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 # Odalmedia
-Odalmedia is an open-source NodeJS based interactive forum software programmed in mind to have little moderation. 
+Odalmedia is an open-source NodeJS based forum software using PostgreSQL programmed in mind to have little moderation. 
+
+<h3>
+History/About:
+</h3>
+
+This project started on a whim and it is my first attempt at NodeJS although I have had limited experience with native Javascript in the past.
+I do not use a standard naming convention for my variables or CSS classes and IDs which may be confusing if you view my code. I did not use a frontend framework for this project athough I did think about rewriting it with a frontend framework in mind, I decided to use CSS grid as I have experimented with it in the past in a limited manner. 
+
+I have never attempted SQL programming before, and before switching to PostgreSQL, 
+I had created basic authetication with a register/login page with MongoDB and Mongoose. 
+After contemplating for a while I decided to migrate databases and attempt PostgreSQL. 
+
+
+The way the current website is structured is that once you register for a profile, you have access to a custom psuedo-anonymous profile 
+that allows you to post in the public domain, located by pressing the "browser" button.
+The browser is where "miniverses" are located. Miniverses are areas of discussion where users make topics that congregate around what that 
+miniverse's name is about.
+
+Any user can create a miniverse with the "create miniverse" button located in the browser. All miniverses names are unique and
+any user that makes a miniverse owns that miniverse. Miniverse owners cannot be 
+removed from owning a miniverse currently, though I have thought of some ideas on how to do that. 
+The owner of the miniverse can choose to delete their miniverse at any time, which deletes every post and topic from 
+anyone who posted on there, and then the miniverse can be claimed by whoever recreates it.
+
+<h3>
+Required tools:
+</h3>
+
+Pgadmin https://www.pgadmin.org/download/
+NodeJS https://nodejs.org/en/
+
+<h3>
+Installation Instructions:
+</h3>
+
+1) Have the required tools installed.
+2) Download the main Nodejs directory.  
+3) Run pgadmin and set up a user and password and create a database.
+4) Follow these instructions by importing the file titled "intial.sql": 
+https://www.postgresql-archive.org/pgAdmin-4-How-to-I-import-a-sql-file-td5999352.html
+5) Start up the Node.js command prompt and navigate to the inside of the /Nodejs/ directory.
+6) Run NPM install which will install the required dependencies for the program.
+7) Enter "node odal.js" into the Node.js command prompt after the dependencies are installed 
+and you should see an API prompt displaying "Database name:".
+8) Submit the database name and answer the next prompts of "Database owner:" and "Database password:".
+These prompts will be asked every time the server is restarted.
+
+If all is successful two messages should appear, the first displays "SERVING RUNNING AT: localhost:8080", 
+and the next message says "DATABASE CONNECTED". If the messages mentioned do not show up, and you see a large list of errors, you weant wrong somewhere 
+and the credentials or information entered is wrong.
+
+
+