Upgrade an existing PHP/MySQL website

We are a small start-up, intending to launch and operate an online directory, whose purpose is to offer advertising space to professionals working in a specific domain. and useful search service to the website visitors looking for activities/places/professionals related to this domain. We are looking for a PHP & MySQL professional to review and finalize an almost complete (95%) membership based directory project, in a reasonable amount of time. Your qualifications: - Programming languages: PHP, MySQL, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript - A work style that is extremely detail oriented - Strong communication skills - Knowledge of French or German are a plus, but not crucial. Job Description: The actual system consists of: A) a MySQL database, B) a PHP/HTML/CSS/Javascript user interface with: - a quick search / advanced search engine, - a registered members area reserved for advertisers and allowing to set up an advertising profile with details, description and pictures, or to upload advertising banners, C) an integrated payment module (PayPal API) allowing to pay for different membership subscriptions and D) a back-end web administration panel. All the main functionalities of the website are present, however certain areas present a number of issues, either bugs/errors or need small improvement for more user friendliness. The required work will consist of three types of tasks: 1. Situating and fixing a small number of bugs that will be communicated (bad links/missing links/other...). 2. Improving the existing search engine to include a number of supplementary search criteria. 3. Improving the existing implementation of a use case concerning the management and payment of a special membership formula. The website supports three languages and most of the files exist in three copies, so any changes should be applied similarly to the three versions. The texts or word lists are already present in the three languages (EN, FR, DE), however if anything needs translation, it will be readily provided. For further information, a more detailed requirements document as well as the website link can be provided upon request. Your responsibilities: - Review business requirements working with team members - Perform a technical analysis of requirements - Write clean, modular, robust code to implement the desired requirements with little or no supervision - Work with us to triage and fix bugs with rapid turnaround - Contribute ideas for making the application better and easier to use Our estimated budget ceiling for this job completion mounts to -/+ €300. We will however consider any quality proposal for this project. NOTE: this website contains information aimed at an adult public. The freelancer will not be required to work with any explicit content, however they should feel comfortable with any erotic language they may encounter.