Online News

Overview

The homepage of an online news group, The Cipher, a project by a group of 5 talented (this is questionable) young men and 1 cute girl.

The girl’s role:

• Frontend:
  • All admin pages
  • Create Post form
  • View Posts
• Backend: Some small routing towards pages for AJAX.
• Git Master
• VPS Manager / Deployer
• S3 Manager
• Tester

Architecture

Application

• Backend Handler: ExpressJS
• Programming Language: JavaScript
• Runtime: NodeJS (preferably v22)
• Renderer: EJS

Platforms

• Database: MongoDB (hosted on Mongo Atlas)
• Image Storage: Amazon S3-compliant package (hosted on Contabo)
• Node Server: nginx on a VPS (hosted on Contabo)
• Email Server: SMTP-compliant service (hosted on PurelyMail)

Budget: (it’s all my money)

• $2.99: Image Storage
• $4.99: VPS
• $9.99: Email Service

Routes

• /: Home page
• /category: Posts in categories page:
  • /category/:parent: Shows posts in the parent category and all of its children categories.
  • /category/:parent/:id: Shows posts in only the child’s category.
• /tag: List posts tagged
  • /tag/:id: List all posts tagged with that ID.
• /search: Search for posts (search.ejs)
• /post:
  • /: Upload a new post, clearance level 2.
  • /:id: Query for a post.
  • /image: POST route for uploading images from TinyMCE. There is no GET route for this, clearance level 2.
• /posts: See all of my works, including drafts, denied, etc. clearance level 2.
• /profile: See my profile, clearance level 1.
• /login: Login form.
• /register: Register form.
• /edit: Edit a post.
• /editorial: Editorial tools, for approving/denying posts, clearance level 3.
• /admin: Administrator pages, all here have clearance level 4.
  • /admin/categories: Manage categories
  • /admin/tags: Manage tags
  • /admin/posts: Manage posts
  • /admin/users: Manage users