Draftly

A minimal blog engine built with Flask, styled with Tailwind CSS, and powered by TinyMCE. Work in progress...

🚀Overview

Draftly is a beginner-friendly blog engine designed for simplicity. It allows users to create and manage posts with categories (no tags) through a dashboard. The project uses Flask on the backend, with a focus on delivering clean designs using Tailwind CSS and dynamic post editing with TinyMCE.

🌟Features

• Post Management: Create, update, and delete posts with category support.
• Dashboard Interface: Manage your content easily from an admin dashboard.
• TinyMCE Editor: Rich text editor for creating engaging blog posts.
• Tailwind CSS Styling: Responsive design with minimal custom CSS.
• Blueprints in Flask: Clean structure with modular routes and views.
• SQLite Database: Simple, lightweight database for managing content.
• Still Under Construction: Some features are being idealized!

🛠Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/jydykun/Draftly.git
   cd draftly
   

2. Set up a virtual environment

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

3. Install Dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Initialize Database

   python cli.py init-db
   

5. Run the Development Server

   python cli.py run-debug
   

🌐Deployment

1. Using Render:

• Configure the Start Command:

  gunicorn wsgi:app
  

• Ensure environment variables are properly set (e.g., FLASK_ENV).
• Optionally, use persistent volumes on Render to store your SQLite database.

📋Technologies Used

• Flask: Backend framework to power the blog engine.
• SQLite: Lightweight database to store posts and categories.
• TinyMCE: Rich text editor for creating blog posts.
• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first framework for styling the blog.
• Gunicorn: WSGI server for deployment.

💡To-Do / Future Features

• Role-based access control.
• Post analytics and visitor tracking.
• Implement search functionality across posts.
• Provide commenting functionality.

💡Screenshots