Mokowz/Jibonge-Blog-App

Jibonge Blog App is a simple blog platform for people who love Swahili and Sheng. It lets users write, read, and share posts in any language. Built with Vue.js and Django, it’s fast, easy to use, and celebrates local culture — au sioo! # Jibonge Blog App ## Introduction Jibonge is a blog web app for all the Swahili and Sheng lovers who want somewhere they can write in whatever language they want. Au sioo! For a better feel of the project feel free to click on the link and interact with the live project Jibonge App ## Installation For a successful installation of the whole project in your machine, first clone the project. Having the latest version of Vue will come in handy in running the frontend. On the backend, here are the steps to follow: ```bash # cd to the backend directory cd backend # Set up and activate the virtual environment virtualenv venv source venv/bin/activate # Install all packages in the requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ## Usage After completing the installation of the project. Run both the frontend and the backend Frontend ``` bash # cd to the frontend directory cd frontend # Start the vue app npm run serve ``` Backend ``` bash # cd to the backend directory cd backend # Run the backend application python manage.py runserver ``` ## Home Page Setup Here is a preview of how the home page looks And one of the sign up page ## Contributing The Jibonge Blog App project is an open-source project. Whether you are fixing bugs or adding more features to it, you'll have to create an issue in git which will later be merged into the main branch. ## Related Projects There are blog apps that have been created by amazing developers in the past. Here is a link for a few of them: - Pinax-Blog - Surviving with Android ## License MIT