JohnnyG

Howdy all, I'm new, which should be quite obvious once I start getting into my question. I'm interested in getting a new site up and running, but I haven't touched any form of web programming for about 7 or 8 years when I worked with ColdFusion. That being said, I don't really know what programming language will best move what is now an idea into a fully functional website. Basically I want to create a review site of sorts. I've created most of the design already, but I recognize the need for a back-end setup with a database and some sort of content management system. Put simply, reviewers will login, write up and submit their review to await for approval (which Admin access level users will moderate) and then have that review display with all of the other reviews. The reviews can then be sorted by date added, review type, author, and also accessible by a local-site search. Essentially, after everything is designed and ready to roll out for use, everything will update dynamically and any changes I need to make here or there can be done with simple HTML, or by using some sort of CMS that will enable me to create new subsections or changes to existing stories. That's what I'm looking to do in a nutshell. What kind of programmer do I need? Is what I'm looking for a pretty simple project? Any rough ideas of what kind of price I might be looking to spend on something like this? Again, imagine a once active web programmer waking from a 7 year-long coma and that is me... granted my coma was self-induced from the lures of graphic design. Thanks!