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A personal Blog where users can subscribe, post and comment on articles posted.

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Blog

A personal Blog where users can subscribe, post and comment on articles posted.

Author

By Sarah Marion

Description

This is a web application that allows various users to submit a short pitch. Users can also be able to view other pitches from different categories (Pick-up Lines, Interview Pitches, Product Pitches, Promotion Pitches), comment and vote. For a user to do any of that, they need to have registered.

User Stories

As a user I would like:

  • to view the blog posts submitted
  • to comment on blog posts
  • to view the most recent posts
  • to be alerted when a new post is made by joining a subscription.
  • to sign in to the blog.
  • to create a blog from the application.
  • to delete comments that I find insulting or degrading.

How to use it

How it works

  • A user can sign up
  • A user can subscribe to receive email notifications
  • A user can also post comments and articles.

Technologies Used

  • Python3.6
  • Flask framework
  • Bootstrap and Css
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLAlchemy

Setup/Installation Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Internet access
  • git clone https://github.com/sarah-marion/Blog.git
  • cd Blog

To install a virtual environment

  • python3.6 -m venv virtual
  • source virtual/bin/activate

To install all dependencies

  • python3.6 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

To change the config_name parameter from 'production' to 'development'

  • Inside the manage.py module i.e:- app = create_app('production') should be app = create_app('development')
  • Then run python3.6 manage.py server to get the app running navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000/ and it will open in your browser

Dependancy Installments

  • pip install python3.6
  • pip install flask
  • pip install flask-bootstrap
  • pip install flask-script
  • pip install flask-wtf
  • pip install flask-migrate
  • pip install flask-login
  • pip install Flask-Mail
  • pip install flask-uploads

Specifications

  • To see the projects specifications refer to the SPECS.md file for more details.

Known Bugs

It does not have bugs.But if any problems should occur, email me at devsarahmarion@gmail.com

Support and Contact Details

You can reach out to me at devsarahmarion@gmail.com for Reviews, Advice, Collaborations and Comments

Licence

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Dev Sarah Marion

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.