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Microblog:

A Simple Flask App

This is a simple Flask application for creating a microblog. Users can post short entries, and the app displays them on the homepage with formatted dates.

Features

  1. Create new blog entries
  2. Display existing entries with formatted dates

Requirements

  • Python 3.6 or later
  • Flask
  • pymongo
  • Flask-dotenv (optional, for managing environment variables)
  • MongoDB

Setup Clone this repository:

  git clone https://github.com/EbiScott/Practice-Blog/

Install the required dependencies:

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in the project root directory and add your MongoDB connection URI:

  MONGODB_URI="mongodb://your_mongodb_host:port/"

Replace "your_mongodb_host:port" with your actual MongoDB connection details.

  • Create a static directory in the project root to store your CSS file (style.css).

Running the App

Start the development server:

  python app.py
  • Access the app in your web browser at http://127.0.0.1:5000/ by default.

Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and contribute your own improvements!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.