BlogCMS – Admin Dashboard & Backend

Project Overview

BlogCMS is a simple Content Management System that allows users to manage a blog on a daily basis.
This project focuses on building the backend and an admin dashboard where content can be created, read, updated, and deleted securely.

The application is developed using PHP 8 (procedural) and a relational database.

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Features

For All Users

• Secure login page
• Role-based access system:
  • Admin
  • Author
  • User

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For Administrators

• Admin dashboard with basic statistics
• Create, read, update, and delete categories
• Moderate comments
• Manage users (view, edit, delete)

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For Authors

• View published articles
• Create new articles
• Edit their own articles
• Delete their own articles
• Post comments

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For Visitors

• View published articles
• Post comments

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Bonus Features

• Image upload
• Article search
• Pagination for lists

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Technologies Used

Backend

• PHP 8 (procedural programming)
• MySQL or PostgreSQL
• PDO with prepared statements

Frontend

• HTML5 / CSS3
• Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap
• Basic JavaScript

Security

• Secure PHP sessions
• Password hashing using bcrypt
• XSS protection with htmlspecialchars
• Server-side form validation

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Project Structure

• Procedural PHP files
• Separate files for:
  • Database connection
  • Authentication
  • CRUD operations
• Clean and readable code structure

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