This is a simple blog web application built using Flask, a lightweight web framework in Python.
- User authentication (register, login, logout)
- Create, edit, and delete blog posts
- View blog posts by category or author
- Responsive design using Bootstrap
- Python
- Flask
- SQLAlchemy (for database ORM)
- HTML/CSS (Bootstrap for styling)
- SQLite (or other relational database)
- WTForms (for form validation)
- Flask-Bcrypt (for password hashing)
- Flask-Login (for user session management)
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/MineNique/flask-blog.git
cd flask-blog
Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Set up environment variables (create a .env file in the root directory):
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=sqlite:///site.db
Initialize the database and run the application:
flask db init
flask db migrate -m "Initial migration"
flask db upgrade
flask run
Visit http://localhost:5000 in your web browser to view the Flask blog application.
- Register a new user account.
- Log in with your registered account.
- Create, edit, or delete blog posts.
- Browse blog posts by category or author.
Contributions are welcome! Please fork this repository and submit a pull request with your changes.
- Fork the repository (https://github.com/MineNique/flask-blog.git)
- Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
- Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add your feature')
- Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)
- Open a new pull request
This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.