Navigate to forked/downloaded folder
npm install
This will grab the dependencies for the project.
Using the sails-mongo adapter https://github.com/balderdashy/sails-mongo
Create DB in mongo. You can view the mongo docs here
Navigate to your mongo bin folder.
In one terminal run mongod to spin up the db.
In another terminal run mongo to connect to the shell
Check the docs on how to create a DB
Once you have mongo up and running, time to connect your DB from your app.
Navigate to \config\adapters.js and set up your config
Ex:
module : 'sails-mongo',
host : 'localhost',
user : 'thoughtpalette',
password : 'password',
database : 'localHostTestDB'Navigate to your project root and start sails sails lift
Comment out the authentication in \config\policies.js under UserController.
Create your admin login straight from the URL as such:
localhost:1337/user/create?username=name&password=password
You can then add the authentication back on the UserController so only you can now create admins ;}
Once your main admin user is created, navigate to /login and login with your credentials.
This will redirect you to the admin interface.
In this panel you have control to add/delete employees and portfolio items to the front-end and logout as as admin.
Install node-inspector globally
npm install -g node-inspector
Follow instructions to get that running
Switch to project/nodeapp folder in terminal
Debug with node --debug app.js