Personal Blog

A personal blog built with Go for writing and publishing articles. Features a guest section for reading articles and an admin section for managing content.

Features

• Guest Section

  • Home page with list of all published articles
  • Individual article pages with full content

• Admin Section

  • Dashboard with article list and management actions
  • Add, edit, and delete articles
  • Protected routes with session-based authentication

• Storage

  • Filesystem-based storage using JSON files
  • No external database dependencies

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21 or later

Installation

git clone https://github.com/pranampagi/personal-blog.git
cd personal-blog
go build -o blog .
./blog

The server starts on http://localhost:3000.

Default Admin Credentials

• Username: admin
• Password: password123

These can be overridden with environment variables:

export ADMIN_USERNAME=myuser
export ADMIN_PASSWORD=mypassword
./blog

Project Structure

personal-blog/
├── main.go          # Server entry point, routes, and guest handlers
├── session.go       # Authentication and session management
├── admin.go         # Admin dashboard and article CRUD handlers
├── models/
│   └── article.go   # Article model and filesystem operations
├── templates/       # HTML templates
├── static/          # CSS files
└── articles/        # Article JSON storage

Usage

1. Visit http://localhost:3000 to browse articles
2. Navigate to /login to access the admin panel
3. Use the dashboard to create, edit, or delete articles