Pardon the late notice, but we're still looking for expressions of
interest. The work isn't glamorous, but it's important!
On 6/29/16 9:04 AM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
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*RFQ: Phase 1 of Migration of TEI-C website to WordPress*
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*The Text Encoding Initiative Consortium (TEI-C)
<http://www.tei-c.org/index.xml>, an international organization that
develops and maintains a standard for representing texts in digital
form, plans to commission a new website for the organization,
replacing the core of the old website that currently runs on a
customized version of OpenCMS with a WordPress instance. The TEI-C
seeks quotations from freelancers interested in carrying out this work
in coordination with the TEI webmaster. Preference will be given to
candidates willing to collaborate with the TEI webmaster using
screensharing or in person in Denton, Texas.*
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While a new information architecture and design for the site are
planned for Phase 2, the first step (Phase 1) is simply to replace the
existing OpenCMS site with a WordPress instance.
While there are various subdomains under tei-c.org, this project
concerns only a portion of the pages on the domain
<http://www.tei-c.org>www.tei-c.org. Specifically, it concerns only
those pages, including the homepage, that have a common footer with a
row of buttons and links. There are approximately 500 pages at this time.
By August 1, 2016, the TEI webmaster will:
1.
Set up a WordPress instance.
2.
Install the HTML Import module
<https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-html-pages/>(or other
modules upon request) to assist with the content migration.
3.
Share administrative credentials for the new site.
4.
Provide guidance on integration with components of the old site
not under OpenCMS.
5.
Coordinate a freeze of all content updates on the existing site
during the migration.
6.
Coordinate with the system administrator on updating domain names
and implementing redirects.
By September 1, 2016, you will:
1.
Recreate (though not necessarily exactly) the current site design
in WordPress by choosing an appropriate theme.
2.
Migrate each page served from OpenCMS (the HTML version, not the
XML source) of the old site to the new site, likely with the help
of the HTML Import module, recreating the page hierarchy and,
where possible, the navigation menus.
3.
Keep a mapping of old to new URLs to allow for redirects to be put
into place after the migration (unless using the HTML Import
module, which generates this automatically).
4.
Address errors in the migration process reported by October 1, 2016.
Following completion of these tasks, the TEI-C, incorporated in the
State of Virginia, will pay you in US dollars based on your quotation.
If interested in providing these services, please send email
<mailto:w...@tei-c.org>web@tei-c.orgbefore July 12, 2016, with:
1.
the quotation (total price) for completing the tasks above
2.
a note about your willingness to collaborate by sharing screens or
in person in Denton, Texas
If you have any questions, please also contact
<mailto:w...@tei-c.org>w...@tei-c.org.
Bidders will be notified of the status of their bid by July 20, 2016.
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