# Need a developer to get over the last couple of humps to launch our community

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**Created:** [February 17, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-developer-to-get-over-the-last-couple-of-humps-to-launch-our-community/255480 "2023-02-17T13:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fred\_Koehler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fred_koehler/32/293835_2.png) [@Fred\_Koehler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fred_Koehler)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-developer-to-get-over-the-last-couple-of-humps-to-launch-our-community/255480/1 "2023-02-17T13:44:30Z")

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**What would you like done?**  
The functionality we are looking for does not seem complex, but I’m finding myself in the weeds trying to wade through plugins and configuration. Use case is a forum for writers to post sections of their work in progress. I have an install of Discourse on a digital ocean server.

Specifically, we need the following:

1. A way to add at least two custom fields to topics that will then be displayed as part of the post when the user creates the topic.

2. A way to append a standardized poll or grading rubric to every post in specific categories. I tried the topic rating plugin, but it gets wonky after two or three ratings. I have alternately attempted to include the poll code in the topic template, but this would allow users to edit or accidentally delete that code.

3. Probably some other tweaks as I get a bunch of creative writers on the forum and they do their best to break it. 🙂

So essentially, each new topic within these specific categories would look like this:

[Header with profile info and tags]  
[Data from custom field 1]  
[Data from custom field 2]  
[Body of topic post]  
[appended rubric that allows other users to ‘grade’ the story using polls, star rating, or other]

**When do you need it done?**  
March 1, 2023

**What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task?**  
Open to offers. My only reference point for the complexity of the task is the time that I have spent as a non-technical person.

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