G7 Facebook

G7 Social Space

An online dynamic social platform project by Group 7 Design and Analysis of Algorithms. The social platform allows different people to interact with each other.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Posts
• Search Functionality
• Preview
• Built With
• Software Required
• Installation

Features

• Login and Signup
• Logout
• A user can view how many posts they have posted
• Newsfeed to view posts of other users
• Commenting on posts
• Deleting a post
• Messaging users
• Editing user details
• Adding and changing both profile and cover pictures
• Finding People in the database
• Forgot password

Posts

Users can post 3 types of posts which are;

• text only posts
• image only posts and
• a post having both image and text (a caption) to describe the image

Search Functionality

Users can search for others users by;

• using the first name of the user
• using the last name or
• by using the user’s username

Preview

Built With

Front end:

• HTML5
• CSS3
• Javascript

Back end:

• PHP
• MySQL

Software Required

• XAMPP Control Panel
• XAMPP Server

Installation

• Install XAMPP and inside the XAMPP folder in your C drive, open htdocs folder.

• In the htdocs folder, create a new file named “G7-FAcebook” and copy all the assets into that file. (A copy of the source code is also available in the GitHub account (https://github.com/brianmurutu)

• Once it’s complete, open XAMPP Control Panel and start both Apache and MySQL.

• Open a browser of your choice and type http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to create a database named “g7_facebook”.

• Import database “g7_facebook.sql” inside the database folder.

• Once that is done, on a new tab type http://localhost/G7-Facbook/ to open the project and view its features.

Contributors (Group Members)

• BRIAN MURUTU - BIT/2021/83742
• ABDULMUTALIB MURSHID - BIT/2021/41251
• HABIBA DALO OMAR - BIT/2021/85954
• GRACE KAMAU - BIT/2021/85988
• ABDULMAHAT ABDI - BIT/2021/73022
• CATHERINE MUIA - BIT/2019/89194