Need Small XHTML Site done

Greetings all,

I know this may be a strange, or not so strange, place to advertise this, but I need a website done by someone with awesome web standards and
graphics skills.

I am a Web Standards developer and would do it myself, but I lack 1337 graphics and CMS skills. I can show you examples of my work as well, so you can see what kind of coding I sort of expect. I would like those interested to post as such or PM me with examples of your work so I can choose a designer with an appropriate graphical and coding style.

Site to Be
What I am looking for is pretty simple at this point. Most everything will be static pages until as such time as we really get our business started. We are currently really at the beginning stages - still thinking about business cards. =)

What I really need is someone who can put together a standards compliant, XHTML 1.0 strict, and semantically correct site on a CMS (Word Press or Drupal) and that looks great, no, make that - looks Awesome.

I would like the following functions available: content tagging, RSS feeds available, site search, micro-formats, and a BLog available (we probably will not use this feature for quite some time).

We may have someone submitting to us a design element such as a logo that may want to use. We are still waiting on that. Progress is so very slow. =( =)

Most of the more complicated stuff such as an online store and a database of studios, teachers, and so on will wait until we have that; hopefully in the next 2 years or so.

Once we get the design element I will be more hurried, because then we will order business cards, stationary, and we will want our website done. I already have the domain I will most likely go with Dreamhost for a domain host.

There is a slight hurry at this point and I more than welcome any design suggestions that you people would recommend as we go.

For those that show interest I can reveal more about the site and our needs.

Thanks all,

FX

Most folks would want to know if this is a paying gig or not, and if so how much.

I'm currently not interested, as I have my plate full with deploying a couple of sites (Joomla 1.5) and a CRM package (SugarCRM).

I'm just an amateur web designer (I designed and code the website at my work). It seems to me that you don't know what you want or need.

I think you probably just need to produce you need right now which is static xHTML pages and a custom logo (with business cards). I think the CMS sounds great, but wait until you really need it before you shell out all that money.

That way your webpage will be finished sooner rather than later.

This is a Paying Gig!

Thank you for the responses so far.

Yes, this is a paying gig! I am looking for general bids at this point.

I am front-end developer, as well, for a small county government. I have a really good idea as to what I want, but the current situation is a rather poised hold while deals and talks are being done. So much to do and so little time....

Thank you everyone.

I want at least one more bid for this project...