Modern Blogging Platform

Overview

Modern Blogging Platform is a full-stack content publishing application built with Next.js and Prisma, providing a complete blogging experience for both readers and authors.

The platform includes secure authentication, email verification, rich blog publishing, profile management, image uploads, and an author dashboard for managing content.

The project was designed to explore how modern content management systems combine authentication, media handling, and relational data into a cohesive user experience.

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Motivation

Publishing platforms involve much more than storing articles.

This project focuses on building the complete author experience—from account creation and email verification to writing, publishing, and managing articles through a secure dashboard.

It also demonstrates how relational data models connect users, blogs, categories, tags, comments, and media.

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Key Features

• User authentication with JWT
• Protected routes using Next.js Middleware
• Email verification
• Password reset workflow
• Rich blog publishing
• Automatic slug generation
• Estimated reading time
• Category and tag management
• Cloudinary image uploads
• Author dashboard
• Profile management
• Responsive interface

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Architecture

Browser
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Next.js App Router
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Authentication Layer
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API Routes
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Prisma ORM
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Database

Cloudinary
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 Image Uploads

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Technical Highlights