JeezCMS

Node.js Content Management System with MongoDB

Libraries Used

These are the following libraries/APIs I've used in this project, if you're starting with editing my code, make sure you know how to work with these :

Edge Templating Engine (for frontend code)
ExpressJS (application framework)
PassportJS (login/logout system)
MongooseJS (for connecting to the database)

Features

This is a basic boilerplate from what you can build a great Node.js application. Some features it includes are :

User hierarchy (Namely 3 Levels of Users : Admin , Moderator and User).
Blog Control Panel (Admin and Moderator level users are allowed write and publish blog posts).
Follow/Unfollow (Users can follow eachother)

Note: This was my first pet project using Node.js, so the code could get a bit messy and incomplete at someplaces.

Installation

Clone or download this repository.

$ cd jeezcms
install $ npm install

Configuration

Go to the file /config/database.js.

module.exports = {
	'url' : 'MONGODB' 
};

Replace MONGODB with your database url, which usually looks like mongodb://<user>:<pass>@mongo.onmodulus.net:27017/Jeisosdp.

Final Steps

run $ npm server

Now go to localhost:4000 and check if your app is running.

Following steps are required only for first time

Go to localhost:4000/signup and create an account (This will be your admin account). Once finished, go to your database, then to the collection Users and find the user you created, edit it and change it's level attribute to Admin from User and save changes.

Support

I will not be providing any support for this project because I made this project just to practice my skills in Node.js and MongoDB.

License

The source-code is under MIT license.

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