Blog Template using EJS

This is an application that serves as a blog template for potential blog creators. Perfect, if you want to create a blog yourself but not from scratch. Best for developers.

The application is built with Node.js, Express.js, EJS, Lodash, MongoDB & Mongoose. The said technologies were used for reasons such as speed, efficiency and readability since most developers have a working knowlegde of JavaScript. The database enables the information on the blog to continuously be available until deleted.

Installation

• Clone repository with the command git clone <url>

$ git clone https://github.com/efecollins/blog-template-ejs.git

• Run npm i in your terminal to install node_modules and all dependencies in package.json

$ npm i

• Run nodemon in your terminal if installed to start the node server and watch for changes in app.js

$ nodemon

• Or run node app.js to start the server if nodemon is not installed

$ node app.js

• The following message should be logged to your console signifying success.

Server started on port 3000

• To use MongoDB with Mongoose locally, do this:

mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/blogDB", {useNewUrlParser: true});

More Info

• To compose a new post enter localhost:3000/compose in your web browser's search bar.

• To compose a new post in the live site visit https://cerise-seahorse-vest.cyclic.app/compose

• Only technical articles are allowed on the live site.