Blog Site in PHP using CodeIgniter 4 Framework Free Source Code

Introduction This simple project is a Blog Site. This is a web-based application project developed in PHP, CodeIgniter 4 Framework, and MySQL Database. This project's main goal is to develop a simple CMS (Content Management System) project which is a dynamic website that allows the site management and authors to publish their articles online. Visitors can read some published articles from the site and explore other articles by category. It has a pleasant user interface using the Bootstrap Framework that gives the end-users a better experience while using the application. It consists of user-friendly features and functionalities. About the Blog Site I developed this project using the following:

XAMPP v3.3.0 PHP MySQL Database CodeIgniter 4 Framework HTML CSS JavaScript Bootstrap Font Awesome

This Blog Site is accessible to Site Management, Authors, and Public Visitors. Here, only the administrator and the authors have the privilege to create, edit, and delete articles or posts. The system requires the said user roles to log in with their registered and valid credentials in order to access the management features and functionalities. Each user type has different permissions and access to the project features and functionalities. The Administrator Users have the privilege to access and manage all the features and functionalities of the project both on the management site and public site. They are the only ones who can access and manage the list of users. Admin users also have the privilege to overwrite the authors' published or posted articles. The Author Users are only allowed to manage their accounts and published articles. The author can simply register to the site as an author by filling in the required fields on the registration form. They can only list, edit, and delete their own created or posted articles. The Public Visitors are allowed to explore the public features of the site. They list all published articles, list all filtered articles by category, list all categories, and view the article content. This Blog Site Project in CodeIgniter contains different features and functionalities that are relevant to a common Content Management System Site. Some of these are the CRUD Operations for Categories and Posts Management, List Pagination and etc. Features Public-Site

List All Published Articles List All Categories List All Filtered Articles By Category Read the Article Content List Paginations

Authors-Site

Home Page

Display the summary.

Post Management

Add New Post List All Posts Edit/Update Post Details View Post Details Delete Post

Update Account Details/Credentials Login and Logout

Administrator-Site

Home Page

Display the summary.

Category Management

Add New Category List All Categories Edit/Update Category Details Delete Category

Post Management

Add New Post List All Posts Edit/Update Post Details View Post Details Delete Post

User Management

Add New User List All Users Edit/Update User Details Delete User

Update Account Details/Credentials Login and Logout

The source code was developed only for educational purposes only. You can download the source code for free and modify it the way you wanted. System Snapshots of some Features Public Home Page

Public Category List

Public Filtered Posts By Category

Public Post Content Page

Registration Form Page

Administrator Site

Posts List (Administrator/Author)

How to Run ?? Requirements

Download and Install any local web server such as XAMPP. Download the provided source code zip file. (download button is located below)

System Installation/Setup

Open your XAMPP Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL. Extract the downloaded source code zip file. Copy the extracted source code folder and paste it into the XAMPP's "htdocs" directory. Browse the PHPMyAdmin in a browser. i.e. http://localhost/phpmyadmin Create a new database naming blog_db. Import the provided SQL file. The file is known as blog_db.sql located inside the database folder. Browse the Blog Site in a browser. i.e. http://localhost/ci4_blog/.

Admin Default Access: Email: [email protected] Password: admin123 Sample Author Access: Email: [email protected] Password: mcooper123 DEMO VIDEO

That's it. You can now explore the features and functionalities of this Blog Site in PHP using CodeIgniter 4 Framework. I hope this will help you with what you are looking for and you'll find something useful for your future projects. Explore more on this website for more Free Source Codes and Tutorials. Enjoy :)

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