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Notes for a generic piles system

Must Haves

  • File Upload Method
  • File display pruning (only show 100 most recent, etc)
  • Single Password
  • Upload file size limit.
  • Connection limit.
  • Easy install.

Should Haves

  • User Auth, incl. password recovery, basic permissions, etc.
  • File type verification
  • Voting, up/down/offensive
  • Type sorting, audio/video/text/images
  • Vote/Rating Sorting (Top 100, etc)
  • File comments.
  • Simple installer.

Nice to Haves

  • Tagging
  • Friends

Comments (4)

sleepy brett:

*cough*firstrule*cough*

stx:

What could be done with this generic file pile thing?

Generic files sound pretty boring.

umrain:

Convenient for you that "friends" is only on the "nice to haves" list, because you wont have many with CRAZY IDEAS like this.

(p.s. CRAZY.)

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