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[mastersite]

i placed an ad on scriptlance just out of curiosity.

and one guy is willing to do it for $200.

thoughts anyone?

[3z3k3l]

Go for it, it tough working with overseas coders, I find that 75% don't deliever on time and the other 25% don't deliver what you expected.
I have used, CMScoder.com, Rentacoder.com, Getafreelancer.com, phpfreelancer.com etc..

The one thing I would make sure of is that they have Positive Feedback, DO NOT USE someone without feedback. I have wasted litterally over a year trying to get coding done when people come on and promise cheap rates, but not feedback, they start off great, but then they seem to just dissappear.

SO now I pay more if they have good feedback, because I know they want to keep it. They are normally more expensive but its worth it in the long run.

[TheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by amykhar

As a coder, I generally don't give away code that people want to use to make money with. I'm not saying I would take this project on at all - because I'm not going to - but if you all want this so badly, you should consider posting it as a paid service request.

You generally have to spend money to make money

I agree with you Amy, good point, but this then raises another important question.

I would be more than happy to pay a coder good money for this (yourself very much included as I have seen your work - so if you're interested please do get in touch) to be developed for me - the resulting code of which I would then consider mine - as I paid for it to be developed. I would then be happy to recoup some of my investment by selling this for a small proce as a product/plug-in. I'd be interested to know what your thoughts are on this?

[Torqued]

I'd love to see this, too.. I have employment recruiters that are wanting to post their job search listings on my site for $. This would be the perfect tool for this kind of situation.

[Desihunk]

Hehe,

If you are willing to share...Please do

[mastersite]

the guy i found on scriptlance has a resonable feedback.

Total Reviews: 4
Average Rating: 7.7 out of 10

https://www.scriptlance.com/cgi-bin/...ck.cgi?p=mrfox

But im not sure if its worth taking the risk.

There are lots of talented coders here at vbulletin.org, if someone could get in touch with one and tell them we are willing to pay im sure they would consider it.

Also i think if we can get at least 20 people to donate at least $10 i think we should be able to get this project on the way pretty quickly.

[TheMusicMan]

To be totally honest here guys and girls... I would certainly be willing to put up the investment to get this coded - on the basis that I would regain my investment by selling the plugin at a low price - at say $10/15 which would be low enough to suit most peoples budgets. I supopse the risk here is that we then see vB implementing this functionality in the product by default. I don't mind funding development for the masses, but there's no way I am funding vB for their own product development... hehe.

If there are any coders here who are interested in this, please do drop me a PM.

[mastersite]

to be honest musicman i totally disagree with what you are trying to do.

Loads of vBulletin Mod Coders have put loads of time and effort to make a sucessfull mod and majority of the time don't ask for nothing in return.

You say that by developing a mod like what we are asking for, then we are helping the vBulletin team implent it into thier software? Does that apply to the thousands of mods, extensions, plugins that are out already?

I think we can all benifit if put all put in a bit of money to get this developed.

[3z3k3l]

"TheMusicMan" I completely agree with you.

If you are going to put up the money, I don't see how anyone can complain when you "sell" it back to recoup your investment, I think it is assanine to think otherwise.

Also I am considering the same thing but I don't want to front the cash if someone else is going to do it first.

The only way I would release it free if I hardcoded the paypal addresses to me.

Let us know if you decided to make this happen.

Also:
mastersite, Did you hire that coder? What is the progress? I don't see the job up there anymore.

Let us know how if you did hire him and how it goes!

[TheMusicMan]

OK, I see my comments have prompted a reaction... that's good as it shows there are good people reading this thread and who are interested in the topic.

@Mastersite: you make some good points, but I feel you are also missing some too. I am not a coder or developer and so the only time I would be putting into this would be the promotion and marketing of any eventual software. I could and would however, be putting possibly a lot of money into this. If the functionality I funded ended up as a vBulletin product I would most certainloy see that as funding vBulletin/Jellsoft. I don't for one minute think Jellsoft would give me anything back in return for this and so why should I do it for nothing. However, in the main this isn't the point, what is the point is the fact that I would be making a small investment and funding the development of this project, and that alone is enough to justify making a small charge for any subsequent product.

I also agree with you when you suggest that if you all put a little money into this project everyone would help. OK, so how would that work then...? where would you send this 'little amount of money'...? who would sent it...? who would you send it to...? the developer??? nonsense... You are somewhat contradicting yourself here by saying this as it is exactly the same as I would be asking for if I were to fund it.

Besides, I could go to another 'Coder / Developer Recruitement' sites, or even find several through my profession and daily work. I have the user requirements already, and could then write a functional / design specification, get a quote from one of the design teams and contract with them to implement the solution. I would then have a product that I had funded, ready for promotion and marketing without having used anything or anyone from here. That's business my friend, simple as. My money... my funding... my risk...

@3z3k3l: I am still more than happy to fund such a project if there is a coder out there able and willing to develop it - if there is all they need do is just get in touch.

This also adds to another thread I have posted in either on here or vB.com that discusses Jellsoft releasing a product development schedule for vB. It would most certainly help the development community if they were to do this, and would also allow investors and backers to assess the business risk in significantly more detail - before investing in and funding such development projects.