README.md

NoBoring.email

NoBoring.Email - Send real paper postcards to your friends via the internet (University Project)

With NoBoring.email you can design and write a postcard online. Our website renders your text to a handwritten font, prints, and sends the postcard for you. This way, you can send real postcards to your friends and family with minimal time investment.

Tools used: Reacts JS, MongoDB

Demo

Installation

Use npm start for the frontend and node index.js for the backend.

Start the database server

mkdir /tmp/mongotmp
mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongotmp

Option 1) Create all database schemes and import data to begin with

mongorestore backend/dump/

Option2 ) Import by json (advanced)

This does not create the schemas and indexes, run the backend once beforehand.

mongoimport --db noboringemaildb --collection images --file mongodb/image_default_set.json

Quick setup with import

rm -rf /tmp/mongotmp && mkdir /tmp/mongotmp && mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongotmp
node backend/index.js
mongoimport --db noboringemaildb --collection images --file backend/dump_json/image_default_set.json
mongoimport --db noboringemaildb --collection printeries --file backend/dump_json/printery_default_set.json

Screenshots

Homepage

Select an image for your postcard

Adjust your design

Write and render your postcard

Track your order