Blog Application

A full-stack blog application that allows users to create, read, update and delete blog posts with image upload functionality.

🚀 Live Demos

• Render Deployment
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✨ Features

User Features

• User registration and authentication
• Create personal profile
• View all blog posts
• Read individual blog posts
• Comment on blog posts
• Like/unlike blog posts

Admin Features

• Dashboard overview
• Manage all blog posts
• Moderate user comments
• User management
• Content moderation
• Analytics tracking

💻 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + Vite
• Backend: Node.js/Express
• Database: MongoDB
• Image Upload: Multer
• Authentication: JWT

🛠️ Local Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/blog-app.git

cd client && npm install

cd server && npm install

2. Create .env file in root directory

PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

3.Run the client and server, then view the application at http://localhost:5000

cd client && npm run dev

cd server && npm run dev