BlogApp 📝

A modern, premium multi-user blog platform built with Laravel, Blade, and Tailwind CSS.

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🌟 Why Use BlogApp?

BlogApp isn't just another CRUD application. It's a polished, publication-ready platform designed for both writers and readers.

• 🎨 Premium UI/UX Design: Built with a focus on aesthetics, featuring glassmorphism, animated gradients, smooth transitions, and a clean typography hierarchy that feels modern and professional.
• ⚡ Full-Stack Functionality: Everything you need is built-in. From authentication to comments, category management to author profiles—no extra plugins required.
• 🛠️ Developer Friendly: Written in clean, modern Laravel (v11+) with standard practices, making it easy to extend, customize, and deploy.
• 📱 Responsive First: A mobile-optimized experience ensuring your content looks stunning on desktops, tablets, and phones alike.

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🔥 Main Features

✍️ Advanced Content Management

• Rich Blog Creation: Create and edit blogs with a clean interface.
• Draft System: Work on your ideas in private with "Draft" status before going "Live".
• Media Support: Drag-and-drop featured image uploads with instant previews.
• Smart Extracts: Auto-generated excerpts for your blog listings.

🗂️ Powerful Organization

• Categories System: Color-coded categories (e.g., Technology, Lifestyle) for easy navigation.
• Tagging Engine: Add and manage multiple tags per post for granular filtering.
• Smart Filtering: Filter content by Category, Tag, or Author with dedicated route pages.
• Global Search: Find any article instantly with the built-in search bar.

💬 Community & Engagement

• Threaded Comments: Deep nesting support for discussions with reply functionality.
• Author Profiles: Beautiful public profile pages for every author showing their stats and article history.
• Social Features: Read time estimates and "New" / "Updated" badges.

📊 Dashboard & Analytics

• Personal Dashboard: At-a-glance view of your Total Blogs, Published posts, and Drafts.
• Publish Rate: visual progress bar tracking your writing consistency.
• Quick Actions: One-click access to create, manage, or edit your profile.
• Status Indicators: Visual pulse indicators for live vs. draft content.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Composer
• Node.js & npm
• PostgreSQL

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd BlogApp/backend

2. Install PHP dependencies

   composer install

3. Install Node dependencies

   npm install

4. Configure environment

   cp .env.example .env
   php artisan key:generate

5. Update .env with your database credentials

   DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
   DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
   DB_PORT=5432
   DB_DATABASE=blogapp_db
   DB_USERNAME=your_username
   DB_PASSWORD=your_password

6. Run migrations

   php artisan migrate

7. Create storage link

   php artisan storage:link

8. Build assets

   npm run build

9. Start development server

   php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000 in your browser! 🎉

💻 Development

For development with hot reload:

# Terminal 1 - Laravel server
php artisan serve

# Terminal 2 - Vite dev server
npm run dev

🎨 Tech Stack

• Backend: Laravel 12.x
• Frontend: Blade Templates + Tailwind CSS
• Authentication: Laravel Breeze
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Build Tool: Vite
• Icons: Heroicons (inline SVG)

📄 License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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Built with ❤️ by imSubhro.