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+# MDblog
+This project intends to provide an easy blogging solution for people who like the markdown syntax and want an easy way to publish things. I didn't find a minimalistic enough blog that had markdown support so I wrote my own.
+
+## Setup
+This project has two main branches: master and production. You should always only use the production branch to run in production as the master branch does not use a secure server setup.
+This project is also Django based. Which means that you will have to run `python3 manage.py migrate` if you spin up the server for the first time to set up the database.
+If you are running the production version also make sure to collect the static files via `python3 manage.py collectstatic`.
+
+### Enviroment variables
+In order for this project to work you must set up some enviroment variables:
+- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` will be the password for the postgres Database.
+- `POSTGRES_USER` is the user that runs the postgres db.
+- `POSTGRES_DB` is the name of the database the Django server uses.
+- `MD_FILE_PATH` path that points to a folder where all markdownfiles are saved.
+- `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY` the secret key used by Django which should obviously be kept secret
+- `DJANGO_DEBUG` indicates whether the Django server runs in Debug mode or not. Should be False iff the server runs in production
+- `SALT_KEY` some type of hash salt the [2fa provider needs](https://github.com/neutron-sync/django-2fa/blob/main/docs/config.md#environmental-variables---required). Use a 36 character string.
+
+### Docker 
+After saving the above mentioned enviroment variables in a `envvars.env` file (or adjusting the `docker-compose.yml` to use a different .env file) only a `docker compose up` should be required to bring the project up.
+
+### Migrate
+To initialize the Database you need to run a Django migration. To do this you enter the docker container via `docker exec -it mdblog-web-1 /bin/bash` and running the command `python3 manage.py migrate`. After that the DB should be set up and the project is accessible at [127.0.0.1:8000](127.0.0.1:8000). If not you can try putting a https:// before the URL.
+
+### Create a superuser
+You might want to create a user to be able to edit the blog. To do so, you have to enter the container, run `python3 manage.py createsuperuser` and follow the on screen prompt.
+
+## Contributions
+Please feel free to write issues and open pull requests! 
diff --git a/markdownblog/Dockerfile b/markdownblog/Dockerfile
index a1db92f..a09e2f0 100644
--- a/markdownblog/Dockerfile
+++ b/markdownblog/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 ENV PYTHONBUFFERED 1
-RUN apt update && apt upgrade
+RUN apt update && apt upgrade -y
 RUN mkdir "/markdownblog"
 WORKDIR "/markdownblog"
 ADD ./requirements.txt /markdownblog/
diff --git a/markdownblog/blog/migrations/0003_blogpost_views.py b/markdownblog/blog/migrations/0003_blogpost_views.py
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+# Generated by Django 4.0.5 on 2022-09-11 22:33
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('blog', '0002_alter_blogpost_title_alter_tag_name_alter_topic_name'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='blogpost',
+            name='views',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=0),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/markdownblog/blog/models.py b/markdownblog/blog/models.py
index 11bbeaa..fcabcd1 100644
--- a/markdownblog/blog/models.py
+++ b/markdownblog/blog/models.py
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ class Blogpost(models.Model):
     tags = models.ManyToManyField(Tag)
     topic = models.ForeignKey(Topic, blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     mdfile = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    views = models.IntegerField(default=0)
diff --git a/markdownblog/blog/views.py b/markdownblog/blog/views.py
index c967c01..bd98bc0 100644
--- a/markdownblog/blog/views.py
+++ b/markdownblog/blog/views.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ def render_md_file(path) -> Template:
 
 def viewblog(request, title) -> HttpResponse:
     post = Blogpost.objects.get(title=title)
+    post.views += 1
+    post.save()
     filepath = os.path.join(os.environ.get("MD_FILE_PATH"), title + ".md")
 
     rendered_html = render_md_file(filepath)
diff --git a/markdownblog/markdownblog/templates/blog/order.html b/markdownblog/markdownblog/templates/blog/order.html
index c17beb2..8e26890 100644
--- a/markdownblog/markdownblog/templates/blog/order.html
+++ b/markdownblog/markdownblog/templates/blog/order.html
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
                         <li class="topic_list_element" draggable="true" ondragstart="drag(event)"
                             id="list_elem_post_{{ post.id }}">
                             <a href="{% url 'readpost' title=post.title %}">{{ post }}</a>
+                            <p>Views: {{ post.views }}</p>
                             <a href="/admin/blog/blogpost/{{ post.id }}/delete">
                                 <button class="btn waves-effect waves-light btn-danger">
                                     <span class="material-icons">delete</span>