https://github.com/goyam02/flask_blog
Flask_Blog is a web application built using Flask, a lightweight web framework in Python. It is designed for users to create, edit, and share blog posts seamlessly.
https://github.com/goyam02/flask_blog
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Flask_Blog is a web application built using Flask, a lightweight web framework in Python. It is designed for users to create, edit, and share blog posts seamlessly.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/goyam02/flask_blog
- Owner: Goyam02
- Created: 2025-01-26T06:49:29.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-05T17:32:33.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-05T18:47:23.406Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: blog, bootstrap, css, database, flask, form, forms, html, javascript, post, python, sqlalchemy, sqlalchemy-python, templates, user-authentication, virtualenv
- Language: HTML
- Homepage:
- Size: 22.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# 📝 Flask Blog
A full-featured blogging application built with Flask, featuring user authentication, password reset, profile management, pagination, and CRUD functionality for blog posts.
# 🚀 Features
✅ User Authentication (Register, Login, Logout)
✅ Profile Management (Update profile picture & username)
✅ Password Reset via Email
✅ CRUD for Blog Posts (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
✅ Pagination for Posts
✅ User-Specific Post Feed
✅ Secure Password Hashing with Bcrypt
✅ Flask-Mail for Email Notifications
# 📂 Project Structure
```
Flask_Blog/
│── flaskblog/
│ ├── __init__.py # Initialize Flask app & extensions
│ ├── routes.py # App routes (login, register, posts, etc.)
│ ├── models.py # Database models (User, Post)
│ ├── forms.py # Flask-WTF forms for authentication & posts
│ ├── static/ # Static assets (CSS, images)
│ ├── templates/ # HTML templates
│ ├── layout.html # Main template structure
│ ├── login.html # User login page
│ ├── register.html # User registration page
│ ├── post.html # Individual post page
│ ├── user_post.html # Posts by a specific user
│ ├── reset_request.html # Request password reset page
│ ├── reset_token.html # Reset password page
│ ├── about.html # About page
│ ├── account.html # User profile page (edit details & change profile picture)
│ ├── create_post.html # Page to create a new blog post
│ ├── home.html # Home page displaying blog posts
│ ├── main.html # Base template extended by other templates
│
│ ├── site.db # SQLite database (ignored in .gitignore)
│── config.py # Application configuration (environment variables)
│── run.py # Entry point for running the app
│── requirements.txt # Dependencies
│── screenshots/ # ✅ Screenshots folder for README
│ ├── account.png
│ ├── login.png
│ ├── register.png
│ ├── home.png
│── .gitignore # Prevents sensitive files from being committed
│── README.md # Project documentation
```
# ⚡ Installation & Setup
1️⃣ Clone the Repository
``` bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Flask_Blog.git
cd Flask_Blog
```
2️⃣ Create a Virtual Environment
```bash
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate # On Windows
```
3️⃣ Install Dependencies
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
4️⃣ Set Up Environment Variables
```bash
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
EMAIL_USER=your-email@gmail.com
EMAIL_PASS=your-email-app-password
```
Or set them manually:
```bash
export SECRET_KEY="your-secret-key"
export EMAIL_USER="your-email@gmail.com"
export EMAIL_PASS="your-email-app-password"
```
5️⃣ Initialize the Database
```bash
flask db init
flask db migrate -m "Initial migration"
flask db upgrade
```
6️⃣ Run the Application
```bash
python run.py
```
# 📸 Screenshots
### 🔹 Login Page
### 🔹 Register Page
### 🔹 Home Page
### 🔹 Account Page
# 🔧 Technologies Used
• Flask (Backend Framework)
• Flask-SQLAlchemy (ORM for Database)
• Flask-WTF (Forms & Validation)
• Flask-Mail (Sending Emails)
• Flask-Login (User Authentication)
• Bcrypt (Password Hashing)
• SQLite (Database)
• Bootstrap (Frontend Styling)
# 🛠 Future Improvements
🔹 Add a comment system
🔹 Implement a like/upvote feature for posts
🔹 Improve UI with a modern CSS framework
🔹 Enable image uploads for posts
# 📜 License
This project is licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/Goyam02/Flask_Blog/blob/master/LICENSE). You are free to use and modify it as per your needs.
# ⭐ Contributing
1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Added new feature")
4. Push to GitHub (git push origin feature-branch)
5. Open a Pull Request 🎉
# 📬 Contact
👤 Goyam Jain
📧 goyamjain02@gmail.com
🔗 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/goyam02)
# 🌟 If you found this project useful, don’t forget to give it a star! ⭐