SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

SPECIFICATION FOR
TUMBLR

Prepared by Rishab Agarwal

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Table of Contents
1.Introduction ........................................................................ ......
1.1 Purpose..............................................................................................
1.2 Document Conventions ..............................................................................
1.3 Intended Conventions ...................................................................................
1.4 Product scope....................................................................................... .........
1.5 References.......................................................................................................
2. Overall Description......................................................................
2.1 Product Perspective..................................................................................
2.2 Product Functions.........................................................................................
2.3 User Classes and Characteristics.....................................................................
2.4 Operating Environment..................................................................
2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints...........................................................
2.6 User documentation...................................................................................
2.7 Assumptions and Dependencies......................................................................
3. External Interface Requirements...................................................
3.1 User Interfaces .................................................................................................
3.2 Hardware Interfaces ........................................................................................
3.3 Software Interfaces ...................................................................................
3.4 Communication Interfaces............................................................................... .
4. System Features............................................................... ..............
5. Other Non Functional Requirements..............................................
5.1 Performance Requirements.............................................................................
5.2 Safety Requirements........................................................................................
5.3 Security Requirements......................................................................................
5.4 Software Quality Attributes.............................................................................
6. Other Requirement.........................................................................
7. Constraints.....................................................................................
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to present a detailed description of Tumblr.It
describes the software requirements and specifications to Tumblr which is a
microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in New York
city in 2007,and is presently owned by Yahoo!.

1.2 Document Conventions

Font: Times New Roman 14

1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions

The document is intended for all stakeholder customer,new users to social
networking sites and the developer ( designers ,testers, maintainers).

1.4 Product Scope

The page views of Tumblr to engineer ratio is 1 billion PV per month to 1
engineer.This means that every line of code that every developer writes has huge
impact.The focus is on building tools and technologies that will advance the state
of the art while dealing with massively scaled websites as it is growing quickly
with over 30000 requests in past and 1300 posts per second.Tumblr aims to
deliver an exciting range of new products that will enable the user to share their
own creative content ,discover content,and connect to one another in new ways.

The purpose of Tumblr is to have a way to put all the blogs , pictures,anything
that one wants to share with other people in one single location.This is useful for
personal interests,such as putting writing compositions together or photography
compositions together but also for educational reasons.

1.5 References
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2.Overall Description
2.1 Product Perspective
Tumblr is a new self-contained product which was released in 2007 and is
presently owned by Yahoo!.Tumblr allows one to express himself freely and use it
to reflect who you are,and what you love,think and stand for.Tumblr totally hosts
over 45 million blogs with over 19 billion posts to date.

The website tumblr.com works 24 hours.The website identifies a user by a

username and a password.Tumblr celebrates creativity.

2.2 Product Functions

Blog Management
Dashboard: The dashboard is the primary tool for the typical tumblr user.It is a
live feed of recent posts from blogs that one has followed.Through the
dashboard,users are able to comment,reblog,and like posts from other blogs that
appear on their dashboard.The dashboard allows the user to upload texts
posts,images,video,quotes,or links to their blog with a click of a button displayed
at the top of the dashboard.Users area also able to connect their blogs to their
other networking sites such as twitter and facebook accounts,so whenever they
make a post,it will also be sent as a tweet and a status update.

Tags: For each post a user creates,they are able to help their audience find posts
about certain topics by different tags.If someone were to upload a picture to their
blog and wanted their viewers to find pictures,they would add the tag
#picture,and their viewers could use that word to search up posts with the tag
#picture.

Queue: Users are able to set up a schedule to delay posts that they make.They
can spread their posts over several hours or even days.
HTML Editing: Tumblr allows users to edit their blog's theme HTML coding to
control the appearance of their blog.Users are also able to use a custom domain
name for their blog .

Inbox and Messaging: Tumblr blogs may optionally allow users to submit
questions,either as themselves or anonymously ,to the blog for a response. On
November 10,2015,Tumblr introduced an integrated instant messaging
function,allowing users to chat between other Tumblr users.The feature is being
rolled out in a "viral" manner;it was initially made available to a group of 1500
users;other users may receive access to the messaging system if they are sent a
message by any user that has received access to the system itself.The messaging
system only supports text-based conversations,although other features (such as
group chat and image embeds )will be added in the future.The messaging
platform will also replace the fan mail sytem,which has been deprecated.

Editorial Content: In May 2012,Tumblr launched Storyboard,a blog managed

by an in-house editorial team which features stories and videos about noteworthy
blogs and users on Tumblr.In April 2013,Storyboard was shut down.

Smash the Cache: When the Tumble iOS app shows a message that one
knows he had answered in it,one can smash the cache and the inbox returns to
normal on the app .When the tumblr app is taking up too much space on
iPhone,we smash the cache.

