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[ryan2451]

I am going to try to explain what I need as best I can, if anyone has any questions, please let me know. I do have a networking background and a very slim programming background so I am looking for someone that can develop what I looking for and obviously I can pay that person, but that can be negotiated once all the specifics are down.

If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize.

I am looking for a customizable online draft system that can be integrated into a website. It should work similar along the line of a Fantasy Sports Draft.

An example of what I am looking for now how it works. The draft would consist of 30+/- teams along with 30+/- people that enter. A predetermined draft order will be in place. Once the members sign up under their user name it would automatically place them in that slot in that order. Once the draft starts and that person in the first slot picks their team, it will go under their name and disappear from the list. It then of course moves to the next draft slot for that specific person.

I would be the admin so I could edit the code such as team names and people that will be involved. I am familiar with editing such code, but how to start it off, I am clueless at this point.

Envisioning it in my head, it would look like an online chat room, however played out more like an application within a web page.

I am sure many of you will have questions and this may not even be possible for what I am looking for but to get any ideas would be great.

[WingedPanther]

So far, it sounds possible, but all you've described is how the draft would work. Presumably, you want something to happen after the draft.

[ryan2451]

All the draft does it determines what teams go to what users. After that there is another process, but it will no longer require services from my page. All I need is a service that will allow players to select their teams in a predetermined draft format and show what player got what team in the end.

[WingedPanther]

OK, that should be pretty easy. Know the order, and only serve up the selection screen when it's that user's turn to pick.

[ryan2451]

WingedPanther said:

OK, that should be pretty easy. Know the order, and only serve up the selection screen when it's that user's turn to pick.

Yes, that's correct.

[ryan2451]

It would also be nice to include a timer and have an auto-draft for people that cannot make it to the draft. I can edit the predetermined list as the admin from best to worst.

It should be fairly easy, it's just that I can't get on the right mindset where to even begin. So just looking for some help in coding and like I said, I would be more than happy to compensate the person that helps me out.

[BASHERS33]

I was thinking of making something similar (for fantasy baseball). Before I started programming I asked for a quote for someone to make what i wanted and they said like $12,000. Now if only I knew enough to make it myself..., but it's not ideal with only php and I am confused by everything else, such as javascript. Blah.

Sorry, rpetty off topic. But anyway from the small amount you've described it seems easy really. In my case I was wanting very detailed fantasy sports features that I came up with.

[ryan2451]

BASHERS33 said:

I was thinking of making something similar (for fantasy baseball). Before I started programming I asked for a quote for someone to make what i wanted and they said like $12,000. Now if only I knew enough to make it myself..., but it's not ideal with only php and I am confused by everything else, such as javascript. Blah.

Sorry, rpetty off topic. But anyway from the small amount you've described it seems easy really. In my case I was wanting very detailed fantasy sports features that I came up with.

I hear you about making something very detailed. I wanted to do that as well and didn't get as far as a quote, but now after hearing what you were quoted for I find I won't even bother with that.

I downloaded JavaFX and thought I could find enough documentation to play around with it to build something that I wanted, but it is just way too new and the books and documentation just aren't out there yet. I am thinking however if you wanted to look into that it may give you a few ideas and to be able to play around with it, you may figure it out.

What I am trying to do now is a fairly easy concept I believe. I just don't have a clue where to begin. I tried searching the internet for places to start, but can't even think of what to search for. Nothing I searched for brought back anything remotely close what I was looking for.

Hopefully with someone's help I can start out small which is all I really need anyone and sometime down the road try to build my skills up with java.

[WingedPanther]

Sign-up: each user is stored in a database along with their sign-up order.
Draft: each user logs in. If all earlier users have picked their draft team, the draft menu is displayed. An email is sent to the next person to prompt the draft process along.

[luger]

Hey, all. I was wondering if anything ever came of this suggestion. I am looking for something along the lines of this idea as well and if somebody created something like this, it would be awesome for my needs.

Thanks!