Rails Blog Template

• Version: 1.0.0
• Developer: Sebastien Bourda
• Created: 04-10-2024
• Last updated: 04-10-2024
• License: MIT

Tech

• Language: Ruby on Rails 7.1.3
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Frontend: TailwindCSS
• Authentication: From scratch (based on Avi Flombaum's tutorial)

Features

• User authentication for users (sign up, sign in, sign out). Signup enable/disable by ENV variable.
• Create, edit, delete, and view posts.
• Trix editor for rich text editing in posts.

Setup

• Clone the repository

git clone [email protected]:sebastienbourda/rails-blog-template.git

• Run to install dependencies

bundle install

• Run to create best_blog database and run migrations

rails db:create db:migrate

• Run to build the frontend and start the server

bin/dev

• Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser

• Create .env file and add the following variable

• SIGNUP_ENABLED="true" to enable sign up

  !!! WARNING: Enable sign up in production only to create the first user (you), then disable it. !!!

  You can let the sign up enabled but add role to user. And set the role to 'admin' for you.

  You can also create the first user in the rails console.

• Remove banner rendering in app/views/layouts/application.html.erb and app/views/shared/_banner.html.erb

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.