StackIt

A minimal question-and-answer platform that supports collaborative learning and structured knowledge sharing. Designed to be simple, user-friendly, and focused on the core experience of asking and answering questions within a community.

Team BARY

Name	Email
Benny	[email protected]
Ayush	[email protected]
Rishi	[email protected]
Yogesh	[email protected]

Features

User Roles

Role	Permissions
Guest	View all questions and answers
User	Register, log in, post questions/answers, vote
Admin	Moderate content

Core Functionality

Asking Questions

Users can submit new questions with:

• Title – Short and descriptive
• Description – Written using a rich text editor
• Tags – Multi-select input (e.g., React, JWT)

Rich Text Editor

The description editor supports:

• Text Formatting: Bold, Italic, Strikethrough
• Lists: Numbered lists, Bullet points
• Media: Emoji insertion, Image upload
• Links: Hyperlink insertion (URL)
• Alignment: Left, Center, Right

Answering Questions

• Users can post answers to any question
• Answers can be formatted using the same rich text editor
• Only logged-in users can post answers

Voting & Accepting Answers

• Users can upvote or downvote answers
• Question owners can mark one answer as accepted

Tagging System

• Questions must include relevant tags for categorization

Notification System

A notification system keeps users engaged with:

• Notification Icon: Bell icon appears in the top navigation bar
• Notification Triggers:
  • Someone answers their question
  • Someone comments on their answer
  • Someone mentions them using @username
• Visual Indicators: Icon shows the number of unread notifications
• Notification Panel: Clicking the icon opens a dropdown with recent notifications