mhwkb/not_alone

Name: not_alone

Owner: Mental Health GitHub Group

Description: Second draft of mental health website

Forked from: alexmiller64/not_alone

Created: 2017-10-26 06:14:12.0

Updated: 2017-12-01 09:33:19.0

Pushed: 2017-10-25 12:54:56.0

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Size: 2075

Language: JavaScript

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README

Not-Alone-Now README.

Overview

Why does I Am Not Alone exist?

In my opinion, mental illness is not discussed openly or often enough without fear or embarrassment. I hope this site can go some way to eliminating the stigma, and toward assuring people that they are not alone in this. In the charts section we highlight the stark contrasts in employment rates between people with mental illnesses and the general population. It is my hope that this raises awareness to the issue.

Further thoughts on site design

I want the site to be bright, airy and happy - People are coming here to leave with a new lease on life, so it doesn't need to be all doom and gloom and boring facts and figures, similar to what I've been met with in the past when looking for advice - it's going to be an open forum where people can discuss their experiences, and that includes how amazing they feel after coming out the other side, as well as genuine care and support during our lowest moments. In terms of the human race as a whole, we generally all care about each other - we just need a platform that gives us the opportunity to show that. This will be a good place to be.

What does the code do?

The code contained in these files will display information through the immediacy and accessibility of data visualisation graphs and tables.

Features

Existing Features

Features include the ability to take a tour in the charts section, and dynamically alter the charts output by selecting different regions on the pie chart.

Features Left to Implement

1. Blog section where users can contribute.
2. Login/Logout/Register.

Contributing:

Please feel free to contribute! You can find me under alexmiller64 on github, and the project under the not_alone repository. Please feel free to make any changes or additions you see fit, then submit a pull request.

Getting the code up and running

1. Firstly you will need to clone this repository by running the `git clone https://github.com/alexmiller64/not_alone.git` command
2. After you've done that you'll need to make sure that you have MongoDB installed
3. Treehouse offer a fantastic explanation on downloading and installing MongoDB here
4. Alternatively, the good folks over at MongoDB walk you through installation on Windows here
5. Once MongoDB is installed, you'll need to install Flask
6. You can find instructions for installing Flask for Mac here
7. And instructions for installing Flask for Windows here
8. Once MongoDB is installed run `mongod` in the command line
9. Run the project in PyCharm. Specifically the not_alone.py file in the project root directory.
10. Once you have done this the project can be found on localhost
11. Make changes to the code and if you think it belongs in here then just submit a pull request.

Validation:

All relevant code has been run through a Markup Validation service here: https://validator.w3.org/check

Acknowledgements:

• Matt Rudge (Tutor at Code Institute) - for guidance and advice
• Staff at Code Institute - for lessons on which I Am Not alone is based. Also for the “getting the code up and running” section and “Tech Used/Some of the tech used includes” section of this README.
• http://bootstrapdesigntools.com/tools/bootstrap-menu-builder/#/about-us for a good basis on which the navbar was built
• http://www.bestcssbuttongenerator.com/ for a good basis on which the buttons were built