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+The Informed Artist
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+## Table of contents
+--------------------
+* [General info](#general-info)
+* [Developed by](#developed-by)
+* [Technologies](#technologies)
+* [Setup](#setup)
+* [Testing](#testing)
+* [Features](#features)
+
+## General info
+--------------------
+This project was created as an exercise practicing creating a site using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) directory organization
+and its respective npm packages.
+
+## Developed by:
+* [Roxanna Vaught-Mijares](https://github.com/roxyvaught)
+* [Nicholas Kosik](https://github.com/Thor40)
+* [Michael Silva](https://github.com/Silvam2017)
+* [Andrea Ballew](https://github.com/andytheelf)
+
+
+## Technologies
+--------------------
+Project is created with:
+* bcrypt: ^5.0.0
+* connect-session-sequelize: ^7.0.0
+* dotenv: ^8.2.0
+* express: ^4.17.1
+* express-handlebars: ^4.0.4
+* express-session: ^1.17.1
+* mysql2: ^2.1.0
+* path: ^0.12.7
+* sequelize: ^5.21.13
+* serve-static: ^1.14.1
+
+## Setup
+--------------------
+### To run this project, make sure to install [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/downloads/)
+
+install the following locally using npm:
+
+```
+$ cd ../dir
+$ npm init
+$ npm install --save mysql2
+$ npm install --save sequelize
+$ npm install dotenv
+$ npm install bcrypt
+$ npm install express
+$ npm install --save path
+$ npm install express-handlebars
+$ npm install express-session
+$ npm install connect-session-sequelize
+$ npm install serve-static
+```
+
+## Testing
+--------------------
+### To test this project, run the following in the terminal:
+```
+Log into mysql
+```
+Database art_db;
+```
+Source db/schema.sql
+```
+Quit out
+```
+$ npm start
+```
+The server should run on PORT 3001
+--------------------
+Alternatively, visit the deployed Heroku site [Heroku](https://the-informed-artist.herokuapp.com/)
+
+## Features
+--------------------
+### Features include:
+* Allows Login or Register new User
+* Shows Dashboard that allows creation of new Post
+* User can Upvote, Comment, Edit, and Delete Posts
+* User can Log out
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diff --git a/controllers/api/post-routes.js b/controllers/api/post-routes.js
index 49872b1..3ccab55 100644
--- a/controllers/api/post-routes.js
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@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ router.put('/:id', withAuth, (req, res) => {
// DESTROY post
router.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
-
-
-
Post.destroy(
{
where: {
diff --git a/models/User.js b/models/User.js
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--- a/models/User.js
+++ b/models/User.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ User.init(
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: false,
// there cannot be any duplicate email values in this table
- unique: true,
+ unique: false,
// if allowNull is set to false, we can run our data through validators before creating the table data
validate: {
isEmail: true
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ User.init(
// define a password column
password: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
- allowNull: false,
+ allowNull: true,
validate: {
// this means the password must be at least four characters long
len: [4]
diff --git a/views/layouts/main.handlebars b/views/layouts/main.handlebars
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--- a/views/layouts/main.handlebars
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@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@