide references.