IP for MC18 week 4 of Python that requires creating a personal blogging website where you can create and share your opinions and other users can read and comment on them. Additionally, add a feature that displays random quotes to inspire your users.

This is a Flask web application that entails creating a blogging website where you can create and share your opinions and other users can read and comment on them. Additionally, it has a feature that displays random quotes to inspire users.

Live link : https://phillblog.herokuapp.com

• As a user, I would like to view the blog posts on the site.
• As a user, I would like to comment on blog posts.
• As a user, I would like to view the most recent posts.
• As a user, I would like to an email alert when a new post is made by joining a subscription.
• As a user, I would like to see random quotes on the site.
• As a writer, I would like to sign in to the blog.
• As a writer, I would also like to create a blog from the application.
• As a writer, I would like to delete comments that I find insulting or degrading.
• As a writer, I would like to update or delete blogs I have created.

To clone this repo, open terminal in your desired folder then run:

    $ git clone https://github.com/philipkariuki/flask-blog/
    $ cd /flask-blog

To create and activate the virtual environment and install pip:

    $ python3.6 -m venv --without-pip virtual
    $ source virtual/bin/env
    $ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python

To install all the required pip modules for proper functionality:

    (virtual)$ python3.6 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

To run the application, in your terminal:

    $ chmod +x start.sh
    $ ./start.sh

Alternatively:

    $ python3.6 manage.py server

To run unittests:

    $ python3.6 manage.py test

No known bugs

• HTML
• CSS
• Python3.6
• Pip
• Flask
• Bootstrap
• Postgres Database
• gunicorn

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