🌐 MERN Blog App

✍️ A dynamic full-stack blog platform built with the MERN stack, empowering passionate readers and writers to engage, explore, and express.

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🚀 Features

• 📝 Create, read, edit, and delete blogs
• 🔐 Secure authentication with RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
• 💬 Commenting, liking, and sharing functionality
• 🧠 Category & tag-based blog filtering
• 📨 Newsletter subscription system
• 🏆 Writer levels, rewards, and leaderboard system
• 📱 Responsive design using Tailwind CSS

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:

Backend:

Other Tools:

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📸 UI Screenshots

🏠 Home Page

📰 Blog Detail Page

🧩 Featured Blogs + Tags + Trending

👤 User Dashboard (Level + Leaderboard)

📝 Create Blog Editor

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🔐 .env Setup (inside /server)

Create a .env file with the following keys:

#```env

DEV_MODE=development

PORT=8080

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

EMAIL_USER=your_email@example.com

EMAIL_PASS=your_app_password

⚙️ Getting Started

Clone the repository

git clone

Install client dependencies

cd client

npm install

Install server dependencies

cd server

npm install

Run the development servers

Start backend

npm run server

In a separate terminal

cd client

npm start