Django Blog

This is a blog with a Django backend.This data-driven website has a dynamic setup.This means that the user can create, display, update and search blog articles.

The website is fitted for mobile, tablet and desktop (fully responsive).

Features

Existing Features are:

• Homepage with a navigation bar, search bar and list view of articles.
• Register page, so a new user can create an account.
• Login/Logout page, a clear and simpel page that will login a user.
• Ability to reset password.
• Search capability. A user can search for a blog article basing on a keyword that matches related blog title or blog content.
• Pagination of homepage.

Features Left to Implement

• Switching to use Postgres Database
• Email Notifications when new posts are added.
• Creating comment section in blog posts.
• Capability to login using social media or gmail account.
• Testing

Technologies Used

In this section all of the languages, frameworks, libraries, and other tools that have been used are mentioned.

• HTML 5
  The website uses HTML5 as a fundamental basis for building the website.

• CSS3
  The website uses CSS3 with regard to the styling of all elements within the website. For this a separate layout has been created within the page structure. CSS is used for all content, including: images, layout of color and background, etc.

• Bootstrap 5
  The open-source Bootstrap framework has been used to implement some basic templates for forms, buttons and navigation. Bootstrap has also been used to stand with a responsive design of the web page.

• GitHub
  GitHub has been used for version control of the code by using Git. During the realization of the project, Git was daily used.

• JavaScript
  Javascript has been used to use the event handling functionality's on specific buttons.

• Fontawesome
  Fontawesome as a toolkit has been used to the UX/UI, especialy for icon styling.

• Python / Django
  An important aspect of this project is the dynamic generation, modification and adaptation of data. This is made possible by different routes between pages and data.

• Sqlite Database
  Currently using this lightweight database for development.