📝Blog Website

A full-stack blogging platform built with React, .NET Core, and SQL Server.

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication: Secure login and registration system
• Post Management: Create, edit, and delete blog posts
• Rich Text Editing: Markdown and WYSIWYG editor support
• Image Upload: Post images with Cloudinary integration
• User Profiles: Customizable user profiles with avatar support
• Like System: Interactive post likes and engagement tracking
• Responsive Design: Works on desktop and mobile devices

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• Vite
• Redux (State Management)
• React Router (Navigation)
• TinyMCE (Rich Text Editor)

Backend

• ASP.NET Core
• Entity Framework Core
• SQL Server
• JWT Authentication
• Cloudinary (Image Storage)

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📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16+)
• .NET 8.0
• SQL Server
• Cloudinary account

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⚙️ Installation

🔧 Backend Setup

git clone https://github.com/kushAheer/Blog-Webiste.git
cd Blog-Webiste/Backend

Create an appsettings.json file with the following structure:

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=YOUR_SERVER;Database=BlogWeb;Trusted_Connection=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
  },
  "Jwt": {
    "Key": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
    "Issuer": "YourAppIssuer",
    "Audience": "YourAppAudience",
    "DurationInMinutes": 60
  },
  "Cloudinary": {
    "CloudName": "YOUR_CLOUD_NAME",
    "ApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "ApiSecret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"
  }
}

Run the following commands to apply migrations and create tables:

dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate
dotnet ef database update

Run the backend:

dotnet run

Make sure dotnet-ef is installed globally. If not, install it using:
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef

💻 Frontend Setup

cd ../Frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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🖥️ Development

• Backend API: https://localhost:7098
• Frontend Dev Server: http://localhost:3000
• API proxying is configured in Vite for seamless integration

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🚢 Deployment

Build Frontend

This will generate the production-ready frontend in the wwwroot directory.

Deploy Backend

Deploy the ASP.NET Core application to your preferred hosting platform (Azure, AWS, etc.).

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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👨‍💻 Contributors

• Kush Aheer

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🙏 Acknowledgements

• TinyMCE for rich text editing
• Cloudinary for image management
• Bootstrap for UI styling

Feel free to contribute by submitting issues or pull requests!