This is a demo personal blog. I used it to learn how to create a simple flask website from scratch, where I took a note all the projects I was learning by building. It served as a starting point for my learning journey. I now have my official personal website.
Here is the full design of the blog. I used Figma for prototyping and regular reference during its development.
- Anonymous user can post comments (even multiple times using the same credentials)
- Realtime Date and Time
- Payment Integration
- Live Language Translation
- Consultation Scheduling
- Database Management
- Markdown Form Editing
- Link Popups
- Comment Moderation
- Two-factor authentication for Admin
- Calendly for Scheduling
- Microsoft Language Translator
- Flask Framework
- Twitter Bootstrap for Cross-browser Responsiveness
- Python3 for Programming
- SQLite for Local Development
- Stripe For Payment
- Moment JS for Realtime Date and Time
- Gravatar for User Comments
- Google reCaptcha for Extra Form Security
- JQuery for Mobile Responsiveness
- Ngrok for Localhost Testing
- Flask PageDown for form editing
- Twilio Verify
- Gitau Harrison Blog on Heroku
- Demo Personal Blog - Render
To test the project out, you can clone this repo to your local machine:
$ git clone git@github.com:GitauHarrison/my-blog.gitCreate and activate your virtual environment before running it:
$ workon gitauharrison-portfolio # I am using a virtualenv wrapperInstall all used dependancies:
(gitauharrison-portfolio)$ pip3 install -r requirements.txtRun the application:
$ flask runOnce your application is running, you can access your localhost on http://127.0.0.1:5000/. Additionally, if you look carefully in your terminal, you will see * Tunnel URL: NgrokTunnel: "http://4209c9af6d43.ngrok.io" -> "http://localhost:5000"
The HTTP value may be different from the one shown here because I am using the free tier package of ngrok. Paste the link http://4209c9af6d43.ngrok.io on another device, say your mobile phone, to test the application while it is on localhost.
A personal blog side project sounds like a great idea. If you would like to learn how you can build your own blog from scratch using Python and Flask, something like the one here, look here.
