new-site

A simple NodeJS + Express site all set up and ready to go with username+password authentication using Passport and Passport-Local, persistent local cookies using Passport-Remember-Me-Extended, persistent session using Express-Session and MongoDB via Mongoose and view templates using EJS.

Overview

The site includes a login page, a signup page and an index page that requires authentication and the pages are styled using Bootstrap.

Routes

routes\index.js : GET('/')

• Verifies that the user is authenticated (redirects to /login on failure).
• Renders views\index.ejs

routes\login.js : GET('/login')

• Renders views\login.ejs POST('/login')
• Form submission from the login form.
• Redirects to '/' on success.

routes\signup.js GET('/signup')

• Renders views\signup.ejs POST('/signup')
• Form submission for the signup form.
• Redirects to '/' on success.

Data

The \data\ folder contains:

site.js

This represents site-specific data (title and description) that is passed on to the view templates.

token.js

This file provides the authentication token and methods for generating, saving and consuming tokens.

user.js

This file provides the user model that is used (and persisted to MongoDB) for authentication and storing the user's credentials.

Getting Started

1. Update the details for your own site in package.json, specifically the name and version.
2. Update the title and description of your site in \data\site.js
3. Update the rootURL for your production site in \config\authentication.js
4. Update the connect string for your MongoDB database in \config\database.js
5. Update the session cookie secret in app.js

From here you should be ready to go. Enjoy!