BlogWebApp

Overview

This project is aimed at building a blog using ASP.NET. Below are the key functionalities of the system:

Functionality Overview

Signup & Login

• Implemented using the Microsoft Identity solution.
• Signup requires: username, email, password, full name.
• Login requires email & password.

Users Area

• Admins have exclusive access.
• Admin Dashboard includes functionalities like listing users, deleting users, and changing user roles.
• User roles: Admin, Editor, Member.
• Admin seed account details: Username: admin, FullName: Admin, Password: admin1234.

Blog

• Index displays all posts with comments.
• Posts ordered by descending create date (latest created shows up first).
• Initially, only 5 latest posts are visible.
• "Next" and "Prev" buttons available when more than 5 posts.
• Buttons indicate the number of posts per page out of total posts.

• Editor Dashboard (visible only to logged-in editors) displays the editor's posts and provides a link to the "Add New Post" view.
• Editors can Create, Edit, & Delete Posts.

• Post requires: User, Created Date, Title, Description, Picture, and belongs to at least one category.
• Post Details View Page contains creator details and a delete button for editors.

• "Read-more" link for long descriptions.
• Categories added by seed and cannot be modified, deleted, or created by users.
• Categories: Nature, Sport, Politics, Economy, Art, Science, Entertainment, News, War, Showbiz.

• Members can comment on posts.
• Posts can have multiple comments.
• Comment includes only text and the User who created it.
• Comments cannot be deleted or edited (except when the Editor deletes the whole Post or the User who wrote the comment).
• Asynchronous calls (JQuery Ajax) used for adding comments without refreshing the page.
• Blog index has keyword filtering for posts.
• Post Categories Navigation: Provides buttons to filter posts by category.
• Download button for an Excel file: Rows are posts, and columns include Nr, Id, Date, Title, Description, Category, Full Name.

Specifications

• Developed using .NET 7 & MVC.
• Used Entity Framework Code First for database management.
• Front-end designed with Bootstrap (using Razor).