Event Fundraising Website

An event fundraising website where individuals can create personal pages, set goals and raise money for the overall goal.

Features

• Fully responsive website that supports phones, tablets and computers
• Individuals can create custom fundraising pages with a photo, message and fundraising goal
• Email notifications to the fundraiser whenever a donation is received

Installing

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7
• git

Local installation

1. (optional) Create and activate a virtualenv to have an isolated environment.

2. Clone this repository:

   cd fundraising-website

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Copy .env.example to .env:

   cp .env.example .env

5. Edit .env and add a SECRET_KEY value, a long (32 chars or more) random string.

6. Create a database:

   python3 ./manage.py migrate

7. Create a superuser - please use a strong password:

   python3 ./manage.py createsuperuser

8. Load test data into the database from fixtures:

   python3 ./manage.py loaddata startingdata

9. If everything installed, you should be able to start the Django development server:

   python3 ./manage.py runserver localhost:8000

10. You can browse to http://localhost:8000/team_fundraising/

Email

In order to send out emails when someone registers, makes a donation or receives a donation, you need to provide a mail server. A Gmail account can be used for this. Edit the .env file and add EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT, EMAIL_HOST_USER and EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD.

Built with

• Python 3.7 - Primary language
• Django 2.2 - Web Framework
• Bootstrap 4 - Interface