Solid_Blog

A simple Django blog with posts, accounts, static assets, and media uploads.

Built with Django. Repo includes accounts/, posts/, static/, and media/. There’s also a bloggg/ app that you can keep or rename to blog for clarity.

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Quickstart

1) Clone & set up environment

git clone https://github.com/eddipa/Solid_Blog.git
cd Solid_Blog
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install django django-environ whitenoise pillow

2) Settings split

Create config/ with base.py, dev.py, prod.py as in this README.
Set the default:

export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.dev

(Windows PowerShell: setx DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE "config.dev" then reopen the shell)

3) Environment variables

Create a .env file at project root:

SECRET_KEY=replace-this
DEBUG=True
ALLOWED_HOSTS=["localhost","127.0.0.1"]
TIME_ZONE=Europe/Berlin
# DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/dbname

4) Migrate & run

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py collectstatic --noinput  # safe to run; dev ignores STATIC_ROOT
python manage.py runserver

Visit: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

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Project structure (suggested)

Solid_Blog/
  accounts/
  posts/
  bloggg/            # consider renaming to 'blog'
  static/            # your CSS/JS/images (not collected)
  media/             # user uploads (keep out of git)
  config/
    __init__.py
    base.py
    dev.py
    prod.py
  templates/         # create and add base.html, etc.
  manage.py

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Development notes

• Static & media

  • STATIC_URL=/static/, STATICFILES_DIRS=["static"]
  • MEDIA_URL=/media/, MEDIA_ROOT=media/
  • In production, collectstatic gathers to staticfiles/ and WhiteNoise serves them.

• Apps

  • posts: your blog posts (add slug, status, published_at, featured_image)
  • accounts: auth/profile bits
  • bloggg: legacy or second blog app; you can merge into posts or rename to blog.

• Admin

  • Prepopulate slugs: prepopulated_fields={"slug": ("title",)}
  • Add list filters for status/date; search by title/body.

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Testing & linting (optional but recommended)

pip install pytest pytest-django ruff black isort
pytest
ruff check .
black --check .
isort --check-only .

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Deployment (quick sketch)

• Environment: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.prod, SECRET_KEY, ALLOWED_HOSTS, DATABASE_URL (Postgres recommended).
• Static: run collectstatic during build.
• WSGI: gunicorn config.wsgi:application.
• Reverse proxy: ensure X-Forwarded-Proto so SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT behaves.

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License

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