The main idea is to create a minimalistic and clean site, which main goal is to have a place where anyone can post their own links. The links could be interesting/funny articles, pictures, videos and so on. We have the inspiration for the idea from [login to view URL] and therefore it would be a good idea to check the site out to see what the whole thing is about.
There will be no need to register for users as everyone will be able to post their own links, which will be approved by an admin, though.
The URLs will be in a list and there shall be no categories, but the links shall be sorted by date with the newest first. When 60 links have been posted there should be created another page named 2, 3 and so on, which will work as an archive.
Features which need to be available on the site:
- Approving: All the links shall be approved by an admin before posted on the site
- IP-block: In case of spam, etc., it should be possible to block IP-addresses from the site
- New window and frame: When clicking on a link it should open in a new window and in a frame, where the user still can see our logo. This is not the case on the website mentioned above. This way we also get the hits, if/when people try to share links by sending the link to their friends.
- Rating: Guests should have the option to rate each link
- Sharing: A possibility to share the link on social networks such as Facebook as well as via email (forms with name and email of sender, option for three email addresses to receive the tip about the link and a greeting in the mail and a description recommending the site)
- Counting: There shall be a possibility to see how many clicks each link has got
- Possibility to put several ads at different sizes on the site
If the project goes well there might be a good chance for more work.