BlogCMS

A simple, lightweight Content Management System (CMS) built with PHP and MySQL. This project demonstrates basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations, session management, and authentication.

Features

• Admin Panel: Secure login for administrators.
• Dashboard: Manage posts and categories.
• Post Management: Create, view, edit (placeholder), and delete blog posts.
• Rich Text Editor: Uses Summernote for post content creation.
• Category Management: Add and delete categories.
• Public Blog: Front-end view for visitors to read posts.
• Authentication: Session-based login system for the admin area.

Directory Structure

blogcms/
├── admin/          # Admin panel scripts (protected)
│   ├── css/        # Admin styles
│   ├── js/         # Admin scripts (sb-admin.js)
│   ├── addpost.php # Script to add new posts
│   ├── allposts.php# List all posts
│   ├── categories.php # Manage categories
│   ├── index.php   # Admin login page
│   └── ...
├── includes/       # Shared logic
│   ├── db.php      # Database connection
│   ├── functions.php # Helper functions
│   └── session.php # Session handling
├── index.php       # Public homepage
├── post.php        # Single post view
├── header.php      # Public header template
├── footer.php      # Public footer template
└── styles.css      # Public styles

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• XAMPP (or any PHP/MySQL stack)
• Web Browser

Installation & Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone <repository_url>

2. Move Files: Place the blogcms folder inside your web server's root directory (e.g., htdocs in XAMPP).

3. Database Setup:

   • Open phpMyAdmin (usually http://localhost/phpmyadmin).
   • Create a new database named blogcms.
   • Import the SQL schema. (Note: You may need to create the tables manually if an SQL file is not provided. Based on the code, you need users, category, and post tables).
     • users: username, pass
     • category: id (AI), name
     • post: id (AI), title, category, content

4. Configure Connection:

   • Check blogcms/includes/db.php. Ensure the credentials match your local setup:

     $conn = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','','blogcms');

Usage

1. Public Access:

   • Visit http://localhost/blogcms/ to view the blog.

2. Admin Access:

   • Visit http://localhost/blogcms/admin/ to log in.
   • Use valid credentials (you may need to insert a user into the users table manually via phpMyAdmin first).

Technologies Used

• PHP: Server-side logic.
• MySQL: Database.
• HTML/CSS: Frontend structure and styling.
• Bootstrap: Responsive design framework.
• Summernote: WYSIWYG editor.
• jQuery: JavaScript library.

Documentation

The codebase is fully documented with PHPDoc and JSDoc comments. Refer to the source files for detailed explanations of functions and logic.