User Generated Content (UGC) is any form of content such as video, blogs, discussion forum posts, digital images, audio files, and other forms of media that are created by consumers or end-users of an online system or service and are publicly available to other consumers and end-users.
Questions tagged [user-generated-content]
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Do I need a EULA in my iPhone app?
I'm writing an application for the iPhone that lets users create 3D models which they can then upload to a website so that other people can rate and comment on them. Should I force the user to accept some type of EULA before allowing them to upload…
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How should I order these "helpful" scores?
Under the user generated posts on my site, I have an Amazon-like rating system:
Was this review helpful to you: Yes | No
If there are votes, I display the results above that line like so:
5 of 8 people found this reply helpful.
I would like…
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ASP.NET MVC How to manage user content using ASP.NET Membership Provider
I come from 5 years of experience with ASP.NET Web Forms, and I'm new to ASP.NET MVC. I'm now trying to learn MVC with some tutorials, video tutorials, and books.
I'm using Visual Studio 2012 and the brand new ASP.NET MVC 4 to build a little web…
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Make content visible only to author in Drupal
I want to allow members of a Drupal website to upload their own content to the site (something like a blog post or questionnaire), but have it visible only to themselves (hidden from other members with the same role). The idea is to have them store…
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How to automatically excerpt user generated content?
I run a website that allows users to write blog-post, I would really like to summarize the written content and use it to fill the -tag for example.
What methods can I employ to automatically summarize/describe the…
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Are there any libraries or components that handle storage and fast retrieval of user-generated content?
Considering the case of having a large and active user base where each user wants to store a profile picture and some additional images or other artifacts, are there any libraries or frameworks that allow for easy storage and query of such data?
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Good way to determine max characters to allow in user generated area on a web page
I'm working on a coupon app and it has an area where business owners can enter a short "tag line" for what the coupon is for. For example:
10% off one entree!
$5 off
2 for 1 sake before 7PM
15 free flapjacks if your name is Gary
Again, this is…
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How do sitebuilders like neocities handle cross-site scripting and sanitizing?
In the Neocities editor, it seems possible to input vulnerable text and this will run in the browser (like the onload alert seen in the image below). Is there any security Neocities takes to sanitize user-generated pages and address…
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Assign role or grant permissions for WP user then he collects some points
Lets begin from the start:
I want to make a website where users could generate content. It will be based on Wordpress and am using TDO Mini Forms to let users submit content. I have also added CubePoints plug-in to grant points for my users.
I want…
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What to do with ASCII escape characters in user-generated markup?
I'm using HTML Purifier, a PHP "filter that guards against XSS and ensures standards-compliant output," to sanitize/standardize user-inputted markup.
This is an example of the user-inputted markup:
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saving user generated image using HTML/JS
I want to save and an image that is user generated, and I can't use anything other than HTML an JavaScript. Is there a way to do it?
Any help is appreciated.
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What is the best way to organize user generated content in a social network?
I'm searching for the best way to automatically organize all user generated content in a social network.
I'm building a site in ruby based upon lovdbyless' framework. the site is a place for men to share specialised knowledge.
I've looked into…
jade
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CMS for User Generated Content
I'm building a site where users can post links (to webpages, Youtube videos, product pages on Amazon, images from Facebook) or upload media - under specific categories which have been defined by me.
I'm not sure if WordPress will work best because…
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Detect content uncompatible with adsense
For a website that contains user generated content and that cannot be moderated before publishing, is there a way (python API, stop words database etc...) to detect the page content is OK for adense ?
(In my case, I am publishing realtime statistics…
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Version Comparision of User Generated and Modified Content
I'm working on a project constructing an online collaboration tool. Looking at Wikipedia, I noticed that user-generated itterations of a page can easily be compared to each other; the comparison highlights the differences.
Conceptually, what would I…
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