bubudroid.me

A personal website built with Django, deployed on PythonAnywhere, and secured via Cloudflare.

🌐 Features

• Markdown-rendered blog posts
• Searchable blog and archive with keyword- and tag-based filtering
• Math rendering with LaTeX
• Clean, responsive layout (Tokyo Night-inspired)
• Static pages (About, Olympiads, Pet Peeves, etc.)
• Sitemap + robots.txt for SEO
• HTTPS with HSTS via Cloudflare
• Error logging with email alerts

⚙️ Stack

Component	Tech
Backend	Django
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JS (Vanilla)
Deployment	PythonAnywhere
DNS & HTTPS	Cloudflare
Email Alerts	Gmail (SMTP + App Password)
Version Control	Git + GitHub

🔒 Security

• TLS via Cloudflare + Full HTTPS mode
• HSTS preloading with subdomain support
• Secure headers: X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, etc.
• Django admin only accessible via superuser
• Custom error logging and rotation

🚀 Live

Visit: https://www.bubudroid.me

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🛠️ Setup (Dev)

git clone https://github.com/Bubu-Droid/website.git
cd website
mkdir -p cache logs
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
touch website/config.py

Set up config.py with:

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = "<your-secret-key>"

To generate a new secret key, you may use this website.

Then run the deployment server:

python3 manage.py runserver

📧 Error Email Setup (Optional)

To enable error emails (e.g., for 500 Internal Server Errors), add the following lines into config.py.

EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

EMAIL_HOST_USER = "<sender-email@gmail.com>"
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "<app-password>"

SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER

Also make sure settings.py contains:

DEBUG = False
ADMINS = [("<your-name>", "<receiver-email@gmail.com>")]

Important

To generate an app password for your <sender-email@gmail.com account, follow this video and then use the generated password as your <app-password>.