Demo

BlogPlanet_Demo.mp4

Features

1. View blogs

2. Authors can edit their blog

3. Filter blogs by genre

4. Dashboard with insights for top writers and genres

5. Manage users from the dashboard

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Following are the steps to start the project in Development Mode

Clone the repository on your local machine and make sure you have node and npm installed. If not you can follow the instructions here

Starting the backend server

1. Open a terminal window and switch to the cloned repository cd > blogplanet

2. Execute npm install

3. The dependencies required for the backend will get installed by this command

4. Now you are ready to start the server

5. Execute npm start

6. The server should be up and running at localhost:5000

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Starting the frontend client

1. Open a new terminal window and switch to the client folder cd > blogplanet > client

2. Execute npm install to install the dependecies as we did earlier

3. Just one more step and you will be ready to start and play with the frontend

4. Execute npm start

5. Your browser window will launch automatically and the site should be hosted at localhost:3000 or any other port if it is busy.

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