📝 Blogify – Full Stack Blogging Platform

Blogify is a full-stack blogging platform built using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and EJS, featuring authentication, blog management, comments, likes, and a modern minimal UI with glassmorphism.

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🚀 Features

🔐 Authentication

• User Signup & Signin
• JWT-based authentication
• Secure cookies
• Auto-login after signup
• Logout support

📝 Blogs

• Create, edit, and delete blogs (owner only)
• Blog image URL support
• Blog detail page
• Latest blogs on homepage
• Author name & publish date

💬 Comments

• Add comments (logged-in users)
• Delete own comments
• AJAX-based like system (no page refresh)
• Comment count shown on blog cards

🎨 UI / UX

• Minimal dark theme
• Glassmorphism blog & comment cards
• Sticky footer on all pages
• Responsive design (Bootstrap 5)
• Clean typography & spacing

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Frontend: EJS, Bootstrap 5, CSS
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Authentication: JWT + Cookies
• Templating: EJS

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📂 Project Structure

Blogify/
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├── models/
│   ├── user.js
│   ├── blog.js
│   └── comment.js
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├── routes/
│   ├── user.js
│   └── blog.js
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├── services/
│   └── authentication.js
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├── views/
│   ├── partials/
│   │   ├── head.ejs
│   │   ├── nav.ejs
│   │   └── footer.ejs
│   ├── homepage.ejs
│   ├── blogDetail.ejs
│   ├── addBlog.ejs
│   ├── signin.ejs
│   └── signup.ejs
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├── public/
│   └── images/
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├── index.js
├── package.json
└── README.md