Threadtalk

Thread Talk is a web forum where users can post short discussion threads and other users can comment on said threads.

Features

Deployed in threadtalk.onrender.com
Express app with MongoDB for database management
User registration and login
User details editing
User post history under profile tab
Hashed passwords using bcrypt
Posts with voting system
Comments with voting system
Search system that can search for post title, content, or author

Developers

Coo, Hans
Flaminiano, Peter
Fuentespina, Aian
Srivastava, Naman

Dependencies

bcrypt
body-parser
connect-mongodb-session
dotenv
express-session
express-validator
express
hbs
mongodb
mongoose
node
supervisor

Set-up and Operation

To set-up the web app in local host simply complete the following steps:

Download the source files and extract to any folder
Open a command line or terminal on the root of the folder
Run npm install on the command line
Wait for dependencies to download and install
On the command line, input either:
- node index.js or
- npx supervisor index.js
Open any web browser
Enter localhost:9090 to the address bar
- Note: If this does not work, try 127.0.0.1:9090.
By now the web app should have started on your browser.

To access online, simply click on the following link threadtalk.onrender.com

FAQ

The website is not loading.
- If on local host, check the command line. Supervisor tends to crash, and restart when running.
I lost my password.
- Unfortunately, due to one-way hashing using bcrypt, it is impossible to retrieve your password. We can delete your account and allow you to re-register under the same username, provided that username hasn't been taken.