Blast from the Past

By Sarah Leahy and Michaela Davis 5.12.17

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Description

This website was created using Drupal 8, a PHP framework. It contains two custom modules: Ajax View and Surprise Me. Ajax View is an Ajax enabled view that allows the user to sort articles by tags.

Prerequisites

You will need the following things properly installed on your computer:

Git v2
MAMP v4

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Michaela-Davis/drupal_cassette-store.git
cd drupal_cassette-store

Click on Preferences in your MAMP window and set your document root to the top level of your repository.

Import the Database

Open phpMyAdmin and click on the "Import" tab.
- Leave all the default settings and make sure the character set is "utf-8".
- Now click on the "Choose File" button next to "Browse your computer" and select the .sql.zip file included in the sites/db-backup folder. It's okay to leave it zipped.
- Click the "Go" button on the bottom left.
Create the Database User
- After importing the .sql.zip file, select the "Privileges" tab and click on "Add User".
- Use the username admin and password admin
After importing the database, if you have any trouble logging in with your Site Maintenance account, clear your browser's cookies by clearing the browser history.

Running / Development

Visit Blast from the Past at http://localhost:8888.
Use the username admin and password admin to login to the Blast from the Past site

Technologies used

Drupal 8
MAMP 4
Glassdoor API - go to /suprise to see the results
Weather Underground API - go to /weather to see the results.

License

MIT license