Develop an Outlook Add-In that create a pane to display secure RSS feed

___Outlook Add-In We would like to create an Outlook Add-In as a distribution option for secure RSS feeds. __Requirements _The Feed The news feed contains the following RSS item tags: <item> <title>'.$subject.'</title> <link>'.$link.'</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="[login to view URL]'.$cropimagepath.'">]]> '.$description.'</description> <pubDate>'.$pubdate.'</pubDate> <enclosure url="'.$attachfinal.'" length="" type="application/pdf" /> </item> <title>, <description> and <pubdate> are required and will therefore always be present in the feed. There are restrictions on field lengths and image sizes for the news items as follows: Title: 25 characters Link: No restrictions Description: 70 characters Image: 24 x 24 pixels (png, jpg, gif) Enclosure file name: 25 characters The feed contains the following Channel information: <channel> <title>'.$rss_title.'</title> <link>http://www.'.$rss_site.'</link> <description>'.$rss_description.'</description> <language>en-en</language> <image> <url>'.$rss_logo.'</url> <title>'.$rss_title.'</title> <link>http://www.'.$rss_site.'</link> </image>' The feeds may be in English, French, German or Spanish: one language only inside one feed. The news feeds are in a password protected folder that can be accessed using basic authentication. Users should not be prompted to enter a username and password. The username and password could be included in the URL. It should not be possible for a user to see the URL of the feed or to be able to change it. Other security options could be possible (e.g. token authentication). _The display The add-in should create a panel attached to the inbox. Panel parameters: - Width o Fixed width: maximum 25 characters. o Not possible to resize or close. - Height o Depends on position of viewing pane in Outlook. o Should display all news items in the feed. A scroll bar will be necessary for feeds containing a lot of news items. - Design o If possible reproduce the style of the Outlook version. o The logo from the RSS channel description should display after the last news item. o If possible include the RSS Channel title at the top of the pane above the first news item o It will be necessary to format the image so that it is padded and text flows correctly around it. o Some form of background or divider is needed to clearly differentiate each news item. Mock-Up of the layout will be provided to the winning bidder. _The Technical Requirements & Documentation The add-in will be used by different companies with different network and machine configurations. It will therefore be necessary to supply a pre-requisites document explaining what is needed in terms of machine configuration (e.g. .net framework), proxy configuration and firewall configuration. The add-in should be compatible with Outlook 2007 and higher. The add-in should also work with 32BIT & 64BIT machines. It should be possible to install/uninstall the add-in individually for testing. In production environments the add-in will be installed/uninstalled via group policy. It should also be possible to update the add-in via group policy. Installation/uninstallation/update documentation for individual and group policy situations will be required. It should be possible for authorised administrators to change the RSS feed information for the add-in to produce variations. If specific tools are required to do this, then please specify them. The different variations of the add-in will be distributed to different active directory groups. Documentation explaining how to create a variation of the add-in will be required. We only wish to maintain one version of the add-in but with RSS variations. _Future Options We plan to create updated versions of the add-in over time. We will return to you for these new versions. _Deadlines A test version for mid August 2012. A final version for mid September 2012. _Budget I've put €750 - €1500 but let me have your honest opinion.