2.3 User Classes and Characteristics

The product is used as a social networking site where a user i.e. the person who
has an account on Tumblr can put all the blogs,pictures ,anything that he/she
wants to share with other people in one single location.This is useful for personal
interests,such as putting writing compositions together or photography
compositions together but also for educational reasons.

The users of this site do not require any technical expertise or skills .Anyone
above the age of 13 years can use Tumblr to posts his/her original content.Users
with different age group and interests use this site.Users who are interested in
blogging,they use this site for blogging and others use Tumblr according to their
interest.

2.4 Operating Environment

Greatly user friendly

Ability to run for long period of time

Resource requirement from the device must be minimum

Must support touch an keypad inputs from device.

Ability to connect to server side database and softwares.

Ability to validate user and input from user.

Ability to provide output in minimum amount of time.

2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints

The services changes frequently ,and their form and functionality may change
without prior notice to you.Tumblr retains the right to create limits on and related
to use of the Services in its sole discretion at any time with or without
notice.Tumblr may also impose limits on certain services or aspects of those
services or restrict your access to parts or all the services at any time,including the
availability of any product,feature,database,or content.

2.6 User Documents

Tumblr provide its user some document components such as user manual ,online
help ,and tutorials for the new users so that they will be able to use this site easily
and efficiently.With the help of these documentations the user will be able to
explore this site in a better way.Video tutorials will be provided to the new users.

2.7 Assumptions and Dependencies

1) Hardware never fails.

2) Website is bugless

3) Limited number of activity per day.

3 External Interface Requirements

3.1 User Interfaces
The user interface should be interactive,such that the user of Tumblr can use this
site easily and effectively.The interface needs to be in such a way that it contains
images ,graphical user interface needs to be good ,buttons functions need to be
used that make this site interactive.

3.2 Hardware Interfaces

The devices(pc,tablets,mobiles etc.)should have following features:

Ability to store,transfer and process big data about users

Optical RAM

Network connectivity

As tumblr is a 24-hour working site ,so a robust hardware is required.

3.3 Software Interfaces

The software requirements for Tumblr is such that it should meet the

specifications required for any social networking site.It should support audio,
video, text and image files with different extensions.

3.4 Communication Interfaces

1)There should be good internet connection.

2)The client system can be any system with normal operating system and Internet
Explorer .
3)The client uses HTTP and FTP.

4. System Features
Functional Requirement 1.Validate user
Introduction: This function is used when a new user joins in.

Inputs: when a new user joins in,he is asked whether he is an existing user.He is
asked to enter his email id or contact no.

Processing: A confirmation message or link is send to the new user.

Outputs: A new user has been validated.

Functional Requirement 2.create account

Introduction: This function is used to create a new account for a user.

Inputs: The new user is supposed to enter his details which include his
name,date of birth,email id.

Processing: The eligibility criteria is checked in database and a new account is

successfully created.

Outputs: A new user account has been created.

Functional Requirements 3: creation of text post

Introduction: The function is used to create a new text post.This can be either
your own text post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to enter manually the text he/she wants to post.

Processing: the text post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A text post has been created which is visible to all the followers of user
Functional Requirements 4. creation of photo post
Introduction: This function is used to create a new photo post. This can be
either your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to upload the photo post he/she wants to post.

Processing: the photo post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new photo post has been created which is visible to all the followers
of the user.

Functional Requirements 5. creation of quote post

Introduction: This function is used to create a new quote post. This can be
either your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to enter manually the quote post he/she wants to
post.

Processing: the quote post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new quote post has been created which is visible to all the followers
of the user.

Functional Requirements 6. creation of chat post

Introduction: This function is used to create a new chat post. This can be either
your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to enter manually the chat post he/she wants to
post.

Processing: the chat post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new chat post has been created which is visible to all the followers of
the user.
Functional Requirements 7. creation of audio post
Introduction: This function is used to create a new audio post. This can be
either your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to upload the audio post he/she wants to post.

Processing: the audio post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new audio post has been created which is visible to all the followers
of the user.

Functional Requirements 8. creation of video post

Introduction: This function is used to create a new quote post. This can be
either your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to upload the video post he/she wants to post.

Processing: the video post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new video post has been created which is visible to all the followers
of the user.

Functional Requirements 9. creation of link post

Introduction: This function is used to create a new link post. This can be either
your own photo post or reclogged one.

Inputs: The user is supposed to enter the link post he/she wants to post.

Processing: the link post is displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: A new link post has been created which is visible to all the followers of
the user.
Functional Requirements 10. Customization of
information
Introduction: This function is used to change the information which is provided
by user at the starting.Users can change his/her information at any time.

Inputs: the user is supposed to change the information.

Processing: the information of the user has been changed

Outputs: the changed information of the user is visible to all the followers of the
user.

Functional Requirements 11. customization of themes

Introduction: This function is used to change the themes which are present on
the user account ,he/she can change the themes according to their wish.

