I’m looking for a coder with some experience with Movable Type, particularly the current version 4.25 (I guess 4.0 experience will be sufficient).
Requirements are:
- Excellent skills in standard compliant HTML and CSS coding
- Sufficient eperience with Movable Type installations and upgrades to feel savvy to make an upgrade without interruption of service of the existing website (guarantee required)
- Proof of experience with the tag library of MT 4.0 and capability to update existing templates using MT 3.2 tags with the new counterparts
- Regular billing with proof of working hours
- You work remotely, from anywhere in the world, but you need to be able to have conferences with me over Skype or iChat with video and audio
The job is:
- Upgrade server-side installation from Movable Type 3.2 to the current version of Movable Type 4.25
- Correct glitches, replace mismatching MT-tags on the template pages
- Make the installed plugins work, if they haven’t been replaced by new features of Movable Type
- Further details will be discussed directly, after commission of the job
You need to show proof that you’ve got the experience listed above, and that you are capable of completing the job in a reasonable timeframe. The upgrade and the resulting tweaks on the templates would have to be completed within a regular work week. No interruption of the live blog with its current installation (Movable Type 3.2) should occur, so a local upgrade, followed by a one-time deployment to the FTP-server would be recommended.
My budget is limited, but not unreasonably low. I have experience with coders in the free market and the current pricing ranges for an hour of work. I estimate the job to take about three, but not more than four hours of work.
Please send your inquiries and applications with a short resume (no Word-document attachments please), including links with work examples, directly to Core.
Depending on your performance, you might be commissioned with subsequent jobs to improve the Core website.
Henning von Vogelsang
Founder of Core
So far I haven’t got any responses yet. Not a single one, also not to my post on Craigslist. I thought this would be an offer with a great perspective of collaboration, but I guess the market is tight right now.
Henning von Vogelsang, May 13, 2009 4:13 PM
Dear Henning,
I would be glad to take this position for you!
My name is Mihai Bocsaru, I’m Movable Type Consultant @ PRO IT Service, company partner of Six Apart for EMEA.
You may like to find out more about our experience and reputation checking out our Web site: http://www.pro-it-service.com/
We do offer movable type upgrade services regularly both to outside customers or to those customers that are hosting their movable type projects with us.
Kind Regards,
Mihai Bocsaru
Mihai Bocsaru, May 21, 2009 5:43 PM
Thanks, Mihai. This job is already covered with a developer, but I’ll keep your offer in mind, should something else come up in the future.
Henning von Vogelsang, May 22, 2009 5:52 PM