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[zCaptain]

I think I might like to design a website where users can sign up and set up a personal profile, nothing to fancy maybe just a bio box and other personal display info like profile picture etc. The more intricate part is that I want user to be able to create lobbies where they can put passwords on them and have other players join in and talk over mic. Sorta like a gaming lobby, but not for games, just a lobby for talking and listening to music. Also I'd like a friends list function where you can add another users and send private IMs too.

Anyways I'm not a programmer and I'm just wondering what something like that would cost to build?

I also have another question but I'm not sure this is the right forum section. I'd like a program designed that's like PDF. I don't know if that's possible or what but if this is or isn't the right section for program design please let me know.

Thanks :)

[Vaielab]

Hello,

If you want the user to talk over mic, your gonna need a streaming server. flash media server or red5 can do the tricks. But this is not cheap. You most likely need a dedicated server or at least a vps server.
There is some web conference tool that already exist, but once again, they can be pretty pricy.
As far as I know, this project can be hard to do, your gonna need to know some java (for red5) some flash/actionscript (for the user interface) and most likely some php/mysql...

[zCaptain]

Thanks for the info, but I don't wanna program it myself I'll definitely hire the programmers I need for the job. Do you know of any forums where professional programmers hang out so I can get some kind of price quot on the work or is this the right place?

[Vaielab]

You could make a post in this section of this forum: Request Services

[zCaptain]

Thanks, I'll do that!

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