Inputs: the user is supposed to change the themes

Processing: the themes present in the user account has been changed

Outputs: the changed theme of the user is visible to all the followers of the user.

Functional Requirements 12. customization of appearance

Introduction: This function is used to change the appearance of the home

page of the Tumblr profile of the user.

Inputs: the user is supposed to change the appearance

Processing: the appearance of the user's home page has been changed
Outputs: the changed appearance of the user's home page is visible to all the
followers of the user.
Functional requirements 13. customization of service
Introduction: This function is used to change the services needed to the user.

Inputs: the user is supposed to change the services

Processing: the services required to the user has been changed

Outputs: the services has been changed.

Functional requirements 14. customization of community

Introduction:
Inputs: the user is supposed to change the community.
Processing: the information of the user has been changed
Outputs: the changed information of the user is visible to all the followers of
the user.

Functional requirements 15. customization of page

Introduction: the function is used to change the page settings.

Inputs: the user is supposed to change the page settings

Processing: the page setting has been changed

Outputs: the page in the user account has been changed

Functional requirements 16. Advanced customization

Introduction: this function is used to include other options,including time
zone selection,custom CSS ,and how many posts you wish to display per page on
your blog.
Inputs: user is supposed to include time selection,how many posts to display.
Processing: the time selection,custom CSS has been changed.
Outputs: the new changes has been displayed in the users account
Functional requirements 17. Like post
Introduction: This function is used if you or someone likes your post so much
that they don't want to share ,they can simply like that.

Inputs: the user is supposed to like the post of the other person
Processing: the like on the post is displayed on the post.
Outputs: each post is noted with the like they get,with each like post is
incremented by one note.

Functional requirements 18. Reclog post

Introduction: This function is used if you or someone likes your post so much
that they want to share it,they can reclog it.

Inputs: the user is supposed to reclog the post of the other person
Processing: liked post is reclogged.
Outputs: each post is noted with the like they get,with each like or reclog post
is incremented by one note.

Functional requirements 19. Queuing

Introduction: This function is used when you are offline,you can add posts to
queue and choose at which interval of time they will be published.
Inputs: the user adds posts to the queue according to his/her wish.
Processing: after certain time interval,the post will be published.
Outputs: when the time interval of post is completed ,the post get
automatically published.

Functional requirements 20. Drafts

Introduction: This function is used to save the posts offline.
Inputs: the user can save the post online and can then finish the post when
users next log onto.

Processing: The posts is saved online.

Outputs: post will be finished when user log next onto.

Functional requirements 21. Sending message

Introduction: This function is used to send the message to other users.
Inputs: the user is supposed to enter the message whatever he/she wants.
Processing: The message has been created.
Outputs: the message is visible to the user to whom it is written.

Functional requirements 22. Comment

Introduction: This function is used to do comment on the post that person
likes.

Inputs: the user is supposed to write comment on the post

Processing: the comment on the post has been written
Outputs: comment on the post has been delayed.

Functional requirements 23. Follow

Introduction: This function is used to follow other users.
Inputs: The user is supposed to follow the person whom he/she wants to
follow.

Processing: people's you will follow will be displayed on the dashboard.

Outputs: people the user follows has been displayed to the followers of that
users.

5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements

5.1 Performance requirements
Algorithm used for searching must be highly efficient.

Lite version of website should run on minimum requirements without any burden
of the network.

Algorithm used for downloading and uploading data must be highly efficient.
5.2 Safety requirements
Tumblr takes the private nature of information that is very seriously .Note that

tumblr was acquired by,and is now a wholly -owned subsidiary of,Yahoo! Inc.As of

June 19,2018,the privacy policy describes how the information collected is

treated when you visit and sue tumblr.com and/or tumblr other domains ,
products,including our iOS and Android mobile application.

5.3 Security requirements

Account Information: When you create an account on the Services("Account")
information such as your username,password,age,and email address("Account
Information") is inputted.The account Information ,alone or together with other
information,is used to enhance and improve the Services,such as by
personilization.Age is used to verify that you can lawfully use the services.Email
address to verify your account and to communicate with you.Users can also look
for their friends by email address;you can ,however,opt out of email lookup
through your Account settings.

Email communications: As part of the services,one may occasionally recieve

email and other communications from the site.Administrative Communications
relating to your account(ex:- for purposes of account recovery or password
reset)are considered past of the services and your account,which you cannot opt-
out from receiving.

5.4 Software Quality Attributes

5.4.1 Availability
The tumblr Website has to be available 24 hours a day

5.4.2 Security
The tumblr Website's connection must be highly secured

5.4.3 Maintainability
Maintain by highly professional maintainers ,only maintainers are allowed to

update and add new features to the network.

6. Other requirements
Video and Audio calling

Database of tumblr