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gil edited this page Jan 22, 2013 · 14 revisions

flms is an easy way to track the movies you watch. There's no login, no social buttons, no useless movie information, no database. You just write down the movies in a text file, the way you prefer it (eg. you could call The Matrix just Matrix.)

Basic Usage

Just edit the movies.txt file, one movie per line. Optionally, You can rate the movies using our basic system: You like the movie, You really like the movie or You do not like the movie. You can even mark that You are re-watching the movie for a second time.

The syntax is as follows:

(optional rate) tab (is-rewatch?) tab (name of the movie)

So, a basic movie listing would be:

+ tab tab Trainspotting

++ tab r tab Léon

tab tab Lord of the Rings

- tab tab Star Wars

By this list you can read that I find Trainspotting a fine movie, I've watched Léon The Professional more than once and it's a favorite of mine, that I don't care for The Lord of The Rings and Star WarzZz is boring.

It's really easy. You can see a fine working example here.

You need a host :)

Yes, you'll need a host to run it (something to do with ajax requests). Fortunately, you have lots of options:

Dropbox (The easiest)

  1. Download the ZIP;
  2. Unzip it;
  3. Put the whole folder on your Dropbox Public folder; You can rename it from flms-master to whatever you want, eg. flms or filmes or movies;
  4. Share the link for the index.html that's inside the folder.

Ps.: Still don't use Dropbox? Create one account now!

Dropbox Apps

You can use one of these apps that "host websites" on Dropbox, like site44. Here's an example: http://flms2012.site44.com.

Github

Just fork the project and create a GitHub Page.

yourdomain.com

If you already have a domain with FTP account, you could just download the files, unzip it and upload it to your server.

Localhost

If you wanna keep the list to yourself, just run it on a localhost.


Upgrading

The latest version is always the one you see in http://seufelipe.com.br/flms/. We (still) don't have a way to auto-update, so you'll have to re-download the ZIP and replace the files manually (just don't forget to keep the movies.txt). It's kinda boring, we know, we're working on it.

Users

Check out what those nice people have been watching.

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