Originally launched in 2014, craftedin was a social network for developers created as a side project in order to learn web development. It was a well-loved website home to a small community of developers for several years until it was eventually shut down in 2019.
The code from this project is now open source, and I would love to see it developed further. Please bear in mind the codebase is relatively old, and therefore security vulnerabilities will be present.
This remains a part-time project for me. Pull requests are welcome and encouraged, but it may take a few days for me to respond.
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Web Server To get started, you will need to place the code into the root directory of a web server. You can either purchase web hosting to do this, or create a web server on your computer using XAMPP on Windows or MAMP on macOS.
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Database The SQL required to create the database structure is included in the root directory, and is named
database.sql. Guides for how to add a MySQL database on your server can be found online. -
Configuration Next, you will need to configure the website for your system. In the file
app/init.php, modify the database credentials to match yours, as well as the URL definitions, and Stripe details if necessary/applicable. -
Install Dependencies Finally, you will need to install the project's dependencies using a package manager called Composer. You will first need to install Composer on your system (follow the getting started guide), and then inside the project directory run:
composer installYou should then be ready to go! Head over to http://localhost (or URL of your web server) in a web browser.
Copyright © 2019 James Grimshaw. Licenced under the MIT licence.