Django Blog Project

This is a simple blog application built with Django. It supports categories, blog posts, comments (with threaded replies), and an excerpt feature for posts. The project also uses auto-slug generation for both blog posts and categories.

Features

• Create and manage blog posts with categories.
• Add comments to blog posts, with support for threaded replies.
• Automatically generate slugs for blog posts and categories.
• Show main, recent, and popular blog posts on the homepage.
• Filter blog posts by categories.
• Blog post excerpt support.

Models

Category

• name: The name of the category.
• slug: A unique, auto-generated slug for the category.

Blog

• title: The title of the blog post.
• author: The author of the blog post.
• image: Image associated with the post.
• content: Main content of the blog post.
• category: ForeignKey to Category.
• blog_slug: Auto-generated slug based on the title.
• date: Date when the blog post is published.
• status: Draft or Publish status.
• section: Post section (Recent, Publish, Trending).
• main_post: Boolean to indicate if the post is the main featured post.
• excerpt: Method to generate an excerpt from the content.

Comment

• post: ForeignKey to Blog.
• name: Name of the commenter.
• email: Email of the commenter.
• website: Optional website of the commenter.
• comment: The comment text.
• date: Date and time the comment was posted.
• parent: Optional self-referential ForeignKey for comment replies.

Views

index

This view renders the homepage with various blog listings:

• Main_post: A featured post.
• Recent: The 5 most recent blog posts.
• Popular: Top 3 trending blog posts.
• Categories: A list of all blog categories with a post count.

blog_detail

This view displays the full details of a blog post, along with the associated comments:

• post: The selected blog post.
• comments: Comments associated with the blog post.

category

This view displays blog posts filtered by a specific category:

• active_category: The selected category.
• blogs_in_category: Blog posts that belong to the selected category.

add_comment

This view handles adding a comment to a blog post:

• post: The blog post to which the comment is added.
• name: Name of the commenter.
• email: Email of the commenter.
• website: Optional website of the commenter.
• comment_text: The comment text.
• parent_comment: Optional parent comment for threading.

Templates

index.html

Displays the main page with various blog listings such as featured posts, recent posts, and categories.

blog_detail.html

Displays the full blog post with the comment section.

Displays the blog posts filtered by category.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

2. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the Django migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

4. Create a superuser to access the admin panel:

   python manage.py createsuperuser

5. Run the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

Usage

• Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to view the homepage.
• Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin to manage blog posts, categories, and comments from the Django admin panel.

Live website

https://blog-posts-api-rest-api-2.onrender.com/

Admin

/admin/ admin creds - username : admin, pass - admin@123

Future work - adding an api, adding user accounts * not staff, customizing admin dashboard, etc