csivitu / lostandfound

Lost and Found

Connecting lost belongings with their owners

Lost and Found

A web application facilitating the reporting of lost items, searching for found items, and fostering a community-driven approach to reuniting owners with their lost belongings.

Table of Contents

• Tech stack used
• Build Instructions
• Contributing

Tech stack used

Frontend

• ReactJS
• Bootstrap

Backend

• NodeJS
• ExpressJS
• SQLite

Build instructions

To run the project, run the following commands in both the frontend and backend directories.

npm install
npm start

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone it on your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/your-github-username/LostAndFound.git

3. Navigate to the project directory

   cd LostAndFound

4. Create a new branch.

   git checkout -b feature/new-feature

5. Make your changes, add and commit them.

   git add .
   git commit -m 'Added a new feature'

6. Push to the branch.

   git push origin feature/new-feature
   

7. Submit a pull request.

lostandfound's Issues

Fix the profile page

The profile page must show all the items uploaded by a user and also provide the option to delete them.

Add fuzzy search

Implement fuzzy searching as a feature.

Fix redirects

Add redirects based on authentication status

Fix login button

The login button shows even when a user is logged in.

Fix CSS #1

Remove the drop shadow from the footer element.

Fix CSS #2

Fix positioning of the navbar and the footer elements to have better spacing.

FIx unresponsive pages

Add media queries to make the pages responsive.

Update README.md

Update the README.md file to document the project better.

Fix error handling

Revise the error handling methods in the project to handle errors more discretely.

Add dark mode

Add a button that can toggle between light mode and dark mode.

Fix homepage button

There isn't a button anywhere that redirects to the dashboard. Add a button that does this.

Better styling

Add a better layout to make the website easier to navigate.

Fix thumbnails

Ensure that the thumbnails keep their aspect ratio when the window is resized.