MyBLOG

Blog App using the Laravel framework.

Features:

1. Creating the Categories Admin Panel: List,View,Add,Delete Categories
2. Creating the Posts Admin Panel: List,View,Add,Edit,Delete Posts with attachment (any file extension). Images can be shown on webpage but other files can be downloaded to watch.
3. Add/list/delete comments related post
4. Displaying Posts By Category
5. Searching Posts
6. Security, User/Admin Authentication:
   • Only admin users can perform CRUD operation with Categories, Posts, Comments
   • Normal user can perform CRUD operation with Posts and Comments only
   • Normal user can not Edit/Delete other users posts
7. Pagination feature is available
8. MYSQL dump of the database named 'laravelblog.sql’ is provided.
9. Images will be stored in folder ‘public/images’ using laravel package ‘File Storage’

Prerequisites

• XAMPP (start MySQL, Apache service) • Phpmyadmin • Php laravel (Laravel Framework 5.4.35) • Text editor

Getting Started

Step 1: Download and add the folder inside ‘C:\xampp\htdocs’

Step 2: Open phpmyadmin http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php , create database ‘laravelblog’ and import database dump file ‘laravelblog.sql’ into it.

Step 3: Go to command prompt

c:\xampp\htdocs\laravelblog>php artisan serve

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to see the application in action.

Note: If you cannot see images (attachments) on webpage , then remove folder ‘storage’ from ‘app\public’ and then again link it using command as follows: ‘php artisan storage:link’

Home Page

Blog post list

Categories Admin Panel

Posts Admin Panel

View blog with comment functionality

Displaying Posts By Category