##Introduction This project is an implementation of a basic blog, using the Google App Engine framework. Functionality includes:

• front page to display posts
• individual pages to display single posts and their comments
• sign-up page to register new users
• login page to login existing users
• ability for logged in users to logout
• registered users can create, edit, and delete blog posts
• registered users can like, or comment on other users' posts (but not their own)
• registered users can edit their comments

##Files The following files should be included:

• app.yaml
• blog.py
• all .html files in the /templates folder (8)
• all .css files in the /static folder (3)
• all .py files in the /models folder (4 + init)
• all .py files in the /handlers folder (13 + init)

##Running and Viewing the App In order to run the blog, you must have the following installed:

• python2.7
• google app engine

To run the app on your local machine using the google app engine's shell, you can run the command

dev_appserver.py [PATHNAME]

where [PATHNAME] is the path to the app.yaml file.

Alternatively, if you have a Google Cloud account, you can have Google's appcloud host the app. After registering a domain, you can run the command

gcloud app deploy

from the app.yaml's directory

IMPORTANT! In order for links in the .html pages to correctly render, it is necessary to set the variable 'url' in /handlers/hanlder.py (line 25)

by default it is set to

url = 'http://localhost:8080'

If you are not deploying it locally, you must change it to the url you are deploying it to. Example:

url = 'http://seths-udacity-project.appspot.com'