Revised: Any web designers/developers/programmers out there?

[LloydDobbler 2]

Okay. I posted something a second ago which I now need to modify. On a whim, I just went and looked over the posting guidelines FAQ, and I suppose my original post could be construed as 'advertising.' (For those of you who read the post).

My bad. (Don't want to flaunt the forum guidelines - the FAQ is somewhat loosely-worded at first on the issue of soliciting for help, and when I looked it over before, I skimmed right over it.)

So I've deleted my original post - I still, however, have a question for you more-experienced web programmer types:

I'm building an e-commerce site based around the osCommerce CRE-Loaded shopping cart software...and while I know my HTML & CSS, I know very little about PHP. So I'm currently looking for a programmer-type who can do the PHP heavy-lifting while I go about readying the rest of the business.

I've already designed the site in XHTML & CSS - I just need someone to take my design and plug it into the software and configure it accordingly.

My problem is this: I don't know anyone right offhand who does this sort of thing. So I've hung out an ad on craigslist...what I'm really wondering, though, is how much should I be looking at paying for a service like this?

(I feel kind-of like a guy who knows nothing about auto repair going into a shady car mechanic...I could be a sitting duck, if I don't know what I'm doing).

So does anyone know enough about web programming to tell me about how much I should expect to pay for this sort of thing? I'd just feel better if I had an outside opinion on the matter.

Anyone know the in's and out's of this sort of thing (or anything else I need to think about going into it)? Anyone done this before? Could you message me?

Thanks,

KC

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