Blog Haven

Welcome to Blog Haven, your go-to platform for writing, publishing, and sharing blogs with a vibrant community. Express yourself, connect with others, and customize your profile to let people know you better.

Features

• Write and Publish Blogs: Share your stories, ideas, and insights with the world.
• Connect with Others: Discover and engage with a diverse community of writers and readers.
• Profile Customization: Personalize your profile to showcase your personality and interests.
• Engage with Content: Appreciate or add comments on blogs to sharegg your views and connect with authors.
• Performance: Get the number of views on your blog to estimate the reach it got

Get Started

1. Sign Up: Create an account to start writing and sharing your blogs.
2. Customize Your Profile: Make your profile uniquely yours with customizations.
3. Write and Publish: Share your thoughts and stories with the world.
4. Engage with the Community: Comment and appreciate other blogs to interact and connect.

Join Blog Haven today and be a part of a dynamic community of writers and readers!

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Technologies Used

1. Frontend:

   1. Styling: Tailwind
   2. Templating Enjine: EJS

2. Backend :

   1. Database: MongoDB
   2. Authentication: JWT
   3. Framework: Express

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Learning

1. Authentication: Implemented authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
2. Multer: Multer for handling image input from users
3. Encrypting Password: Used bcrypt for encrypting user passwords before storing them in the database
4. Sorting, Searching, and Insertion: Learned to implement these operations in MongoDB effectively

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Future Features:

1. Like: Want to add Like functionality for blogs and comments
2. Sorting: Want to provide functionality for sorting blogs and comments based on these likes
3. Session and Refresh Token: Want to use the concept of Session and Refresh token for keeping user authenticated for a long duration instead of extending the duration of cookies

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Contributing:

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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How to contribute:

Make sure you have Node.js and MongoDB installed on your device.

Install all dependencies listed in package.json

npm install

Create a .env file in your directory and add following variables

PORT = PORTofYourChoice
JWTSecretKey = "Any String"

In index.js replace URL in connectToMongoDB() function with the Connection URL of MongoDB on your device

connectToMongoDB("mongodb://localhost:27017/Blogging-App")