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Creating a Blog Platform using Django

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Creating a Blog Platform using Django is an excellent project to improve your web
development skills. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the steps to build a fully
functional blog application where users can register, create, publish blog posts, and
interact with comments. Additionally, we’ll include an admin panel for managing
blog posts, user accounts, and comments.

Prerequisites:
Before you start, make sure you have the following installed on your system:

Python (https://www.python.org/downloads/)

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Django (You can install it using pip: pip install Django )

Step 1: Project Setup

1. Create a new Django project called “blog_platform”:

django-admin startproject blog_platform

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd blog_platform

Step 2: Create the Blog App

1. Create a new Django app called “blog”:
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python manage.py startapp blog

2. Add the “blog” app to the project’s settings.py:

# blog_platform/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
# Other apps...
'blog',
]

Step 3: Define the Models

1. Open blog/models.py and define the models for blog posts, categories, and
comments:

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# blog/models.py

from django.db import models

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Category(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

def __str__(self):
return self.name

class Post(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
content = models.TextField()
category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
tags = models.ManyToManyField('Tag', blank=True)
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

def __str__(self):
return self.title

class Tag(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

def __str__(self):
return self.name

class Comment(models.Model):
post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
user = models.ForeignKey(User…

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