NodeBlog

A blog engine made with node.js and mongodb database

Main use of this app is to introduce newcomers to nodejs and to show how to build a versatile app very easily.

View live demo here Too Many Mangos

NodeBlog is built on:

• Node.js
• mongoDB
• express
• mongojs
• node.bcrypt.js
• jade
• Moment.js
• ghm
• kudos

Features:

• post / edit / publish / hide / view blogposts
• the same with comments
• use github flavored markdown for comments (optionally for blogposts too)
• give kudos to blogposts
• search with tags
• beautiful html5 sematics
• spam protection with jquery
• seo friendly urls, titles, descriptions etc.

How to use:

Make sure that mongodb is running somewhere and set your database-info in dbinfo.js.

Install dependencies:

npm install

You can then start the server with:

node app

When trying to log in, if no users are detected, a initial setup is presented.

You can change these settings when logged in.

https

For https, you just need to copy a cert public key cert.crt and a private key key.key as files to the root of the app-folder, and change that in app.js at require('express') , check here for more info

Credits:

All whom contributed to any part being used.

License:

Unless stated elsewhere, file headers or otherwise, the license as stated in the LICENSE file.