1. Project Objectives
- User Profiles: Allow users to create and manage personal profiles.
- Social Interactions: Facilitate interactions among users through posts, comments, and messages.
- Content Sharing: Enable users to share multimedia content (text, images, videos).
- Friendship and Following: Implement mechanisms for users to connect with others through friend requests or follow features.
- Notifications: Notify users about interactions and updates.
- Privacy and Security: Ensure user data protection and control over privacy settings.
- Reporting and Analytics: Generate reports on user activity, engagement, and system performance.
2. Functional Requirements
- User Profiles:
- Profile Creation: Allow users to sign up, create, and edit their profiles.
- Profile Management: Enable users to manage personal information, profile pictures, and bio.
- Privacy Settings: Allow users to control the visibility of their profiles and posts.
- Social Interactions:
- Posts: Users can create, edit, and delete posts (text, images, videos).
- Comments: Users can comment on posts made by others.
- Likes and Reactions: Users can like or react to posts and comments.
- Messaging: Provide a messaging feature for private conversations between users.
- Content Sharing:
- Multimedia Uploads: Allow users to upload and share images and videos.
- Post Visibility: Control who can view and interact with posts (public, friends only, private).
- Content Moderation: Implement basic moderation tools to manage inappropriate content.
- Friendship and Following:
- Friend Requests: Users can send, accept, or decline friend requests.
- Followers: Users can follow or be followed, depending on the platform’s model.
- User Feed: Display a feed of posts from friends or followed users.
- Notifications:
- Interaction Notifications: Notify users of likes, comments, and messages.
- Activity Alerts: Send alerts for important activities (e.g., friend requests, mentions).
- Custom Notifications: Allow users to configure notification preferences.
- Privacy and Security:
- Account Security: Implement user authentication (e.g., login, password recovery).
- Data Encryption: Ensure secure storage and transmission of user data.
- Privacy Controls: Allow users to set privacy options for their posts and personal information.
- Reporting and Analytics:
- User Activity Reports: Generate reports on user engagement, post interactions, and messaging.
- System Performance: Track and report on system performance metrics (e.g., load times, error rates).
3. Non-Functional Requirements
- Usability: Intuitive user interface for easy navigation and interaction.
- Performance: Efficient handling of posts, messages, and notifications.
- Scalability: Ability to handle increasing numbers of users, posts, and interactions.
- Security: Robust security measures to protect user data and prevent unauthorized access.
- Reliability: High system uptime and reliability to ensure continuous operation.
4. Technology Stack
- Front-End: Technologies for user interface development (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, frameworks like React or Angular).
- Back-End: Server-side technologies (e.g., Node.js, Django, Flask).
- Database: Database management system (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) for storing user data, posts, and interactions.
- File Storage: Solutions for storing multimedia content (e.g., AWS S3, Cloudinary).
- Authentication: Technologies for user authentication (e.g., OAuth, JWT).
- Deployment: Hosting and deployment platforms (e.g., AWS, Heroku, Azure).
5. System Design
- Architecture: Overview of system architecture (e.g., client-server model, microservices).
- Data Model: Design of the database schema, including tables for users, posts, comments, messages, and notifications.
- User Interface Design: Wireframes or mockups for different user interfaces (e.g., desktop, mobile).
6. Implementation Plan
- Development Phases: Breakdown of phases (e.g., requirement analysis, design, development, testing, deployment).
- Timeline: Project milestones and deadlines.
7. Testing and Validation
- Test Cases: Define test cases for functionalities such as profile management, post creation, and messaging.
- Bug Tracking: System for tracking and managing bugs and issues.
- User Testing: Collect feedback from end-users to refine the system and improve user experience.
8. Documentation
- User Manual: Instructions for end-users on how to use the site.
- Technical Documentation: Detailed documentation on system architecture, design decisions, and codebase.
9. Future Enhancements
- Feature Expansion: Potential future features (e.g., integration with third-party apps, advanced content recommendations).
- Additional Modules: Possible additional modules like video streaming, event management, or social groups.
10. Limitations
- Scope Limitations: Define what the project will not cover (e.g., advanced AI features, integration with external social networks).
11. Budget and Resources
- Budget: Estimated costs for development tools, hosting, and other resources.
- Resources: Required hardware and software resources for development and deployment.