Perrier-Digital-Blog-Y11-T3

Created by Nathan Perrier of Ambrose Treacy College

This is a blogging website for ATC, created as part of the Y11 FA3 project.

Setup and Running the Project

Follow these steps to set up and run the project:

1. Allow the execution of scripts for the current user:

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force

2. then create the virtual environment using:

   python -m venv venv   

3. active the virtual environment using:

   .\venv\Scripts\activate 

4. install dependencies to venv, using:

   python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

5. create a file called .env and include:

   SECRET_KEY = 'your_secret_key'
   
   OPENAI_API_KEY = 'your_api_key'
   
   GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'your_google_key'
   
   GMAIL_SECRET_KEY = 'your_gmail_secret_key'
   
   GMAIL_SENDER_EMAIL = 'your_gmail_for_sending_emails'
   
   GMAIL_ADMIN_EMAIL = 'recipient_gmail_for_tickets'

6. Run the website using:

   python3 -m run.py

Structure

The project is structured as follows:

• backend/: Contains the backend Python code.
• frontend/: Contains the frontend HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code.
• requirements.txt: Lists the Python packages that the project depends on.
• run.py: The entry point to the application.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please fork the repository, make your changes, and open a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.