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Internal tool · Resource sharing

Marketing Hub

A controlled file directory that shares resources with end users, without ever handing out access to the company Drive.

My role
Concept & build
Problem
Safe file sharing
Type
Custom web app
Stack
WordPress · Custom
The brief

Share the files, not the Drive.

The team needed to give end users a stack of approved resources — but the usual options were bad ones. Sharing a Google Drive or SharePoint folder means handing over access you can't fully control, exposing structure and files you never meant to.

The brief: a way for users to get exactly the documents admin approves — easy to browse, easy to grab, with the messy back-end kept firmly out of sight.

The unique build

A live directory users can explore, search, preview — and download as a zip.

I built a live view of files and folders that mirrors only what admin chooses to expose. Users explore, search and preview documents in the browser, then download a folder as a single zip — all without an account or any access to the underlying Drive.

It behaves like a familiar file explorer, but it's a permission boundary by design: admin curates, the hub presents, and nothing leaks beyond what was approved.

What I did

The key moves.

  1. 01

    Built a live file & folder directory

    A real-time view that reflects admin-approved content only.

  2. 02

    Added search & in-browser preview

    Users find and check documents fast, without downloading to look.

  3. 03

    Enabled folder-as-zip download

    Grab an entire resource set in one click — no file-by-file fishing.

  4. 04

    Designed it as a permission boundary

    A safer alternative to Drive/SharePoint sharing — control without the exposure.

The outcome

Control, kept.

0
Drive access handed to end users
1zip
Whole folders downloaded in a click
100%
Admin-curated, nothing leaks

The team got a clean, self-serve resource hub; users got a fast way to find and download what they need — and nobody had to compromise on access control to make it happen.

“Give people the files they need — and nothing they don't.”— the brief, in one line
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