Paid Drupal services

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I have a variety of projects that need attention and require developers with solid Drupal experience. I'll try and segregate each project and provide as many details as possible.

PROJECT

Build a simple administrative front-end for an existing module. The administrative module will facilitate CReate, Update, and Delete actions for simple data buckets: text, int(10), nid, etc. The DB schema has been defined but only the Update functionality is in place.

The administrative GUI is currently linear - listing collapsed fieldsets for each group of settings. This won't scale for the parent module so the developer will need to manipulate the GUI to accommodate a more flexible structure.

Instead of...

Widget Settings (admin/settings/widget)

> Widget A
> Widget B
V Widget C
  Field 1: ...
  Field 2: ...
  Field 3: ...
  
  [SUBMIT]

I'd like to see...

Widget Settings (admin/settings/widget)

Insert New -> Generic Form
----------

Widget A - Edit - Delete
Widget B - Edit - Delete
Widget C - Edit - Delete

With a drill-down to...

Widget Settings/Widget A (admin/settings/widget/A)
  Field 1: ...
  Field 2: ...
  Field 3: ...
  
  [SUBMIT]  [CANCEL]

BUDGET/TIMELINE

$120 USD. Earliest possible completion.

CAVEATS/DETAILS

I have a variety of projects that need attention and require developers with solid Drupal experience. I'll try and segregate each project and provide as many details as possible.

PROJECT

Build a simple administrative front-end for an existing module. The administrative module will facilitate CReate, Update, and Delete actions for simple data buckets: text, int(10), nid, etc. The DB schema has been defined and crude 'insert' functionality is already in place. The developer will finish buttoning up the Update and Delete functionality.