🚀 Blog Project

A simple blog application built with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and EJS.
This project allows users to create, read, update, and delete blog posts with an admin dashboard and user authentication.

✨ Features

• 📝 Create new blog posts
• ✏️ Edit and delete existing posts
• 🏠 View all posts on the home page
• 🔍 Search functionality
• 🎨 Responsive UI with EJS templates
• 🗄️ MongoDB database integration
• 👥 Separate pages for Admin and User
• 📊 Admin dashboard
• 🔑 User authentication with JWT & Auth Middleware
• 🍪 Cookies & session handling
• 🔒 Password hashing for security

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Frontend: EJS, CSS
• Database: MongoDB (Atlas)
• Other Tools: dotenv, nodemon

⚙️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/irfad-c/node-express-blog.git

cd node-express-blog

2️⃣ Install dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Environment variables

Create a .env file in the root folder and add:

MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

PORT=5000

4️⃣ Run the app (development mode)

npm run dev

5️⃣ Open in browser

👉 http://localhost:5000

📸 Screenshots