RealTalk Penn

Repository for RealTalk Penn, an anonymous Q&A forum for the University of Pennsylvania community, inspired by the Princeton counterpart.

Docker Containers

• Ghost: backend CMS and Handlebar.js template renderer.
• MySQL: content database.
• Node.js: APIs for submitting questions and verifying reCAPTCHA.
• Nginx: reverse proxy to route traffic to Ghost and API server.

Contributing

Everyone is welcomed to submit pull requests.

License

* License only applies to the current codebase. Not the project itself.

Running Locally

Warning: may not be compatible with Windows.

1. Install node, docker, docker-compose and git, if you haven't already.
2. Run git clone https://github.com/linzhiq/thesignal-realtalk.git && cd thesignal-realtalk.
3. Run ./run.sh setup before running the server for the first time, or when you want to pull the latest code from GitHub.
4. Run ./run.sh dev to start your server. It will shut down automatically when you close the terminal window.