Beyond-Classroom

Beyond the lecture hall..... This is a personal blog website built using the MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) stack for the students of IIT Jodhpur. The website allows students to create their own blog and share their thoughts, ideas, and experiences with the community.

Features

• User authentication and authorization
• CRUD functionality for blog posts
• Comment system for posts
• Responsive design
• Admin panel for managing website content

Getting Started

1. To get started with this project, you will need to clone the repository to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/<username>/iit-jodhpur-personal-blog.git

2. Once you have the repository on your machine, you can start by installing the dependencies by running the following command:

npm install

3. Start the development server

   npm start

4. will also need to set up a MongoDB database and add the connection string to the .env file in the root directory of the project.

5. Visit http://localhost:3000 to view the website

Built With

• MongoDB
• Express.js
• React.js
• Node.js

What's been done

• [x] Student can create their own personal blog and share their thoughts, ideas, and experiences with the community
• [x] Student can create, edit and delete their post
• [x] Student can add, delete and update their profile
• [x] Authentication system to make sure only authorized student can access
• [x] User-friendly interface
• [x] Responsive design, compatible with different screen sizes
• [x] Ability to search and filter posts by title and content
• [x] Ability to add comments and reply to other comments

To-Do

• [ ] Social media sharing functionality
• [ ] Option to notify the admin of any inappropriate content
• [ ] Admin panel to manage the posts and users
• [ ] Option to add categories to posts
• [ ] Option to view the most popular posts
• [ ] Option to view the recent posts
• [ ] Option to view the top authors

Deployment

Currently the website is deployed on render. To visit the website, click here