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NewsNice

Laravel, JQuery & AJAX

This application was built for my Honors year dissertation. As with all Honors projects, this application was fully planned and managed by myself including ER diagrams, application requirements, wireframe models, sitemap, and mapped using project management software

The purpose of this research paper is to develop a news platform which will provide positive, uplifting news to children and young adults in the form of a web application.

My Honors paper discusses the effect current media, traditional and technological, is having on our state of mind, both positively and negatively. Furthermore, research was made in to my approach to the user interface so as to keep children focused, calm, and thinking positively.

Development methodology: RAD

Features inlude:

  • Connection to Reddit's API using cURL to fetch articles, including title and thumbnail, and tags
  • User registration and login with Laravel Jetstream
  • Personalised article feed from categories you follow
  • Polymorphic 'like' system for articles & comments
  • Comment / nested reply system on articles
  • Report system for articles
  • Use of laravel gates & policy for admin views
  • Accessability features including text size, and high contrast mode. Preferences saved in cookie
  • Guest access and personalised feed using cookies
  • Admin system including:
    • View & block users
    • Unapprove articles
    • View & delete comments
  • Search bar for articles

Site can be viewed live here - http://newsnice.co.uk/