Project Proposal

Project Proposal
For
Design and Development of Website
(Project ID: 17666823)

Prepared By
Flexsin Technologies (P) Limited

Date: 09 Sep 2009

Version: 2.0

Contact Details
Munesh Singh
Manager – Business Development
Phone: +91-120-4206342
Fax: +91-120-4206342
Web: http://www.flexsin.com/
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Email: info@flexsin.com

CONTENTS

Cover Letter..................................................................................................................... 3
Executive Summary........................................................................................................... 4
Scope of the Project........................................................................................................... 4
Deliverables..................................................................................................................... 4
Project Specifications......................................................................................................... 5
Development Framework..................................................................................................12
Development environment and tools for PHP...............................................................................................12
Project Team.................................................................................................................. 14
Project Schedule............................................................................................................. 14
Quote and Payment Terms................................................................................................14
About Flexsin Technologies Private Limited............................................................................15
Range of Services:........................................................................................................... 16
Warranty...................................................................................................................... 16
Contact Details:.............................................................................................................. 17

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Cover Letter

Hi Steve,

Thank you for providing us an opportunity to participate on such an exciting project. We are very much sure
to exceed your expectation and complete the project as per the specification provided by you.

The Flexsin team has been tutored to work in co-ordination with clients whenever there is a need for
communication with regard to the specific application being developed. The work environment that we
provide to our employees is of the highest standards and has been set up with the best advice and vision.
Flexsin has an experienced team of highly qualified professionals from reputed companies in IT industries.
We make full use of proven and time tested techniques to ensure the timely and appropriate completion of
each project while ensuring a high quality.

We are available to respond to all your queries. You may contact us via Email, Skype, Yahoo Messenger,
Google Talk and/or Phone.

Looking forward for positive response.

Regards,
Munesh Singh
Manager- Business Development
Flexsin Technologies Private Limited
http://www.flexsin.com/
Ph: +91 -120-4206342
Email: info@flexsin.com
Skype: flexsin
Hotmail: flexsin1@hotmail.com
AOL: flexsin1@aol.com
Yahoo: flexsin@yahoo.co.in
G Talk: flexsin@gmail.com

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Executive Summary
Objective
The document is a preliminary proposal to design and develop a community based website where user
able to sign up, select their interest and share with other people with same interest.

Project Overview
 The Project is a primary development of a community based website with the following
entities:
 Users
 Members
 Administrator- To manage whole of the website
 Project scope includes development and deployment of the complete website and a powerful
backend to manage the application.
 Application will be built using PHP and My SQL on Apache web server.

Scope of the Project

 UI Designing
 Development and Coding
 QA and Testing

Deliverables
 PSD Files of the Design
 Prototype: Designed in HTML. At each phase, prototype would be sent for approval to the
client.
 Deployment of the Application.

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Project Specifications
 Home Page

o Quick navigation Links

 Join Now
 Login

o Main Navigation Links

 Home
 About Us
 Interests
 My Munali
 Community
 Contact Us

o Bottom Navigation Links

 Company
 Privacy Policy
 Partnering
 Pricing
 How it Works
 Terms and Conditions
 Feedback

o Other Navigation Links

 Join Munali now for free

 Sponsors
 Recent Posts
 Top Tagged Topics
 Follow us On
 Face book (Linking with Facebook)
 Twitter (Linking with Twitter)

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Membership Module

 Register
o Login Information
 Email
 Ability to check availability
 Username
 Ability to check availability
 Password
 Confirm password
 Question (i.e. as a hint to retrieve password, if forgot)
 Are you a human?
o Ability to write the answer
 A Banana is a what?
o Ability to write the answer

o Profile Information
 Personal Info
 Sex
o Male
o Female
 Date of Birth
o Month
o Day
o Year
 Country of Residence
o Ability to select from list
 Preferences
 Other Categories

o Personal Interest

 Your Interest
 List
o Edit
 Ability to edit the list
o Reorder
 Ability to change the order of list items
o Store
 Ability to store the list items
 Countries to visit
o Japan
o Singapore
o Sweden
o Add item
 Ability to add items by writing in a box
 RSS feeds
 Email me this list
o Ability to email yourself a copy of this list

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 Choose a Membership
 Free Membership
o Up to 2 Gig of use
 Paid Membership
o Monthly
 $9.95 for 2 Gig to 4 Gig
 $19.95 for 4 Gig +
 Upgrade Membership
o Upgrade Now
o Upgrade later
 Payment Method
 Pay pal
 Credit card / Debit card (API/Tools will be provided by the client)

o Log In

 Email
 Password
 Forgot Password

 My Munali (i.e. Personal Page)

o Upload
 Browse
 Ability to upload images
o Top Interests
 List of Interests
 Biking +
 Running
 Restaurants
 Investing
 Countries Visited
 State Parks visited
 States Visited
 Football
 Etc
 To Do
 Have Done
 Comment / Picture / Video
 Ability to add pictures, videos and comments
o All Interests
 List of All Interest
 To Do
 Have Done
 Comment / Picture / Video
 Ability to add pictures, videos and comments
o Shared Interests
 List of Shared Interest

