User Stories

Login

As an authorized user, I want to be able access my account in order to access articles.

Questions

• What information is needed to log in?
  • email
  • password
• Where will the user go after they log in?
  • Redirect to home page
• Will we allow 3rd party login?
  • no
• How do we handle if the user name is not found?
  • Deny request, display message prompting to try again or create
• How do we handle if user enters the wrong password?
  • Deny request, display message prompting to try again or create
• Should we use session based or token based authentication?
  • session for now since that is what we know.

Signup

As an unauthorized user, I want to be able to sign up for the website via a signup form.

• What information is required at sign up?
  • email, display name, password
• Will the password be confirmed at sign up?
  • Yes it will
• Will the password be concealed?
  • yes
• Where should the user be directed after they sign up?
  • home page
• What happens if the user enters an email that is already in our db?
  • Display message that email is already associated with account.
  • provide link to login page
• What happens if a user enters a user/display name that is already in our db?
  • Display a message that the username is taken. If this is your username, login here.
• When I try to sign up with a password that doesn't meet minimum requirements? ** display error showing min password requirements
• When I fill out a sign up form with all good details what happens?
  • seed user to db and redirect user to home page
  • Redirect user to home page where the prompt to create an account is replaced with a welcome message

Demo User

I want to test the site without creating an account so I click the Demo Login Button

• Same behavior as a registered user except personalized details will be the demo user details.

• Being prompted to login

• Having a login feature on every page of the site

As a user I want to be able to easily navigate back to home/other pages to access other material.

• Hyperlinks to other pages on the site
• Icon at the top redirects you to home when clicked on

As an unauthorized user I want to create an account so I can access material.

• When clicked on a ‘create account’ button takes you to a form where you can make a new account
• first and last name, email, username, password, confirm password, security question/hint

As an unauthorized user, I want to read an article so that I can understand the content.

• Don’t have full access as an unauthorized user
• Want to make an account
• Prompted to make an account (bonus?)
• Ability to login with other apps(bonus?)

As an authorized user, I want to be able to access my account even if I forget my password because I want to visit my

account/articles.

• Forgot password button
• Prompts you to enter your email/security question/give password hint

As an authorized user, I want to read an article so that I can understand the content.

• Who is the author?
• When was it written?
• Have access to comments
• See how many likes it has
• Additional recommendations for other articles (bonus?)

As an authorized user, I want to leave a comment to share my opinion on the article.

• Ability to reply and like others’ comments
• Ability to read other comments

As an authorized user, I want to leave a like to signify that I liked the article.

• See how many likes it already has
• As an authorized user, I want to be able to follow other authorized users.
• See their likes and comments
• See the articles they’re reading on your home page