/Flask-Blog-App

Responsive blog application that uses HTML and CSS for the front end and Bootstrap 5 to enhance the website's aesthetic appeal. For the backend, it utilises Python with Flask and stores blog posts in a database using SQLAlchemy. Later its deployed using Gunicorn web server using render.com as hosting service

Primary LanguageCSS

Flask Blog Application

This is a simple blog application built with Flask, SQLAlchemy, and other modern web technologies. Users can register, log in, create posts, and comment on posts. Admin users have the ability to edit and delete posts.

Features

  • User registration and authentication
  • Create, edit, and delete blog posts
  • Add and display comments on blog posts
  • Admin-only privileges for editing and deleting posts
  • Gravatar integration for user avatars
  • CKEditor integration for rich text editing

Getting Started

These instructions will help you set up the project on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.8 or higher
  • Flask
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Flask-Login
  • Flask-WTF
  • Flask-Bootstrap
  • Flask-CKEditor

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/flask-blog.git
cd flask-blog

  2. Create a virtual environment:

    python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

  3. Install the required packages:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  4. Set up the database:

    flask db init
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade

  5. Run the application:

    flask run

Configuration

Before running the application, make sure to configure your environment variables. Create a .env file in the root directory of your project with the following content:

FLASK_APP=main.py
FLASK_ENV=development
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=sqlite:///blog_posts.db