Tweetor

Tweetor is a social media website built using Flask, SQLite, and Jinja templates. It allows users to sign up, log in, post Flits, view user profiles, and interact with Flits.

Features

• User sign up and login functionality
• Posting and viewing Flits
• User profile pages
• Formatting Flits with bold, italic, and underline text
• Logout functionality

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or higher
• Flask 2.0 or higher
• SQLite (included with Python)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository_url>

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd Tweetor

3. Create a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv

4. Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

5. Install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Run the application:

python app.py

7. Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:5000 to access Tweetor.

To-Do List

• [x] Search functionality to find users and Flits
• [x] Direct Messages (DMs) functionality
• [ ] Following functionality
• [ ] Implement an algorithm for personalized Flit recommendations (similar to Twitter's algorithm)
• [ ] Add user profile picture upload functionality
• [ ] Enhance the design and styling of the application
• [ ] Implement reFlits and likes functionality
• [ ] Integrate real-time updates using WebSocket (e.g., new Flits, notifications)
• [x] Implement pagination for Flits on the home page and user profiles
• [ ] Implement trending topics and hashtags
• [x] Add user settings and account management features
• [ ] Implement user authentication using OAuth (e.g., Google, Facebook, Twitter)
• [ ] Add support for multimedia content (images, videos) in Flits
• [ ] Implement user mentions and notifications
• [ ] Implement hashtag autocompletion and suggestions
• [x] Improve security (e.g., password hashing, CSRF protection)
• [ ] Implement email notifications for important events (e.g., new followers, mentions)
• [ ] Perform code optimization and refactoring for better performance and maintainability x

  Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.