📝 Blog Platform

This is a PHP-based blog platform with an admin panel for content management. The application features a responsive design, pagination, image uploads, and a clean user interface.

Video Demonstration

A YouTube video demonstration will be added to this section to showcase the functionality of the Lemon Hive blog platform.

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✨ Features

• Public Blog: View blog posts with pagination.
• Individual Blog Pages: A detailed view for each blog post is available.
• Admin Panel: Includes a secure login system for content management.
• CRUD Operations: Create, read, update, and delete blog posts.
• Settings Management: Configure the number of posts displayed per page.
• Image Handling: Upload and manage images for blog posts.
• Responsive Design: The platform is designed to work on both desktop and mobile devices.

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💻 Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• Apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled
• Composer (for autoloading)

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🚀 Setup and Installation

Follow these steps to get the project running on your local machine.

1. Clone or download the project files to your web server directory.

2. Create the Database:

   • Create a new MySQL database named lemon_hive.
   • [cite_start]Import the SQL structure from the lemon_hive.sql file.

3. Configure Database Connection:

   • [cite_start]Open the Database/Database.php file.
   • [cite_start]Update the database credentials if they differ from the defaults:

     private $host='localhost';
     private $db_name='lemon_hive';
     private $username='root';
     private $password='mysql';

4. Set Up File Permissions:

   • [cite_start]Ensure the uploads/ directory exists and is writable by the web server.

5. Configure URL Rewriting:

   • Ensure the mod_rewrite module is enabled in your Apache configuration.
   • [cite_start]The project includes a .htaccess file for URL routing.

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🛠️ Usage

Admin Access

• URL: /admin/log-in
• Username: lemon
• Password: lemon

For Visitors

• Visit the homepage to see all blog posts.
• Click on a post title or "Read More" to view the full article.
• Use pagination controls to navigate through posts.

For Administrators

• Log in at /admin/log-in.
• Dashboard (/admin/dashboard):
  • View all posts in a table.
  • Edit or delete existing posts.
• Create New Posts:
  • Click "Create new post" on the dashboard.
  • Fill in the title, description, and upload an image.
  • Submit to publish.
• Settings (/admin/setting):
  • Configure the number of posts per page.

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📂 Project Structure

root/
├── assets/
│   ├── CSS/
│   │   └── main.css          # Styles and fonts
│   └── images/
│       └── main.jpg          # Logo image
├── Controllers/              # Application controllers
│   ├── AdminController.php
│   ├── BlogController.php
│   └── HomeController.php
├── Database/
│   └── Database.php          # Database connection
├── Models/                   # Data models
│   ├── Admin.php
│   ├── Blog.php
│   └── Setting.php
├── uploads/                  # Blog post images
├── Views/
│   ├── Admin/                # Admin panel views
│   │   ├── CreateNewPost.php
│   │   ├── Dashboard.php
│   │   ├── Login.php
│   │   └── Setting.php
│   ├── Layout/
│   │   └── PublicLayout.php  # Main layout template
│   ├── Blog.php              # Single blog post view
│   └── Home.php              # Homepage view
├── .htaccess                 # URL rewriting rules
├── autoload.php              # Class autoloader
├── index.php                 # Main application entry point
├── lemon_hive.sql            # Database schema
└── RequestHandler.php        # Request handling utility