Ramblr is a social media site inspired by tumblr. It was built using Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Redux, React, and CSS. Ramblr is hosted on Heroku and uses Amazon Web Services to host audio, video, and image files.

(Live version)

All front page images courtesy of Pexels.com.

As of March 2017, Ramblr's features include:

• Account creation, user authentication, and guest account login.

• Main page containing:

  • A feed of posts by followed users,
  • A nav bar containing the site logo, a link back to the main page, account name and icon for the logged-in user, and a logout button,
  • A secondary nav bar with links to the forms listed below.
  • A sidebar of recommended blogs.

• Post creation. Post types include:

  • Text posts
  • Photo posts
  • Video posts
  • Quote posts
  • Link posts
  • Audio posts

  Forms for creating each type of post are linked on the secondary nav bar on the main page.

• Following / unfollowing other users. Following or unfollowing a user refreshes the feed so it contains (or removes) posts by the followed/unfollowed user. Icons to follow or unfollow users are located next to their usernames.

• Liking / unliking posts.

• Post editing.

• Individual user pages (visited by clicking on usernames on individual posts / usernames on the sidebar).

• Userpic creation / editing (by clicking on the picture in the main nav bar).

• Seeds -- these currently include eight accounts (with posts of all types), as well as a guest account.

Features currently in development:

• Tagging for posts.

• Search functionality (to find users by username or posts by tag). A search bar will be at the top of the page.

• Reblogging for posts -- posting another user's post on your blog (with attribution).

• User ability to edit their blog information. This will be a drop-down option on the main nav bar.

Database schema for Ramblr:

The Ramblr database currently includes 4 models:

1. USERS: store a username, a password digest, a session token, and an avatar (userpic). USERS have many POSTS, FOLLOWS and LIKES.

2. POSTS: store a user_id, a post type, a timestamp, and 8 (optional) content fields: 'title' and 'body' (for text posts); 'link', 'quote', 'image', 'audio', and 'video' (for posts of those types); and 'commentary' (for every type of post except text).

3. LIKES: store a user_id and a post_id. LIKES will belong to POSTS and USERS.

4. FOLLOWS: store a user_id (for the follower) and a followed_user_id. FOLLOWS will belong to USERS (both followers and followees).

Models in development: TAGS and REBLOGS.

The Ramblr routes are as follows:

• ramblr.cc/ -> displays front page with login box / signup option.
• ramblr.cc/dashboard -> displays post feed.
• ramblr.cc/new/text -> displays form for new text post.
• ramblr.cc/new/quote, ramblr.com/new/link, etc. -> see above.
• ramblr.cc/edit/1647386 -> displays the edit form for post #1647386.
• ramblr.cc/settings/avatar -> add or edit user avatar.