Philosophy

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
4. Roadmap
5. Contributing
6. License
7. Contact
8. Acknowledgments

About The Project

Philosophy is a blogger originally made with PHP, and now remade with Laravel and with nicer UI.

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Built With

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Prerequisites

• npm
• XAMPP v3 - or any version with PHP 8.
• MySql Server - you could use the one embedded with XAMPP.
• PhpMyAdmin "Optional" - can be used to make db management easier, alse embedded with XAMPP.

Installation

1. Make sure you installed all prerequisites

2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/LondonBoy619/Philosophy-Blogger.git

3. Install NPM packages

   npm install

4. Launch XAMPP and start Apache and MySql servers

5. Enter your DB details in .env

    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_PORT=3306
    DB_DATABASE=*Database name in MySql*
    DB_USERNAME=*Database username in MySql*
    DB_PASSWORD=*Database password*

6. Run migrations and factories

   php artisan migrate

6.5 Run factories for seeding users and posts table "Optional" php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

7. Run the following SQL on your database to insert 'cats' table info

   INSERT INTO `cats` (`id`, `name`, `slug`, 
   `created_at`, `updated_at`) VALUES
   (1, 'Texts', 'texts', NULL, NULL),
   (2, 'Physical Health', 'physical-health', NULL, NULL),
   (3, 'Podcasts', 'podcasts', NULL, NULL),
   (4, 'Tech', 'tech', NULL, NULL);

8. Serve the app

   php artisan serve

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Roadmap

• [Done] Create a functional posts system (CRUD)
• [Done] Create a functional users system (CRUD, management)
• [Upcoming] Create dashboards
  • [Upcoming] Admin dashboard
  • [Upcoming] Author dashboard
• [Upcoming] Easy post reviewing system w/Telegram bot

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/Feature name)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some Feature name')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/Feature name)
5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Distributed under the MIT License.

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Contact

Mohammed Jamal - @LinkedIn - london619boy@gmail.com

Project Link: https://github.com/LondonBoy619/Philosophy-Blogger

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