Django-React-Blog

This is a "Blogging Platform" which gives all general features a blog should have.

The backend is completely build on Django using Django Rest Framework, while the frontend is completed using ReactJS.

Features

• Login/Registration
• Minimal Design
• Create/Edit/Delete Your Posts
• User Profile
• Comment Enable On Post Using disqus
• Comment Count On Post
• Live Search Blog
• Filter Blog By Author By Click on Author Name
• Admin Panel
  • Create/View/Edit/Delete A User
  • Pagination on All blog list and Live search
  • Create/View/Edit/Delete A Post By Any User
  • View/Reply All Comments In The Blog
  • View/Edit/Delete All Newsletter In The Blog
  • View/Reply All Comments To A Specific Post
  • Publish/Unpublish A Post

Backend Setup

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/codyle50/react-django-blog.git.
2. Change the current directory to backend folder: cd ./react-django-blog/backend/adminapi/.
3. Create a virutal environment and install all backend dependencies with pipenv: pipenv install.
4. Start the virtual environment: pipenv shell.
5. Change the working directory to adminapi which contains the manage.py file: cd ./adminapi.
6. Run python manage.py makemigrations.
7. Run python manage.py migrate.
8. Create a superuser: python manage.py createsuperuser
9. Run the server: python manage.py runserver.

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate the current working directory to landing: cd ./react-django-blog/frontend/blog_frontend/.
2. Install the all frontend dependencies using npm: npm install.
3. Run the server: npm start.

Creating The First Post

1. Make sure that both Backend and Frontend Servers are running.
2. Open your browser and navigate to localhost:3000.
3. Go To http://localhost:3000/login/.
4. Go To Signup page if you are not registered http://localhost:3000/signup/.
5. Login with the superuser credentials created while setting up the Backend (Step: 8)
6. Navigate To Dashboard -> Your all New Post (http://localhost:3000/user/dashboard/create-new-post).
7. Navigate To Dashboard -> create New Post (http://localhost:3000/user/addblog/).
8. Fill the form to create a new post and then Submit it.
9. The submitted post will not appear on the homescreen unless and until the admin approves it.
10. To approve the post, go to Dashboard -> Admin Panel -> View All Posts and then click on Edit Button.
11. Check the checkbox labelled Verified and then submit.
12. After the post gets published, it will be displayed on the homepage of the blog (localhost:3000).
13. Note: Once the post gets published, the user can only edit the post from the Dashboard, however, the admin still can edit/delete the post from the Admin Panel

Backend API Documentation

API Documentation is generated using the default tool provided by Django Rest Framework.

View The API documentation

1. Make sure that the Backend Server is running.