Django Blog Application

📌 Overview

This is a full-featured blog application built using Django, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and SQLite. It allows users to create and manage their own blog posts while providing a clean and user-friendly interface with authentication, profile management, and pagination.

🚀 Features

🔑 Authentication & User Management

• Register new users (Django Signals automatically create their profiles).
• Login & Logout functionality.
• Update user credentials & profile image.
• Profile images are resized if a large file is uploaded.

📝 Blog Functionality

• Create, Update, and Delete posts (only by the post owner).
• Home page displays all posts by all users.
• Clicking on a post by another user shows the post detail view only.
• Clicking on your own post shows edit & delete options.
• Clicking on a username filters all posts by that user.

🎨 UI & Navigation

• Pagination: At most 5 posts per page.
• Bootstrap-based responsive design.

🏗️ Implementation Details

• Uses Class-Based Views (CBVs) & Function-Based Views (FBVs).
• Django Signals for profile creation.
• SQLite as the database.

🛠️ Installation & Setup

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/django-blog.git
   cd django-blog
   

2. Create a Virtual Environment & Activate it

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
   

3. Install Dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Apply Migrations

   python manage.py migrate
   

5. Create a Superuser (Optional, for Admin Panel Access)

   python manage.py createsuperuser
   

6. Run the Development Server