🐾 Anigram

A dynamic animal social media platform where users can browse, search, and interact with animal profiles.
Inspired by Instagram!

🔗 Live Demo: Anigram

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🎉 Welcome to Anigram

A fun social media platform for pets! This web application lets users explore animal profiles, such as:
CAT | DOG | GOAT | COW | HEN | DUCK | HORSE

Each profile showcases unique bios, posts, and user interactions.

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🤝 Collaboration Project

Anigram is an open-source collaboration project. We welcome contributions from developers around the world. Whether you're adding features, fixing bugs, or improving the design, your input is valuable.
Please create a separate branch and push your changes before submitting a pull request.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Frontend: EJS, CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Data Storage: JSON file (data.json)
• Package Manager: npm

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🚀 Usage

• Signup Page: New users sign in on the root route (/), and on success, are redirected to the main page (/ig). They won’t see the signup page again unless the app is restarted.

• Home Page: Displays recent activities, trending profiles, and stories.

• User Profiles: Each animal profile has unique bios and posts.

• New Post: Users can create posts, which are added to tiger247's section in index.json.

• Settings: Users can update bios, profile images, and display names.

• Interactions: Users can like and comment on posts.

• Post Deletion: Users can delete posts to manage their feed.

• Search: Search for profiles with dynamic suggestions.

• Sidebar Navigation: Provides quick access to home, profile, settings, and logout.

• Error Handling: Shows a "Post not found" page if the post is missing.

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📂 Project Details

• Data Storage: User profiles and posts are stored in data.json.
• Routing: Profiles and pages are dynamically rendered using URLs (e.g., /ig/:username or /ig).
• Localhost: Run the application on a localhost for development.

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💡 Suggestions

If the image URL from data.json isn't working:

1. Open Google and search for an appropriate image.
2. Copy the image URL.
3. Replace the old URL in the data.json file with the new one.
4. Restart the application to apply the changes.

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👥 Contributors

We appreciate the efforts and dedication of all contributors:

• Rajat Mishra :
  Worked on Profile Editing and Post Deletion.

• Abijit Swain :
  Worked on Home Page and Routing.

• Himanshu :
  Worked on Search Functionality, Suggestions, and Messaging.

• SK Akram :
  Except for the above, everything else was developed by SK Akram.

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👤 Author Information

• Name: SK Akram
• Email: skcodewizard786@gmail.com
• Social Media:
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Permission is granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee, provided that the original copyright notice is included. LICENSE

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

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⚙️ Installation

Follow these steps to set up the project locally:

# Step 1: Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>

# Step 2: Navigate into the project folder
cd <repository-folder>

# Step 3: Install dependencies
npm install

# Step 4: (Optional) Install Nodemon for automatic server restarts
npm i nodemon

# Step 5: Create a branch for your changes
git checkout -b <your-branch-name>

# Step 6: Run the application
node index.js

# The application will be available at:
# 👉 http://localhost:8080