ThoughtThrive Blog App is a full-featured blogging platform designed to provide a seamless experience for users to create, share, and interact with blog content. It aims to empower users with a friendly interface and provide a space for open communication and content sharing.

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Links
• Credits
• License

• User authentication for secure login and registration.
• CRUD operations for blog posts.
• Commenting system for user interaction.
• Responsive design for mobile/tablets and desktop devices.
• Integration with a backend server and database.

To install Blog App, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository: Use the git clone command followed by the repository URL.

2. Navigate to the project directory: Change directory to your cloned repository using the cd command.

3. Install dependencies: Run npm install to install all required dependencies for the project.

4. in the terminal log in to your DB mysql using this command mysql -u 'your user name ' -p in the promt type source schema.sql

5. Seeding data to database

• in the terminal type node seeds/index.js

• For demonstration purposes, the blog app includes users and passwords that are fictitious and created solely to showcase the application's features. Any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. To see these example accounts in action, copy and paste the provided user credentials into the LOG IN page of the blog app.

• Users: (passwords already hashed in db!)

• 1 | AliceTech | techlover123 |

• 2 | BobCoder | codeMaster456 |

6. Configure environment variables Create a .env file in the root directory and define next DB_NAME='blog_db' DB_USER='YUOR CODE HERE' DB_PASSWORD='YUOR CODE HERE' SESSION_SECRET='YUOR CODE HERE'

7. Start the server Execute npm start to fire up the server. You can then access the app on your browser through the local server address provided by the output, typically http://localhost:3001.

To use My Blog App

1. Sign Up for an account or log in.
2. Navigate to the "Profile" section to add new blog content.
3. Browse through existing posts on the mydashboard page.
4. Leave comments on posts to engage with the community.
5. Manage delete/update your posts through your user 'mydashboard' page.

• This is the link of my GitHub repository
• Link to the Heroku Heroku
• The following screenshot of the app home page
• The following screenshot of the app login page
• The following screenshot of the app show profile page
• The following screenshot of the app show mydashboard (comments) page
• The following screenshot of the app show mydashboard created test post added comments

• Link of UNB course section NodeJs UNB
• Link of documentation Express.js
• Link of Heroku Heroku
• Link of NPM NPM

Copyright (c) 2023 Kirill Lazutin

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