Curated Crate is a modern e-commerce platform for creating and purchasing personalized gift boxes. It allows users to select from a variety of artisanal products to build their own unique "crate" or choose from pre-designed themed boxes. The platform is built with a focus on a clean, user-friendly interface and a robust backend to handle products, orders, and user accounts.

• Website: https://curated-crate.vercel.app
• Admin Panel: https://curated-crate.vercel.app/admin/login

• Admin:
  • Email: admin@gmail.in
  • Password: admin@123
• User:
  • Email: user@gmail.com
  • Password: user1234

Homepage:

Admin Dashboard:

• Customer-Facing:

  • User authentication (Sign up, Login)
  • Browse and filter products
  • View themed gift boxes
  • Add items to a shopping cart
  • Checkout and payment processing (mocked)
  • Manage user account (profile, addresses, order history)
  • Product and themed box reviews

• Admin Panel:

  • Admin uthentication (Login)
  • Dashboard with sales and user statistics
  • Order management
  • Product and themed box creation and management
  • Customer management
  • Analytics and reporting
  • Coupouns Creation

• Framework: Next.js
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Tailwind CSS with shadcn/ui components
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Authentication: NextAuth.js
• Animations: Framer Motion

Follow these instructions to get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

• Node.js (v18 or later)
• pnpm (or npm/yarn)
• MongoDB instance (local or cloud-based)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Dev-kaif/Curated-Crate.git cd Curated-Crate

2. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install

3. Set up environment variables:

   Create a .env.local file in the root of your project and add the following variables:

   NEXTAUTH_SECRET=your-secret-key-here MONGODB_URL=your-mongodb-connection-string NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your-cloudinary-cloud-name NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_UPLOAD_PRESET=your-cloudinary-upload-preset RESEND_API_KEY=your-resend-api-key EMAIL=your-email-address

4. Run the development server:

   pnpm run dev

   The application should now be running at http://localhost:3000.

The project follows the standard Next.js App Router structure.

/src ├── app/ # Main application routes │ ├── (admin)/ # Admin-only routes │ ├── (user)/ # User-specific routes │ ├── api/ # API endpoints │ └── ... ├── backend/ # Backend logic │ ├── lib/ # Database connection, auth helpers │ └── models/ # Mongoose schemas ├── components/ # Reusable React components │ ├── Landing/ # Components for the landing page │ ├── Layout/ # Layout components (Navbar, Footer) │ └── ui/ # shadcn/ui components ├── contexts/ # React Context providers (e.g., StoreContext) └── hooks/ # Custom React hooks 

• pnpm dev: Runs the application in development mode.
• pnpm build: Builds the application for production.
• pnpm start: Starts the production server.
• pnpm lint: Lints the code using Next.js's built-in ESLint configuration.