BACKLOG.md

Website Backlog

Website must include

1. Homepage(index.php) with articles inside it.
2. Logged in homepage with articles inside it.
3. Own articles page with an opportunity to add/edit/delete content (articles).
4. About US page.
5. ...

Optional

1. Tags for articles and possibility to sort articles by topics. Or pages with different topics.
2. Articles must include possibility to add images.
   • Use the same script for saving user avatars. (Optional)
3. Login form on home page. Or maybe not.
4. Not removing data from fields while registration.
5. Comments system.
6. Like (rating) articles system.
7. Add buttons to publish/unpublished articles.
8. ...

Order of doing things. Backend. (Project Status)

1. Make a sample of the index.php page. ✅
2. Create a database connection page. ✅
3. Create register.php page.
   • Add a form with choosing: male, female, cat, other ✅
4. Create login.php page. ✅
5. Create logout.php page. ✅
6. Create add_content.php page. ✅
7. Create a list of user's articles on dashboard.php page. ✅
8. Create article.php page. ✅
9. Create article_edit.php page. ✅
10. Create article_preview.php page. ✅
11. Create article_delete.php page. ✅
12. Create about_us.php page.
13. Create home.php page. For what???
14. Cerate user_profile.php page. ✅
    • Add Edit link to profile page. That appears only for the page owner. ✅
15. Create user_profile_edit.php page.
    • Create different forms for every change like email, gender, bio, password;
    • Create a function with database query that contains variables for updated item and its updated value; ✅
16. Make a code look good. Leave comments above the code block with explanations of them.
17. Change include("article_not_found.php") and the same with "user_not_exist.php" to one PAGE NOT FOUND file. ✅
18. ...

Content creation pages must include:

1. Add Article feature.
2. Edit Article feature.
3. Delete Article feature.
4. List of user made Articles.
5. Textarea field.
6. Publish checkbox.
7. Tags system (experiment with database queries).
8. ...

Comment system making plan.

1. Create a database table for storing users comments. The table must include the next rows:
   • comment_id;
   • comment;
   • publication_datetime;
   • edited_datetime;
   • article_id;
   • article_topic;
   • username;
   • username_id;
   • username_email. ✅
2. Create the comment_add.php page:
   • Form for adding a comment;
   • Database query with adding a comment; ✅ (Made it on the article.php page.)
3. Create the comment_edit.php page:
   • Form for editing a comment;
   • Database query for editing comments;
4. Create the comment_delete.php page.
5. Add list of users comments to the article.php page.
   • Edit comment button:

     if($_SESSION['username']) == $comment_query['username']{
         EDIT_BUTTON
     }
     

6. Add comments quantity under the every article on the index.php page.
7. Add list of all left user's comments to the dashboard.php page.
8. Comment list section in descending order. Comment must include:
   • Linked username;
   • Publication date;
   • Comment text;
   • Edit comment button (For comment owner);
   • Delete comment button (For comment owner);
   • Comment number;

CSS Styling Plan

Make the main.css file with general styling with navigation bar, body, footer. Make separate .css files for different pages if needed. Make pages ony by ony. Begin from About us page.

1. General:
   • Create navigation bar with all links (login/logout, register, home, about us, dashboard);
   • Create footer with contact us and another links information;
   • Configure website layout.
2. About us page:
   • Create Overflow for the box with text; It doesn't need.
   • Make body background not depending on margins when changing the web browser window size;
3. My Articles and My Comments:
   • Style tables with articles/comments;
   • Add Publish/unpublish button for my articles page;
4. Login/Register/Add Article/Add Comment:
   • Style forms.