Project Squall

A Fan Fiction Reader for the Web and Mobile

What is Fan Fiction?

Fan Fiction and Copyright

Fair Use Doctorine

Pros for Fan Fiction

Cons for Fan Fiction

IP Holders who support Fan Fiction

IP Holders who Reject Fan Fiction

Common Websites with Fan Fiction and their Features

User Requirements and Features

Search Methods / Filters

•Keywords (with Tag Cloud)•By Character

▫Max Number of Characters per story: 5•By Genre

▫Crossover▫Drama▫Adventure

•By Length

Display Requirements

•Changeable CSS?▫Colour of Text and Background▫Font of text▫Size of Text▫Using JS?

Age Restriction and Special Tags•Rating System: ESRB, PEGI, BBFC?

▫Age Restricted Ratings: 18+•Extra Tags

▫Sex▫Violence▫Descrimination

Commenting

•By Chapter•All at once

Reporting•By Email•Moderation Centre

Offline and Mobile Reading

•Downloadable formats▫HTML▫EPUB▫PDF

•Mobile Support▫Android▫iOS

Social Media Integration

•Link to stories onto▫Twitter▫Facebook▫Others?

Implementation

Integration With SMF (Part 1)•Handles User Management

▫Including Registration With Integrated CAPTCHA and Verification

Questions▫Passwords (salted sha1 Encryption)▫Banning (Users, IP Addresses and Hostnames)▫Warnings

•Commenting▫Each story gets a topic for users to reply to▫Has it’s own Basic and RichText Editors.

Integration with SMF (Part 2)