wanjikukim-collab/phase-4-rails-app

PLEDGUP

Project Description

PLEDGUP is a crowdfunding web app that allows users to sign up and support different campaigns. Users can browse through a list of campaigns that have been created by others and click on specific campaigns to see more details, such as the story, image, and the amount of money donated so far. Users can pledge a certain amount of money towards a campaign and leave a review or comment. An admin page is also available to update, delete, or add new campaigns. Overall, PLEDGUP offers a user-friendly and intuitive platform for users to support and connect with campaigns and causes that they care about.

Features

1. User sign up and login: Users can create an account and log in to access the full functionality of the app.

2. Campaigns page: Users can view a list of campaigns that have been created, including their titles and images.

3. Campaign details page: Users can click on a specific campaign to view additional details, including the campaign's image, story, current amount donated, and goal amount.

4. Pledge functionality: Users can pledge a certain amount of money to a campaign, which will go towards the campaign's goal amount.

5. Review functionality: Users can view reviews that have been left for a specific campaign, as well as leave their own reviews.

6. Rating system: Users can rate campaigns based on their experience.

7. Anonymous pledges: Users can choose to make their pledges anonymously.

8. Comments: Users can leave comments along with their pledges to show their support for the campaign.

9. Campaign deadline: Users can see the deadline for each campaign, indicating the date and time when the campaign will end.

10. Admin page: An administrator can access a page where they can update campaigns, delete campaigns, and add new campaigns.

11.Autologin: Users can set their accounts to autologin, which allows them to log in automatically when they visit the site.

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Project Setup

How to run it

1. Clone the project repository from GitHub: git clone https://github.com/JeffMuthunga/phase-4-rails-app.git

2. Install Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL if you don't have them already.

3. Install the project dependencies by running the following command in the project directory: bundle install && yarn install

4. Create a new PostgreSQL database: rails db:create

5. Run the database migrations: rails db:migrate

6. Seed the database with some initial data: rails db:seed

7. Start the Rails server: rails server

8. In a separate terminal window, start the React development server: cd client && yarn start

9. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to access the PLEDGUP web app.

Technologies used

1. Ruby on rails.
2. React with javascript.
3. PostgreSQL
4. HTML/CSS
5. Bootstrap

Contributors

The following contributors worked together to develop different parts of the application, such as the frontend, backend, database, testing, and deployment. They collaborated using Git and GitHub to manage the project codebase and workflow.

1. Jeff Wainaina https://github.com/JeffMuthunga
2. Linet https://github.com/QuincyOliech
3. Wesley https://github.com/Wesley-waka
4. Faith https://github.com/wanjikuKim-collab
5. Kazungu https://github.com/kazungu01

License

MIT License

Support and Contact Information

PLEDGUP is an open-source project, so contributions from the community are welcome. If you are interested in contributing to the project or for any enquireies and queries feel free to contact us @[email protected]