A shared birthday page where guests add photos, videos and messages
Asked for by a party organizer on r/SomebodyMakeThis · original source · more from r/SomebodyMakeThis
Family and friends often want to celebrate someone from afar. A host creates a page with a link, guests drop in photos, short videos and notes without needing an account, and the host gets a keepsake page or download afterwards. Optional reveal date keeps it a surprise.
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- Done for one weekend
- A host makes a birthday page and shares one link, guests add photos, short videos and notes without signing up, and the host downloads it all as a keepsake.
- Suggested shape
- Web app with a small server and file storage
- In scope
- The host creates a page with the person's name and gets two links: one for guests to add things, and a private one to manage the page.
- Guests add a note, photos or a short video with their name, and no account. Set size limits, especially for video.
- The host sees everything on one page, can remove anything, and can download it all as a zip file or a printable keepsake page.
- An optional reveal date: until then, the finished page can't be opened from its viewing link, so it stays a surprise. The host can still see it.
- Anyone with the guest link can post, so treat it like a private invitation. Storing photos and video can cost money as it grows.
- Optional, if there's time
- Delete the page and its files automatically some weeks after the event unless the host chooses to keep it.
- Play the messages as a slideshow.
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