blogOurBlog

How It Starts & What You Can Expect

• I want to write easily and read anywhere.
• I want to change the styles of my pages anytime.
• I want to re-construct my pages freely.
• I want to get complete access control of my posts, and dynamic views with respect to the audiences.
• I want to get rid of ads.
• I want to ...

I want to have so many features, so I build my own website. And I also want to share it with anyone interested and improve it. Try the current version. A demo whose codes are completely the same as this repo.

If you do like static pages, my previous blog solution may be a good option.

The Reality

• Current Backend: Django 2.0.2 (Python 3.5)
• Current Frontend: hodgepodge =_=
• Current Editor: Editor.md
• Current Features:
  • User register and private space.
  • Edit and view of posts and files.
  • Enhanced markdown editor to write posts.
  • Authority control (user access control, password control) of posts and files.
  • Post list in the side bar.

TODO:

• A tutorial and summary of the previous works.
• New Blog model to host blogs.
  • Alternative styles.
  • Self-organized page lists.
• Better editor.
• New Comment model.
• Faster, faster, faster.
• Interactive games between users.

Let's just do it.

Getting Started

The Environment

These have been tested on ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04.

1. Get Python3: official install, apt-get install, or Anaconda
2. Install pip: download and python3 get-pip.py
3. Install django: pip3 install django==2.0.2
4. Modify the config file blogOurBlog/config.json:
   • Change the hosts according to your domain.
   • A complicated secret_key is suggested to replace the original one.
   • It's suggessted to turn off the debugging mode by set show_debug_info to false.
5. We suggest the next option to deploy the site. But if you insist to use Apache2:
   • apt-get install apache2 apache2-dev python3-dev libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
   • Add this to the end of /etc/apache2/envvars

       export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
       export LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
   

   • Add this to the begining of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

       Alias /static/ path-to-blogOurBlog/static/
       <Directory path-to-blogOurBlog/static>
       Require all granted
       </Directory>
       WSGIScriptAlias / path-to-blogOurBlog/src/core/wsgi.py
       WSGIPythonPath path-to-blogOurBlog/src/
       <Directory path-to-blogOurBlog/src/core/>
       <Files wsgi.py>
       Require all granted
       </Files>
       </Directory>
   

   • chmod -R 777 path-to-blogOurBlog/
   • service apache2 restart
6. An easier way to deploy the site. if you use ubuntu, we suggest you open a new screen to do these. Now, expose the site on port 80 (or any other port):

    $ cd path-to-blogOurBlog/src/ 
    $ python3 manage.py runserver 80

7. Use the browser to test whether you launched the site.
8. The original admin account is :
   • username: creator
   • password: blogOurBlog
   • It's the only account that can access the admin panel. Remember to change the password.

What Are The Files For

User Model

Post/File Model

The Editor

Else