Drywall

A website and user system for Node.js. What you create with Drywall is more important than Drywall. See a bird's eye view.

Technology

On The Server	On The Client	Development
Express	Bootstrap	Grunt
Jade	Backbone.js	Bower
Mongoose	jQuery
Passport	Underscore.js
Async	Font-Awesome
EmailJS	Moment.js

Live Demos

Platform	Username	Password
https://drywall.herokuapp.com/	root	h3r00t
https://drywall.nodejitsu.com/	root	j1ts00t

Note: The live demos have been modified so you cannot change the root user, the root user's linked Administrator role or the root Admin Group. This was done in order to keep the app ready to test at all times.

Requirements

You need Node.js and MongoDB installed and running.

We use Grunt as our task runner. Get the CLI (command line interface).

$ npm install grunt-cli -g

We use Bower as our front-end package manager. Get the CLI (command line interface).

$ npm install bower -g

We use bcrypt for hashing secrets. If you have issues during installation related to bcrypt then refer to this wiki page.

Installation

$ git clone git@github.com:jedireza/drywall.git && cd ./drywall
$ npm install && bower install
$ mv ./config.example.js ./config.js #set mongodb and email credentials
$ grunt

Setup

You need a few records in the database to start using the user system.

Run these commands on mongo. Obviously you should use your email address.

use drywall; //your mongo db name

db.admingroups.insert({ _id: 'root', name: 'Root' });
db.admins.insert({ name: {first: 'Root', last: 'Admin', full: 'Root Admin'}, groups: ['root'] });
var rootAdmin = db.admins.findOne();
db.users.save({ username: 'root', isActive: 'yes', email: 'your@email.addy', roles: {admin: rootAdmin._id} });
var rootUser = db.users.findOne();
rootAdmin.user = { id: rootUser._id, name: rootUser.username };
db.admins.save(rootAdmin);

Now just use the reset password feature to set a password.

• http://localhost:3000/login/forgot/
• Submit your email address and wait a second.
• Go check your email and get the reset link.
• http://localhost:3000/login/reset/:email/:token/
• Set a new password.

Login. Customize. Enjoy.

Philosophy

• Create a website and user system.
• Write code in a simple and consistent way.
• Only create minor utilities or plugins to avoid repetitiveness.
• Find and use good tools.
• Use tools in their native/default behavior.

Features

• Basic front end web pages.
• Contact page has form to email.
• Login system with forgot password and reset password.
• Signup and Login with Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, Google and Tumblr.
• Optional email verification during signup flow.
• User system with separate account and admin roles.
• Admin groups with shared permission settings.
• Administrator level permissions that override group permissions.
• Global admin quick search component.

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Make sure your code passes grunt lint without error.

If you're changing something non-trivial or user-facing, you may want to submit an issue first.

License

MIT