wiki:Technical/Websites

Command Interface

This page describes new sites for aegisub.


www.aegisub.org

  • To be added (it's almost done)

share.aegisub.org

Purpose

  • Share aegisub related media
    • Automation scripts
    • Shapes
    • Scripts?
      • Eg. common typeset sign examples or other misc templates/tips/tricks

Requirements

  • User signup
    • Captcha + email verify.
  • Moderation
    • User signup is not moderated however any new postings must clear a moderation process before posting
  • "Share Page"
    • An item agnostic way to display multiple different items.
  • Changelog support
    • Unlike the aegisub line-item version this will be a user-formatted text blob, we'll support simple wiki markup no HTML or links.
  • Comments
    • User signup required no anonymous posting in order to avoid flamewars. comments will be non-moderated with only moderators being able to remove specific comments.
  • Voting
    • Simple 5 star voting, only users may vote.
  • Auto-generated previews.
    • Previews generated automatically using vsfilter and libass
    • Each preview must have the renderer version so if a bug is fixed new previews can be generated showing a value of historical differences.
  • JSON API for aegisub. (REST)
    • Allow for an in-program browser in aegisub so users can see examples and automatically insert them.
    • Auto-update of installed resources.

gallery.aegisub.org

This will use most of the backend from share.aegisub.org

Purpose

  • Popularity contest.
    • No sense in avoiding what this would essentially be...
  • Show Karaoke videos.
  • Still images? perhaps to show a one-shot effect, sign or whatever

Requirements

See details in the share.aegisub.org

  • User signup.
  • Moderation
  • Comments
  • Voting
  • Support for chaining images, ie, before -> after, start -> next -> next -> next -> end for sequences.

Considerations

  • Legality
    • For video sequences the legality of using footage varies
    • Perhaps we could limit the viewport to the spot where the karaoke is.
    • Non-issue for single-shot still images. (we hope)
  • Plagiarism
    • Unscrupulous users may take someone elses work to call their own, or use it with slight modification.
  • Auto-post from share.aegisub.org
    • Is it wise to automatically post images from the share site to the gallery, with a link back to the source? Or should this be a separate thing.

Conclusion

  • Shutting down the site if it becomes a problem for any reason is OK, unlike share.aegisub.org which will be integral to the application.