SYSCX

A simple, educational social media platform (e.g. twitter for students) created for the SYSC4504 course at Carleton University. This project features basic functionalities like user registration, login, profile customization, and postings. It serves as a practical application of HTML, CSS, php, MySQL, and JavaScript skills learned during the course, designed to simulate a student-centered social network

Features

• User registration and login/logout system
• Posting updates
• Viewing posts from other users
• Customizing student profiles
• Viewing list of users (if admin)

Technologies

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• PHP
• MySQL
• XAMPP (for local server and database management)
• phpMyAdmin

Installation

1. Make sure you have XAMPP installed on your device.
2. Download the repository and extract it.
3. Move the extracted folder to the htdocs directory in your XAMPP installation folder.
4. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.
5. Use the Import tab in phpMyAdmin to import the .sql file provided in the project folder and set up the database tables
6. Start XAMPP: Launch XAMPP Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL.
7. Go to http://localhost/pathToProject and the website should be visible

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