SMEs E-commerce Platform

(Final Year Project) An E-commerce platform designed for small and medium businesses(SMEs) in clothing industry

Feature

This E-commerce platform provides the following feature

• E-commerce website with product listings, product pages, shopping cart and login/register account
• Admin Panel: Interface for inventory management
• Backend: Use Node.js/ExpressJS with MongoDB database for scalability
• Customisable Design: The platform provides a templates to adapt the look and feel to your own brand

Technologies

This project was built using the following technologies:

• Frontend: ReactJS
• Backend: Node.js, ExpressJS
• Database: MongoDB
• Other: jsonwebtoken (authentication), multer (image uploads), cors

Installation

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/Dronesat/ecommerce-project.git
2. Install Dependencies:
   • Frontend: cd frontend && npm install
   • Admin Panel: cd adminpanel && npm install
   • Backend: cd backend && npm install
3. Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the backend root directory. Add the following (replace with your actual values):
   • MONGODB_URI - Your MongoDB connection string
   • JWT_TOKEN_KEY - A secret key for JWT authentication
4. Start Servers:
   • Frontend: npm start (Runs on http://localhost:3000 by default)
   • Admin Panel: npm run dev (Runs on http://localhost:5713 by default)
   • Backend (Server): node .\index.js (Runs on http://localhost:4000 by default)

Usage

1. Access Admin Panel: Go to http://localhost:5713 to and manage products.
2. Visit Storefront: Go to http://localhost:3000 to see the customer-facing site.

API Documentation

You can find this document in the root directory "API_Documentation.pdf"

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit pull requests.

Licence

ecommerce-project is licensed under the MIT License.