col_films

A platform that operates like a movie streaming platform but for short movies created by college students.

Feature Requests

User: Unauthenticated

• Visit the platform to view basic information about the platform
• View and Interact with the documentation
• Register to view more details
• No access to use until registered
• Able to view all available movies

User: Authenticated

• Full access to the platform
• Allow upload of short movies (not more than 15 minutes)
• User must be a verified college student
• Watch films uploaded by others
• Comments, react and share movies
• Show usage example to users
• Allow user save data and come back to download

Project Documentation here @wiki https://github.com/proj-team-111/col_films/wiki

App Requirements

-requirements.txt

Architecture

-Monolith(Django Templating)

Installation Walkthrough

1. Create a folder eg Team_111

2. Change directory into the folder cd Team_111

3. Clone main branch to the folder git clone --branch main https://github.com/zuri-training/Col_Films_Team_111.git now the path to the project is Team_111/Col_Films_Team_111

4. Inside the project folder( Col_Films_Team_111 ), create a virtual environment python3 -m venv env change directory into it and activate it source bin/activate then exit the env cd ..

5. Install the the dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

6. You can test the project by running gunicorn col_films111.wsgi you should see some lines of code that include listening at: ... . If you wish you can visit the address listed, it will take you to the landing page of the project.

Note

• As it is a django app, the allowed hosts have been set to onecube.zurifordummies.com if you need to make changes, it can be found in col_films111/settings.py
• It is important that the db.sqlite file is not tampered with and is present during deployment