Full Featured Blogging Web App

This Blogging web application project is purely made with Django as the backend and Bootstrap as the frontend.

Installation Instructions

If you want to work with this project or create a version of it make sure to follow the steps below!

0. Make sure to install Python 3, pip and virtualenv

1. Create a project folder

       $ mkdir project
       $ cd project

2. Create a python 3 virtualenv, and activate the environment to install requirements.

       $ python3 -m venv env
       $ source env/bin/activate

3. Install the project dependencies from requirements.txt

       (env)$ pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Clone the repository

       (env)$ git clone https://github.com/akhil-s-kumar/django-blog-app.git
       (env)$ cd django-blog-app

You have now successfully set up the project on your environment.

How to run the project?

Make sure you are in env and then do the following each at a time.

(env)$ python manage.py makemigrations
(env)$ python manage.py makemigrations blogApp
(env)$ python manage.py makemigrations users
(env)$ python manage.py migrate
(env)$ python manage.py createsuperuser
(env)$ python manage.py runserver

Features

Blog list View

List all blog posts with Title, Tag, Number of total comments(working on for v1.2), Author Name, Date Posted, Image, and some body part with Read More button.

Recent Posts

List all the post which are created recently with Image thumb and Title.

category list

List all the categories related to the posts with total number of posts each categories have.

Search

List all blog posts with the search query that you enter.

Pagination

To limit with a certain number of posts in each page.

Blog Detail View

To view the complete blog post when clicked on Read More or on the Title.

Features for v1.2

Login/Register

Users can Login/Register to the Blog App.

Comment

Users can comment to any blog post after login or comment anonymously without login.

Create Blog Post

Users can create blog posts from the front end and add for approval, by the admin.

Edit Profile

Users can edit Profile Image, First Name, Last Name, Email id, username, password.

Tech Stacks

• Language: Python 3.7
• Framework: Django 3.1.5

Latest Fixes

1. Added Unique Slug Generator based on Title
2. Dynamic Title Tag for Blog Details

How you can contribute to this project?

1. Fork this project to your GitHub account
2. Clone the repository to your local machine and follow the above Installation instructions.
3. Find an issue or feature and work on it.
4. Make a pull request.