This project is my submission for the Commerce project, part of Harvard University's CS50W course: Web Programming with Python and JavaScript. The goal was to design an eBay-like e-commerce auction site that allows users to post auction listings, place bids, comment on listings, and add listings to a "watchlist."

• Active Listings Page: A dynamic overview of all active auction listings, displaying essential details such as title, description, current price, and image if available.
• Listing Page: Detailed view of a listing, including functionality for bidding, commenting, and watchlist management. Listing creators can close auctions, and winners are notified on this page.
• User Registration and Authentication: Enabling personalized experiences such as bidding, commenting, and watchlist management.
• Create Listing: Users can create new auction listings with titles, descriptions, starting bids, optional images, and category.
• Watchlist: Users can add or remove listings from a personal watchlist, with easy navigation to their watched auctions.
• Categories: Categorized listings for easier navigation and discovery based on interests.
• Django Admin Interface: An admin interface for site administrators to manage listings, comments, and bids.

• Python
• Django
• Git (Optional)

Ensure you have Python and Django installed on your system. If not, follow the instructions on Python's official website and Django's documentation to get them installed.

1. Clone the repo or download the zip file.
2. cd Sphinx-Auctions
3. Run python manage.py makemigrations auctions to make migrations for the auctions app.
4. Execute python manage.py migrate to apply migrations to the database.
5. Start the development server with python manage.py runserver and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your web browser.

• Frontend: HTML, Bootsrap
• Backend: Django (Python)
• Database: SQLite (Django's default database)

• auctions/: Django app containing models, views, templates, and URL configurations for the auction functionality.
• commerce/: Project directory with settings and root URL configurations.

• User: Inherits from `AbstractUser.
• Listing: Represents auction listings with fields for title, description, starting bid, image URL, and category.
• Category: Represents different categories under which listings can be classified (e.g., Electronics, Fashion, Home).
• Bid: Tracks bids on auction listings, including bid amount and the user who placed the bid.
• Comment: Allows users to comment on listings, with fields for the comment text and associated listing.
• Watchlist: Represents the user's watchlist, containing references to the User model and the Listing model.

This project is part of my coursework and is not currently open for external contributions. Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

• Project idea and specifications provided by CS50W.
• Inspiration from eBay for auction and bidding features.