A Django-based gallery web app where authenticated users can upload, edit, and delete images, organized by categories. Built with Django’s built-in authentication system and file handling.
- 🔐 User registration, login, and logout
- 📸 Upload images with titles, descriptions, and categories
- ✏️ Update and delete own images
- 📂 Categorize images (e.g., Nature, Architecture, People)
- 🧑💻 Users can only manage their own uploads
- 🎨 Clean and responsive UI (Bootstrap)
- Backend: Django 4.x+
- Database: SQLite (default)
- Frontend: Django Templates + Bootstrap
- Auth: Django built-in authentication
- Image Handling: Django
ImageField, media routing
gallery_project/ ├── myapp/ # Main app (models, views, templates) ├── media/ # Uploaded images ├── static/ # Static files ├── templates/ # Shared templates ├── gallery_project/ # Django settings ├── manage.py └── requirements.txt
🧠 How It Works
- Users can register/login to access the gallery dashboard.
- Uploaded images are tied to the user who posted them.
- Images are grouped into categories using a ForeignKey relationship.
- CRUD permissions are scoped per user—no editing others' images.
⚙️ Setup Instructions
git clone https://github.com/sophonie-1/gallery.git cd gallery
Set Up Environment:
python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows pip install -r requirements.txt
Apply Migrations
python manage.py migrate