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 To Do
 Have Done
 Comment / Picture / Video
 Ability to add pictures, videos and comments

o My Interest

 List of Interest
 Edit
o Ability to edit the list
 Reorder
o Ability to change the order of list items
 Store
o Ability to store the list items
 Add Interest
o Ability to add interests by writing in a box, if not listed
 RSS feeds integration
 Email me this list
 Ability to email yourself a copy of this list

o Edit Information

 Ability to edit personal information

 Membership
 Ability to upgrade Membership

o My Friends

 Invite Friends
 Email
 Message
 All Friends
 Create New List
o Name
o Create List
 Edit List
o Name
o Add friends to list
 Delete List

o My Events (Manage your Events)

 Create an Event
 Event Summary
o Name of event
o Description
o Type of Event
o Category

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o Related link
 Time
o Start date
 Calendar
o Start Time
o End date
 Calendar
o End Time
o Comments
 Ability to display events to reminder user as he logged In
 Ability to display events as reminder when event approaches

Community Module

o Login
o List of Community
 Total members
o Browse Communities
o Community Members
 Image / Description
 Personal details
 My Interest
 Contact
 Email
 Message
 Add to Friends
 Message Board

Interests Module

 Art & Humanities

o Subcategories
 Autos
o Subcategories
 Airplanes
o Subcategories
 Business
o Subcategories
 Computers & Technology
o Subcategories
 Construction
o Subcategories
 Creative Writing and Business Writing
o Subcategories
 Education
o Subcategories
 Entertainment
o Subcategories
 Food & Drink
o Subcategories

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 Health & Fitness

o Subcategories
 Hobbies, Crafts & Games
o Subcategories
 Home & Garden
o Subcategories
 Jobs & Careers
o Subcategories
 Law and Legal Information
o Subcategories
 Parenting and Pregnancy
o Subcategories
 Personal Finance & Investing
o Subcategories
 Pets, Animals and Insects
o Subcategories
 Politics and Issues
o Subcategories
 Relationships and Family
o Subcategories
 Religion & Spirituality
o Subcategories
 Science & Space
o Subcategories
 Society & Lifestyle
o Subcategories
 Sports, Recreations & Outdoor activities
o Subcategories
 Style & Beauty
o Subcategories
 Travel, Adventure travel & Leisure travel
o Subcategories
 Work related Interests
o Subcategories
 Not Listed
o Please submit a request to add your own interest (s)
 Ability to write the request in the given text box

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Backend Systems:

 Administrator

o Login Module
 Enter the username and password
 Forgot / Reset password
o Users Management
 Ability to approve / Remove Users Membership
 Add / Edit / Delete / Decline the user’s profile and their information
 Access users profile on the website
 Ability to Add / Edit / Delete user's information or any user’s account details
 Ability to send emails / promotional emails to users
o Category / Subcategory Management
 Ability to edit / update category and subcategory
o Email Management
o Content management System
 Manage Static Pages
 Manage Static Contents
 Security Features

 Captcha verification
 Encrypted passwords
 SSL Implementation
 Browsers compatibility
 IE
 Fire fox

 Payment Gateway
 Pay Pal Integration
 Credit. Debit Card (API / Tool will be provided by the client)

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Quality Management Process

Being an ISO 9001:2008 certified software development Company our quality assurance department always
work with programmers and designers in order to discover early errors, if any. We perform unit tests of
code programming as well as individual classes are tested within each unit level to assure reliability and
functionality. After getting all testing done including integration testing, scalability testing, resolution
testing and cross browser compatibility testing we generate live testing of websites and applications.

The Test driven Design/Development process follows the following steps:

1. Client Consultation
2. Initial Drafts and Photoshop Mock Up
3. Finalize the Design (Test driven)
4. Code into XHTML/CSS (Test driven)
5. W3C Code / CSS validation
6. PHP/MYSQL (Test driven development)
7. Final Testing & debugging

SEO / User Friendly Design and Development

We will working on the project by considering search engine and user guideline to make the website very
user and search engine friendly. Our SEO/ Promotion team will be regularly in tough with design/
development team to work in effective manner.

 SE friendly design /code structure

 Proper Content placement and
 Properly Navigation / Link placement
 Optimized XHTML Code
 Optimized CSS
 W3C compliance
 Web 2.0 standards
 Browser Compatibility

Development Framework
Development environment and tools for PHP

The system will be developed using following technologies

 PHP /MySQL Server/HTML/AJAX (proposed technologies)

 Server Side scripting: PHP 5.X
 Database: MySQL 5.x
 Programming Style: Object Oriented, N Tier
 Client Front-end: HTML, DHTML
 Client side scripting: JavaScript
 Servers: Red Hat Linux

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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
We follow waterfall model approach for developing Robust, Secure and Portable solutions. The
development process follows seven distinct steps which helps us to create the best possible solutions on-
time & within budget. The web designers and developers team closely work with SEO professionals to
implement solutions in search engine friendly and user friendly manner achieving web branding,
promotion, viable traffic, and web functionality to generate business through online web presence.

