Website requests and ideas

Page to note down ideas. Not necessarily an official plan.

Meta

Item	Status
Various suggestions from retool author unexpectedpa - read them/sort into todo items: https://gist.github.com/unexpectedpanda/180986b901d82b53101bdbd4db904552 https://gist.github.com/unexpectedpanda/04f20faa6d36287088af9725a06ed343

Website

Time Period	Category	Item	Status
	Interface	Page should be responsive, not fixed-width.
	Interface	Search bar on every page, that can search titles+hashes+serials for every system (like redump)
	Interface	Solicit feedback/help on the DoM sidebar?
	Interface	Keep users logged in for longer
	Interface	Login box at top of page	Done
	Interface	Remember last page/system/search-settings	Partially done - DoM remembers the last system for logged in users
	Interface	Line-up languages on archive edit page - they look wonky
	Interface	Add option to group items together in the News section like on mediawiki. E.g. if a single user does a bunch of edits on a single system, that would be displayed as a single entry like "100 edits by x in SNES" (you'd click on it to go to that system's news page to see the details)
	Interface	For Trusted Dump sources, highlight if the dumper is set to !unknown/marked as unconfirmed, or if dump tool is blank/set to !unknown
	Database	Put more stuff in parameters in URL (e.g. for search) so that more stuff can be linked to
	Database	Each archive and dat (at least) could have a GUID, and pages should be accessible via URL with that ID, so that database entries can be referred to by third party projects (like Wikidata), without there being a risk of the ID changing. Also, this would allow ROM managers and emulators to identify DATs easily.
	Database	Locked DATs should still be viewable.
	Database	It would be more efficient for the user if all forms (archive, source, file, attachment) were all on one edit page
	Database	"Extra" (user-specified) fields like the archive has would be useful for sources and files too
	Database	If an archive only has some files MIA, then the tag in Search and the top of the archive page should say "Partially Missing" or something like that, not just say "Missing".
	Database	DAT files could be cryptographically signed so people can tell if reuploads of the dat files are genuine. Probably best to include a text file with the filename, size in bytes and sha256 of each file in the download, and then sign that.
	Database	Dynamic cue generation/download for Non-Redump dats
	Database	Create new homepage design, including easy-to-use undumped list/database lookup tool	There is a new homepage design, but it could maybe do with some explanatory text based on the old one, although maybe on a secondary page. Hiccup has a draft of an improved version of the old text.
	Database	A new, modern, database should be developed, probably best doneas an open source project.
	Database	Exclude the header skipper tag in the dats by default	Done
	Database	Add form to search for a all edits done by a user
	Database	Allow updaters to edit (but not delete/create/rename) Extra fields	Done
	Database	Include more fields in the DATs, like additional tag, proto etc, license status, so people can filter stuff out client-side/using ROM managers
Long-term	Database	Allow customised daily packs (same options as with individual packs)
	Database	Maybe create ticket section for generic/whole-of-DoM tickets?
	Database	Add an option to see preview of datfile changes/result before saving archive/source/file changes
	Database	Add some way to find archives that don't have any sources with cart and/or pcb photos
	Database	Add option to mark dumper name as unconfirmed, like with dump date
	Database	Add option to mark attachments as missing/wanted (e.g. mark PCB photos as missing, if they haven't been provided). Probably should have deafult values for each dat. E.g. with SNES pcb would be flagged if missing, but not for DS.
	Database	Add a way to view two sections as if they were one section. E.g. homebrew stuff for a console could be split into a separate section, but users who still want it browsable as one section could still have that option.
	Data Import/Export	Create a YAML/YAML-like format for submissions in forums, as an alternative for the formats people end up "making up"
	Data Import/Export	Create a script that datters can use locally to convert the YAML format (or just variable human-readable text format) into the DoM import XML
	Data Import/Export	Make import XML support all DoM fields and use names consistent with those DoM fields
	Data Import/Export	Create schema for import XML	Done
	Data Import/Export	Use same XML format for export (instead of the "plain text" format that doesn't have all the fields)	Done?
	Data Import/Export	Create API to allow specific data to be retrieved/added to DoM: Allows emulators/dump tools to interact with DoM Check ROM status Submit data directly	Simple API to check ROM status via hash is likely
	Data Import/Export	Change-request system. I.e. Datters could accept/reject/edit/add comments to submissions by non-datters (maybe even people without logins)
	Data Import/Export	Allow CSV import/export
	Data Import/Export	Optimise db xml export so that it works for the very large systems. Here's some exports made manually by xuom2, for convenience (even though they will soon get out of date): Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System (20230321-192245) Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (20230318-120602)
	New Database Fields	All fields where people use commas to separate values should probably be split into multiple fields?
	New Database Fields	Scene releases should have a Region field, like "normal" sources.	Done
	New Database Fields	Maybe add faster hash types. E.g. BLAKE3 (cryptographic hash, faster than SHA256 but less common) or xxhash (even faster but not a cryptographic hash).
	Input Validation	Some formats should have certain file extensions and vice versa. E.g.: N64 - BigEndian = z64, ByteSwapped = v64.
	Input Validation	Game serials generally follow a certain format.
	Input Validation	There is generally a fixed list of PCB serials for each system.
	Input Validation	Some sizes are invalid (or unlikely) for some systems
	DAT Generation	Add the DAT IDs to the daily pack, so ROMVault etc can identify dats between renames.	Done
	DAT Generation	For Nintendo CDN dats, include the digital serial fields' values (i.e. the Title IDs) from the source(s)	Done?
	DAT Generation	Add category tag like redump, but with support for multiple categories	Done
	DAT Generation	Add option to download daily pack with just numbered/just unnumbered dats.
DAT Generation	Add option to rename zip/rar/7z/lha extensions to something else (e.g. adding a "-" suffix is a common one) so that ROM managers don't try to unpack them. Should maybe be enabled by default too - not sure.