<br/>The website allows the user to book hotel rooms online.<br/><br/>Most of the design work has been done, but the XML/database work has been partially done by the previous programmer, so I am looking to hire someone to continue where he left off<br/><br/>The person taking over needs experience in incorporating XML feeds, Code Ignitor, Google Maps, Databases, ( plus php,html,css,jquery,javascript)<br/><br/>All XML information is contained in the laterooms user guide<br/><br/><br/><br/>Requirements (part 1):<br/><br/>The information on the website is populated via XML feeds from the company laterooms.com , and a static database held on our server.<br/><br/>The XML feeds contain hotel pricing/availability info.<br/><br/>The database contains standard hotel descriptions, photos addresses etc (data that is fairly static)<br/><br/><br/>1. Provide a script to update the hotel database on our server weekly<br/><br/>2. Code required so that user searches database, and contacts laterooms for corresponding info(prices, availability etc). Results should be cached, to speed up search, and make system more stable<br/><br/>3. Code required to handle errors in communication between laterooms and us<br/><br/>4. Provide the option of interrogating the system and see how many hotels are in various cities/countries, numbers of non-hotels, and other stats<br/><br/>5. Ensure results are correct, by comparing results to laterooms website<br/><br/>6. Possibility to add hotels/apartments from other websites (not just laterooms)<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Requirements (part 2):<br/><br/>The website consists of 3 webpages:<br/><br/>1. Home page<br/><br/>2. Search results page<br/><br/>3. Hotel information page<br/><br/><br/>The following errors need to be solved/items to be included<br/><br/><br/>1. Home page<br/><br/>The lists at the bottom of the page should be links, which take you to page 2 on click. The default settings should then be: (arrival date: today - people: 2 adults - nights:2, currency: GBP)<br/><br/>Auto complete script required for destination (with count in brackets)<br/><br/><br/>2. Search results page<br/><br/>The arrival date & currency from the home page not carrying forward to this page<br/><br/>The table needs to be replaced by one that can handle large data queries by many users, and will not put a strain on the system. Paginations required between php & XML feeds (see XML guide)... remove table script required<br/><br/>Facilities search to be tied in to results. When box is checked, results are filtered. (need to link all user search options between server & laterooms)<br/><br/>The new table height should be 100% of the page<br/><br/>The dropdown filters to also include counts<br/><br/>Rows with special rates to be shown in a different color (hover over the amount to show text saying Special Rate)<br/><br/>The initial google map (on loading page) should show all hotels on list<br/><br/>If a country is selected in the search, the initial map should show the country and no hotels<br/><br/>Need special icon to signify hotel location<br/><br/>From the laterooms guide, figure out how to incorporate adults and children into search results<br/><br/>Results should only include hotel rooms that are available<br/><br/><br/>3. Hotel information page<br/><br/>Results of rooms to be in ascending total rate order<br/><br/>Select boxes to be included next to rooms so user can select number of adults + kids<br/><br/>When back link is clicked, the "people" field is empty on page 2<br/><br/>Google map needs to be formatted<br/><br/>Hotels in this area section to include a google map and list showing hotel name, stars, rate/night, within 1km radius<br/><br/>Include important information<br/><br/><br/>