Web development of a Social Network Site

General information for the website: Social Network Site
Kind of development: New website from scratch
Description of requirements/features: Gezana is a social-networking site along the lines of Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn etc.……
Gezana will have basic feature to create and share a personal profile. This profile page typically includes a photo, some basic personal information (name, age group, sex, location, birth city, and nationality) and extra space for listing your favourite bands, books, TV shows, movies, hobbies, interests and Web sites.
But one of the most important feature of Gezana will be the ability to find and make friends with other site members. These friends also appear as links on your profile page so visitors can easily browse your online friend network if one has allowed to browse through friends profile page.
On Gezana one will be allowed to search for and contact people across the entire network, whether they're distant members of one’s social network or complete strangers. However, one will only gain access to their full profile information if they agree to become one’s friend and join one’s network.
Key Features
Another important feature of Gezana will be Gezana Hourlies Freelance, the ability to apply and post Jobs along the lines of major freelance sites at a flat rate of 10% of the job fee charged to the seller.
Gezana Hourlies Freelance will allow one to find freelance professionals, consultants, freelancers & contractors within the site and get one’s Job done remotely online.
Another important feature will also be Gezana Marketing where businesses or non-businesses can advertise to a targeted audience at a flat daily or weekly rate.
Gezana Marketing will cover advertisement of properties, cars, machineries, furniture, services etc.…
Business Pages can also be created at a low flat rate which would enable businesses to advertise as much as they like (free of charge) through their business page. But this method of advertisement is only limited to their connection. However to advertise to targeted audience businesses would require to advertise through Gezana Marketing at a low flat daily or weekly rate.
Gezana aims to team up with a leading provider of global payment solutions to improve the way one receives earnings from Gezana Freelance!
Another key feature Gezana will have is to make video call connections through the site or the Gezana Mobile App.
Making Connections
Before you can make an online connection, you need to create a profile on Gezana site. You'll be asked to choose a login name and password. Once you've created those, you'll be asked for to complete some basic personal information, such as your name, sex, age, location (which will be compulsory) and any hobbies or special interests (which are not compulsory).
Gezana will include a feature where you can send an e-mail inviting friends to join the Web site and become part of your online social network. In some instances, such as on Facebook or LinkedIn, you can upload your address book from e-mail accounts such as Google or Yahoo!
After you invite your current friends, you can look for those who have similar hobbies/interests or, you can search for people who went to the same college or high school as you. You can then invite them to share your network.
Security
Gezana should have built-in authentication system to verify that someone is indeed who they say they are.
Extra notes:
Thursday 3 December the best proposal will be selected.