Article Collector

To gather articles from various article sources and generate an index of articles and generate the articles using tokens / templates ## Deliverables **Bids** Although every effort has been made to identify the complete scope of the project as written below, you should anticipate unforeseen changes and/or additions to these specifications and therefore, your bid must include any unforeseen change orders. Please submit your quotation based on two parts - * Windows based stand-alone version * Web-based online version - as an addition (Note: web-based software must run under linux, therefore .NET, asp etc. are not acceptable) Payment will be made upon completion including delivery of source code and signed work for hire agreement. **Summary** To gather articles from various article sources and generate an index of articles and generate the articles using tokens / templates **Project Selection** * Ability to select from previously saved projects * Show date last collected (sorted by earliest date at top) * Show domain name project created for * Show article category * Show keyword (if selected) **Article Selection:** * Ability to select from sources * [Article City][1] * [Articlez][2] * [Ezine Articles][3] * [Go Articles][4] * [Valuable Content][5] * Ability to select from source's categories * Search article sources for specific content by keywords (eg: "corvette") * Ability to limit the number of articles collected (eg: 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000) * Auto delete duplicate articles (often the same article will are at various article sources and under different categories) **Article Collected:** * Ability to preview selected articles and sort by source, title, author, date collected, date posted. * Ability to delete selected articles * Ability to select which articles to generate * Filter - auto search articles for domain name and author name * Ability to save list of articles collected **Index Output:** * Auto generate index using tokens on templates using * Article titles only * Article titles and first sentence or * Article titles and first paragraph. * Article titles and first # of lines * Select number of articles per index (eg: 10, 20, 30, etc.) * Select word wrap or maximum characters in link to article **Article Output** * Auto convert article titles into file names - stripping all special characters, make all lower case, and replace spaces with hyphens eg: Home Mortgages: Up, Up & Away! becomes [login to view URL] * Auto generate articles using tokens on templates with link back to Article Index or Home Page * Select folder to generate articles to * Select file extension htm, html, shtml, asp, php...etc. * Metatags: Abilty to select between predefined metatags or * Auto generate metatag keywords - using title of article * Auto generate metatag description - using first paragraph of article **FTP:** * Ability to upload files to server **Copyright Protection** * Prevent filesharing * Prevent username / password sharing * * * **Online Version** Web-based software must run under linux, therefore .NET, asp etc. are not acceptable **Admin Area Pricing structure** * A one-day free trial - ability to limit number of projects and limit number articles * A subscription model - using Paypal * Ability to limit number of projects * Ability to limit number of articles **Email Users** **Zip File** * Ability to auto generate zip file and download. 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables): a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform Windows based stand-alone version; and Web-based online version - as an addition (Note: web-based software must run under linux, therefore .NET, asp etc. are not acceptable)