🥞 Castana — Handmade French Crêpes E-Commerce Website

Castana is a full-stack e-commerce website built to support a small, family-run business selling handmade French crêpes. The goal was simple: help a local business step into the digital world, attract more customers, and streamline orders, without overengineering the soul out of it.

Live website: 👉 https://castana.onrender.com

✨ Features

🛍️ Product section – Browse available crêpes with clear pricing

🛒 Choose quantity and Add to cart – Dynamic cart management

✅ Checkout system

Customer information form

Payment method selection:

Pay by card

Pay on delivery

📧 Email confirmation – Customers receive a verification email after placing an order

📱 Responsive design – Works smoothly on desktop and mobile

🔒 Secure backend – Built with Django best practices

🛠️ Tech Stack

Built with tools that value stability over hype.

Backend

Django

PostgreSQL (production)

Django ORM

Frontend

HTML

CSS

Bootstrap

JavaScript

Deployment

Render (production hosting)

🚀 Why This Project Exists

This website was created to help a family member grow his handmade French crêpes business by:

Increasing online visibility

Making ordering easier for customers

Building trust through a professional online presence

It’s also a real-world full-stack project, handling products, carts, forms, emails, and deployment, not just a portfolio checkbox.

📦 Installation (Local Setup)

If you want to run it locally:

git clone https://github.com/Houria-hs/Ecommerce-fullstack-website-.git cd Ecommerce-fullstack-website- python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate pip install -r requirements.txt python manage.py migrate python manage.py runserver

Then open: http://127.0.0.1:8000

📬 Contact

If you’re interested in:

Building a similar website

Supporting local businesses with tech

Or just talking full-stack & real-world projects

Feel free to reach out.