BlogVerse

A modern, full-featured blog platform demo for personal portfolio purposes.

Author: Arian Karimi

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🚀 Project Overview

BlogVerse is a beautifully designed, modern blog platform built with Laravel. It showcases advanced UI/UX, dark mode, glassmorphism, and a professional feature set. This project was created as a demonstration for my personal portfolio.

✨ Features

• Modern dark theme with glassmorphism and gradients
• Home page with hero, stats, featured and latest posts
• Blog post listing and detailed post view
• User authentication (register, login, password reset, email verification)
• Commenting system
• Categories and tags
• Responsive design
• Animated UI elements
• Realistic demo content and images

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Laravel (PHP)
• Tailwind CSS
• Blade templates
• MySQL
• JavaScript (for interactivity)

⚡ Quick Start

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Retro-Zero/laravel-blog-platform.git
   cd laravel-blog-platform

2. Install dependencies:

   composer install
   npm install

3. Copy and edit your environment file:

   cp .env.example .env
   # Set your DB credentials and other settings

4. Generate app key:

   php artisan key:generate

5. Run migrations and seeders:

   php artisan migrate --seed

6. Build assets:

   npm run build

7. Serve the app:

   php artisan serve

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This project is for demonstration and portfolio purposes only. Not intended for production use.