GameX - gaming blog

GameX is a modern gaming blog/media platform built on Django, created for gamers who want to read fresh news, in-depth reviews, guides, interviews, and follow esports and industry news. The project is built as a full-fledged media site with a focus on readability, loading speed, pleasant design, and powerful functionality for users and administrators.

Main features and full functionality of GameX
For visitors:

Homepage with large, bright cards of the latest materials (news, reviews, guides, interviews, esports)
Categories and tags: News, Articles, Guides, Interviews, Esports, PC, Consoles, VR, Mobile Games, etc.
Powerful search across the entire site (title, text, tags)
Filtering materials by categories, tags, date
Page of a separate article with:
beautiful text formatting (CKEditor + custom styles)
large images and galleries
comments with moderation and a reply tree (depth up to 2 levels)
the ability to add to favorites (like/heart)
viewing similar materials at the bottom
view statistics

User personal cabinet (registration, authorization, comment history, favorites)
Responsive design - looks perfect on phone, tablet, and PC
Dark theme with neon accents (purple gradient, Exo 2 font)

For the administrator:

Full-fledged Django admin panel with extended functionality:
management of articles (creation, editing, publication, drafts)
categories, tags, SEO fields (title, description, og:image)
comment moderation (approval/deletion/replies)
management of users and their favorites
article view statistics

Support for RichText (CKEditor) with image uploads
Easy addition of new materials with automatic slug generation
Ability to add banners, sliders, popular materials to the homepage

Technology stack:

Backend: Django (main framework), Python
Database: PostgreSQL
Content editor: CKEditor 5 with media uploads
Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap 5
Styling: custom CSS with gradients, neon effects, Google fonts
Animations and sliders: Swiper.js (for popular materials and similar articles)
Authorization and comments: Django Authentication + custom Comment model with reply depth
Optimization: query caching, lazy loading of images, responsiveness
Deployment: Nginx + Gunicorn / uvicorn + Supervisor

GameX is not just a blog, but a full-fledged platform for the gaming community: easy to read, fast, with active comments and scalability (adding game ratings, game database, forum, etc.).