Comprehensive Project Overview

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Travel Tips & Destination Guides(Trekz)

Introduction

Project Overview

The Travel Tips & Destination Guides platform is designed to bring together a community of travel enthusiasts. It allows users to share personal travel stories, offer tips, and engage with like-minded travelers. Key features include user authentication, post creation and sharing, profile management, and premium content access. The platform is built with scalability in mind, ensuring a smooth and interactive experience across devices.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure login and registration for users and administrators using JWT-based authentication.
• User Profile Management: Users can update their profiles, upload profile pictures, and follow other users to stay updated with their travel posts.
• Post Creation & Sharing: Users can create and share travel tips, guides, and stories using a rich text editor or Markdown. Posts can include images, categories, and tags.
• Upvote & Downvote System: Users can upvote and downvote posts to highlight valuable content.
• Commenting System: A dynamic commenting system where users can post, edit, delete comments, and reply to others.
• Premium Content Access: Users can pay to access premium content, including exclusive travel tips and guides, via integrated payment gateways like Aamarpay or Stripe.
• Following System: Allows users to follow others and see updates from their favorite travel writers and influencers.
• News Feed: Infinite scrolling news feed with filtering options based on categories, popularity, and upvote counts.
• Profile Verification: Users can verify their profile through payment, unlocking premium features and access to exclusive content.
• Micro Animations: Subtle animations provide a smooth and interactive user experience.
• Responsive Design: Designed for mobile-first responsiveness, ensuring a seamless experience on any device.
• Advanced Search & Filtering: Debounced search with filter options, allowing users to find posts by categories, tags, popularity, and more.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: Next.js, React, TypeScript, NextUI, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database: MongoDB (NoSQL)
• Authentication: JWT, bcrypt
• Payment Integration: Aamarpay
• Search & Filter: Custom-built search functionality with debouncing
• Hosting: Vercel

Installation Guideline

Instructions on how to install, configure, and get the project running locally.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm or yarn or bun
• MongoDB (local or cloud instance)

Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository:

• Frontend git clone

git clone https://github.com/ashiqee/Trekz_frontend.git
cd trekz-fontend

• Backend git clone

git https://github.com/ashiqee/Trekz_backend
cd Trekz_backend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install
# or
yarn install

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the root directory of the project.
2. Add necessary configuration variables in the .env file. Example:

    NODE_ENV = development
    PORT=5000
    DATABASE_URL = 
    BCRYPT_SALT_ROUNDS=12
    DEFAULT_PASSWORD=
   
    JWT_ACCESS_SECRET =
    JWT_ACCESS_EXPIRES_IN=10d
    JWT_REFRESH_SECRET =
    JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRES_IN=365d
   
    STORE_ID = ""
    SIGNETURE_KEY = ""
    PAYMENT_URL="https://sandbox.aamarpay.com/jsonpost.php"
    PAYMENT_VERIFY_URL="https://sandbox.aamarpay.com/api/v1/trxcheck/request.php"

L2Batch-3-assignment-5

Submission : (Please check my submissions:)

• Frontend Live Link: Live Website

• Backend Live Link: Backend Link

• GitHub Repository URL (Frontend): https://github.com/ashiqee/Trekz_frontend

• GitHub Repository URL (Backend): https://github.com/ashiqee/Trekz_backend

• Admin Role

useremail: admin@gmail.com  
password: 123456

• User Role

useremail: user@trekz.com  
password: 123456