WeShare

This project aims to provide a platform to create & manage communities where people can share and search for information or content based on their interests.

Requirements

1. JDK 1.8
2. MySQL 5.5
3. Spring Tool Suite 4
4. Lombok JAR with installation in STS 4

Steps to Setup

1. First setup JDK8, MySQL5.5, STS4 and Lombok.

2. Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/rvkantpujari/weshare

3. Create a MySQL database.

create database WeShare

4. Change the below details as per your configuration.

• open src/main/resources/application.properties in your application.
• change connection URL, username and password as per your MySQL configuration in your application.

5. Create a folder named postImages as src/main/resources/static/postImages to store images of your post.

6. Now you can run the app using maven from CMD.

mvnw spring-boot:run

7. Open your chrome browser and visit the below URL.

• The application will start running at http://localhost:8080.

Application Logins

Initially there are some users in memory. You can login as following or register yourself with your details:

ID: admin Password: 1234 with ADMIN role.

ID: abhi Password: 1234 with USER role.

Common Functionalities [Non-registered user]

• Register with email verification and login accordingly.
• View all posts and comments.
• View Categories and filter communities by category.
• View popular communities.
• Search any post or community.
• Sort posts according to Most liked/Most Commented/Newest.
• Give feedback.

Functionalities [ADMIN]

• Add/edit categories of communities.
• View/Delete any post or comments.
• View all feedbacks.
• Block/Unblock users.
• View Categories and filter communities by category.
• View popular communities.
• Search any post or community.
• Sort posts according to Most liked/Most Commented/Newest.

Functionalities [Registered USER]

• View timeline where they can see popular communities, list of their joined communities and it's posts.
• View Categories and filter communities by category.
• Create new community.
• Join/Leave any community.
• Upvote/Downvote any post.
• Save/Unsave any post.
• Create 3 types of post [Textual/Image/Link].
• Give comments on any post.
• Delete own posts/comments.
• Manage profile and change the password.
• View popular communities.
• Search any post or community.
• Sort posts according to Most liked/Most Commented/Newest.
• Give feedback.