Django Blog Application (Ready-made)

This is a ready-made Django + DRF blog application scaffold with JWT auth, MySQL-ready settings, CKEditor placeholders, and a simple responsive frontend using Django templates and AJAX "Load More".

Features

• JWT authentication (djangorestframework-simplejwt) for API.
• BlogPost model with title, content (rich text), author, timestamp, status (draft/published).
• DRF API endpoints for CRUD with permission checks (only authors can edit/delete their posts).
• Pagination (10 posts per page) on the API.
• Django templates for listing and reading posts, with a "Load More" button that loads posts via AJAX.
• Admin customizations for BlogPost and User.
• Requirements file included.
• README with setup steps and placeholders for MySQL credentials (update before migrate).

What you need to do

1. Install Python (3.10+ recommended) and create a virtualenv.
2. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Update blog_project/settings.py DATABASES section with your MySQL credentials.
4. Run migrations: python manage.py migrate
5. Create superuser: python manage.py createsuperuser
6. Run server: python manage.py runserver
7. Push to GitHub and deploy to your preferred cloud platform (e.g., Heroku, Railway, Render, etc.).

Notes

• CKEditor is set up in INSTALLED_APPS and forms but requires pip install django-ckeditor and static setup.
• JWT endpoints use simplejwt; configure token lifetime in settings if needed.
• A .env mechanism is recommended for production database credentials and SECRET_KEY management.