Ellora

Overview

Ellora is a Node.js based blog application that let's people log their day-to-day activities. This project is still undergoing development and we're in the alpha stage now.

Features

• Make a post
• Delete a post
• Edit a post

Goals

• Short-term

  • Login/Signup functionalities.
  • Modify replies.
  • Edited tags for edited contents. (special tags for admin edits)
  • Invitations.
  • Real-time updates for the reply count tag.
  • Media support in posts.
  • Hosting the site.

• Long-term

  • UI overhaul.
  • Mobile app.
  • AI integration.
  • SOmething a lot cooler..

Looks

HomePage

Feed

Make a new post

Reply to a post

Modify a post

Edit a post

Installation

Requirements

• npm
• nodemon
• ejs
• express
• method-override
• mongoose

Follow these steps to locally host Ellora in your network

git clone https://github.com/dawn-boy/sites
npm install
nodemon

Project Structure

Ellora
│   index.js                # Entry point for the app. Defined all the routes here
│   package.json            # Requirements
│
└───node_modules/           # project modules
│
└───public/                 # .css and .js files
│   └───css/
│   │   │   *.css
|   └───js/
│   │   │   *.js
|
└───views/                  # .ejs files
│    │   home.ejs               # home page     (root route)
│    │   index.ejs              # feed page     (index route)
│    │   post.ejs               # create page   (create route)
│    │   edit.ejs               # edit page     (update route)
│    │   show.ejs               # post page     (show route)
│    │   reply.ejs              # reply page    (reply route)
│    │
│    └───partials/          # recurring ejs codes are referenced from here
│    │   │   head.ejs           # linking css files
│    │   │   navbar.ejs         # Ellora head tab
│    │   │   foot.ejs           # footer tabs