devgithubsharma / blogsbee

A Blog web application in which people can create blogs, follow, unfollow users, like dislike posts and much more.

BlogsBee

BlogsBee is a web application

• A BLOG web application in which there are 2 panels i.e Admin Panel and User Panel.

• In user panel user will be able to create a blog after registration and Login.

• Furthermore,the user can edit it’s blog (i.e. update or delete). User can see all the posts created by other user, user can follow and unfollow other user and like dislike other user’s post.

• In Admin Panel,admin can do all the things but there are some aditional features like admin can create categories from which user can select while creating post.

• Admin can block any user, if admin will find out the user’s unwanted behaviour

Tech Stack

Client: React, Redux, TailwindCSS

Server: Node, Express

Database: MongoDB

Author

• @Anamika

🛠 Skills

MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, TailwindCSS, JWT

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

MONGODB_URI

JWT_TOKEN_EXPIRE = "10d"

JWT_KEY

CLOUDINARY_CLOUD

CLOUDINARY_API_KEY

CLOUDINARY_SECRET_KEY

SMPT_MAIL

SMPT_PASSWORD

SMPT_SERVICE = "gmail"

Screenshots

Run Locally (Backend)

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/Anamika1-cpu/BlogsBee

Go to the project directory

  cd backend

Install dependencies

  npm install

Here, you have to replace the value of resetURL from 2 controllers (i.e.,resetPasswordToken and generateVerificationMail ) in controllers/user/userCntrl.js

    //generateVerificationMail
    const resetURL = `https://localhost:3000/${verificationToken}`;
    
    //resetPasswordToken
    const resetURL = `https://localhost:3000/${token}`;
    
    

Start the server

  npx nodemon

Run Locally (Frontend)

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/Anamika1-cpu/BlogsBee

Go to the project directory

  cd frontend

Install dependencies

  npm install

Change the url from src/utils/baseUrl

export const baseUrl = "http://localhost:5000";

Start the server

  npm start

Contributing

• Take a look at the existing Issues
• Fork the Repo create a branch for any issue that you are working on and commit your work.
• Create a ** Pull Request, which will be promptly reviewed and given suggestions for improvements by the community.
• Add screenshots or screen captures to your Pull Request to help us understand the effects of the changes that are included in your commits.

How to make a Pull Request?

1. Start by forking the BlogsBee repository. Click on the symbol at the top right corner.

2. Clone your forked repository:

git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/BlogsBee.git

3. Navigate to the new project directory:

cd BlogsBee

4. Set upstream command:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/Anamika1-cpu/BlogsBee.git

5. Create a new branch:

git checkout -b YourBranchName

or

git branch YourBranchName
git switch YourBranchName

6. Sync your fork or local repository with the origin repository:

• In your forked repository click on "Fetch upstream"
• Click "Fetch and merge".

Alternatively, Git CLI way to Sync forked repository with origin repository:

git fetch upstream

git merge upstream/main

Github Docs for Syncing

7. Make your changes to the source code.

8. Stage your changes and commit:

⚠️ Make sure not to commit package.json or package-lock.json file

⚠️ Make sure not to run the commands git add . or git add *. Instead, stage your changes for each file/folder

git add file/folder

git commit -m "<your_commit_message>"

9. Push your local commits to the remote repository:

git push origin YourBranchName

10. Create a Pull Request!

11. Congratulations! You've made your first contribution! 🙌🏼