https://github.com/gregolive/blog-platform

A platform for creating and managing a blog.
https://github.com/gregolive/blog-platform

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A platform for creating and managing a blog.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gregolive/blog-platform
• Owner: gregolive
• Created: 2022-04-26T02:45:56.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-18T15:15:09.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-25T07:27:38.385Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: frontend, javascript, react
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://gregolive.github.io/blog-platform/
• Size: 2.63 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# bitblog

A platform for creating and managing a blog.

[Live demo](https://gregolive.github.io/blog-platform/) 👈

[Backend repo](https://github.com/gregolive/blog-api) 🔗

## Features

- A MERN stack app (React frontend, Express/Node backend, and MongoDB database)

- CRUD operations for users, blog posts and comments enabled by the RESTful API backend

- Additional API calls avaliable for more specific actions (ie. GET the posts of a specific user only)

- Rich text editor for creating posts via the TincyMCE API

- Users authenticated in the backend with PassportJS via a local strategy and a JWT stored in LocalStorage ensures the user remains authenticated as they navigate the site

- Password are hashed and salted with bcrypt for secure storage

- Front end routing via React Router

- Form validation via Javascript's Constraint validation API

## Attribution

- Logo/favicon created by [Vintage icons - Flaticon](https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/vintage)

- Doodles created by [Open Doodles](https://www.opendoodles.com/)

## Screenshots

#### Homepage