This project was made to advance my understanding of how Django works. This is an application that lets person upload articles as blog post to a webiste.
- The simple frontend is built with Bootstrap 5.0.
- The theme is from Bootswatch.
- The Django forms made better using django crispy forms.
- Text editor for blog posting made using tinyMCE.
First check if you are on the latest version of python or not. Run this in your terminal
python --version
It should say Python 3.11.4
Next, Clone this GitHub respository:
git clone https://github.com/nrngxv/blogsite.git
Next, cd into the directory where the git is cloned, and run this command
python manage.py runserver
This will start the server.
Next, go to this web address http://127.0.0.1:8000/ and you will see the home page for the application
- This is the home page. It displays a list of the already uploaded articles
- Click on read more to open a detailed view of the post
- You can scroll to see more posts
Authentication
- Navigation bar contains buttons to sign up and sign in
- A user can sign in to post blogs. and the you will be able to Like posts
- Sign up to make a new admin account locally**
Django admin page
Navigate to django admin page. Put this in the web address http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin and this page should appear
To upload another article on the site, click on the article button and an editing interface will appear.
- Ability to put a title to the post
- Full fledged text editor to modify your article content
- Option to make any article a featured article
- assinging author
- See likes from other authors