The Web Design/Development process follows the following steps:

1. Client Consultation
2. Initial Drafts and Sketches
3. Photoshop Mock Up
4. Finalize the Design
5. Code into XHTML/CSS
6. W3C Code / CSS validation
7. PHP/MYSQL
8. Testing & debugging

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The waterfall model provides an orderly sequence of development steps and helps ensure the adequacy of
documentation and design reviews to ensure the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the developed
software.

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Project Team

 A Project Manager who would manage complete development lifecycle of the project and would also
communicate with client on regular basis.

 The Team will be assigned after awarding the project.

Project Schedule
Here is a brief project schedule. A detailed schedule will be prepared as part of project plan after the
project is awarded.

Milestone Description of Milestone Time Frame

Database Design and HTML Completion of Database Design and Prototype. 30 Working
prototype days
Development and Module Completion of coding phase and unit testing.
+
Integration
10 days for
Final Testing and Deployment Final Testing, Bug Fixing and Deployment of the
live and proxy
project.
testing

Quote and Payment Terms

Quote for the project is USD 1,850

S.No. Tasks Percentage Amount

1 Initial Project Set up cost 25% USD 462
2 Design and HTML Prototype 25% USD 462
3 Development and Module Integration 25% USD 462
4 Project Deployment 25% USD 464
TOTAL QUOTE USD 1,850

* This quote is valid for 4 weeks from the proposal date.

* We do not provide hosting services.
* This quote is exclusive of licensing cost of any third party application and hosting.
* Quote will vary according to scope alteration
* Client will bear the cost if paid APIs are to be integrated

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About Flexsin Technologies Private Limited

Flexsin Technologies (P) Limited is one of the fastest growing ISO 9001:2008 certified software
development Company that strives to serve the web development, website design and SEO needs of our
worldwide clients by embracing a business model that is distinctive and immensely productive. We provide
software development, web Applications, website design, and search engine optimization (SEO), Pay per
Click (PPC), internet marketing, strategic business Consulting, Ecommerce and ERP solutions.

Flexsin team has been tutored to work in co-ordination with clients whenever there is a need for
communication with regard to the specific application being developed. The work environment that we
provide to our employees is of the highest standards and has been set up with the best advice and vision.
Flexsin has an experienced team of highly qualified professionals from reputed companies in IT industries.
We make full use of proven and time tested techniques to ensure the timely and appropriate completion of
each project while ensuring a high quality.

Our Objective

Develop and utilize innovative and creative products, services and concepts and provide total
communication and information solutions to individuals and organizations.

The core businesses of the company are:

 Web and Graphics Design

 OSCommerce /open sources application customization
 ECommerce Web Application Development
 Flash Based Design and Animation
 CMS Customization & Development
 B2B and B2C Portal Development
 Search Engine Optimization & Marketing
 Pay Per Click Campaign Setup & Management
 Website Maintenance and Support
 Offshore IT & Strategic Business Consulting

Our Vision

To make Flexsin one of the best-known organizations in terms of infrastructure and skills as far as web
solutions development and services are concerned. It is our continuous endeavor to provide the best
possible services in the concerned domains and that too in a manner that is appreciable and satisfactory.

Our Strengths

Our belief in value of integrity, honesty, loyalty and dedication. Custom designed software; prompt
response and flexibility in execution are our forte.

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Range of Services:
 Web Designing - Photoshop/Dream weaver/Flash -8
 Web Development - PHP/MYSQL, ASP/SQL Server
 CMS /Payment Gateway/Shopping Carts Solutions
 Classified/Portal/directory/Blog Web Development
 Web Brand Building & Strategic Business Solutions
 Search Engine Marketing
 Search Engine Optimization
 Social Media Optimization
 Press Release, Article, Blog SEO & Promotion
 Pay per Click Campaign Setup & Management
 Link building- Search Engine & Directory Submission
 Google - Top 10 Ranking & PR Boosting Solutions

Warranty
Flexsin Technologies Private Limited provides bug-free warranty within 1 month. This means that we will
correct any bug appearing within 1 Month from the use of the project on existing platforms. Please note if
any changes are made to the code/file the warranty will be void.

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Contact Details:
Address:

Flexsin Technologies
C-43 Sector -65 Noida - 201301
Delhi NCR
INDIA

Telephone:

+91 120 4206342

FAX:

+91 120 4206342

Email Id: info@flexsin.com

Instant Messengers:

Yahoo: flexsin@yahoo.co.in
GTalk: flexsin@gmail.com
Hotmail: flexsin1@hotmail.com
AOL: flexsin1@aol.com
SkyPe: Flexsin

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