The brief
This one came out of our ongoing work on a seeded products supplier's website. The team needed to give users a set of approved resources. Sharing a Google Drive or SharePoint folder meant giving away access they couldn't fully control, and exposing files and folders nobody meant to share.
They wanted users to get exactly what admin approves, easily, with the back end kept out of sight.
What we built
A live directory users can browse, search, preview and download as a zip.
We built a live view of files and folders that shows only what admin chooses to expose. Users browse, search and preview documents in the browser, then download a whole folder as one zip. No account, no access to the Drive underneath.
It works like a file explorer people already know, but it is a permission boundary by design. Admin curates, the hub presents, and nothing else gets out.
The key moves
- Live file and folder directory. Reflects admin-approved content in real time.
- Search and in-browser preview. Check a document without downloading it.
- Folder-as-zip download. A whole resource set in one click.
- Permission boundary. A safer alternative to sharing Drive or SharePoint.
