How abtinmbm/cybershield works
CyberShield is a Django cybersecurity discussion forum. Users browse and filter a live feed, open threaded discussions, post and comment, and vote; account registration, login, moderator applications, and profile management support that workflow. The backend routes requests to forum views, which use forms, domain helpers, and forum models. The README documents AJAX updates, fuzzy search, rich-text posts, authentication protections, and responsive styling. Some frontend integration is documented rather than shown in sampled application code, so those links are marked accordingly.
Main entry points: views.py Forum Views · models.py Forum Models · forms.py Forum Forms · urls.py URL Routing
Components 16
Forum Web
- URL Routing
forum/urls.py - Forum Views
forum/views.py
Forum Domain
- Public Profiles
forum/functions.py - Forum Models
forum/models.py - SQLite Database
cybershield_project/settings.py
Identity And Safety
- Forum Forms
forum/forms.py - Moderation Admin
forum/admin.py - Django Authentication
forum/views.py - reCAPTCHA
Browser Experience
- Forum Browser UI
- AJAX Updates
static/jquery.js - Fuzzy Search
static/fuse.js - Editor Loader
static/django_ckeditor_5/app.js - Rich Text Editor
static/django_ckeditor_5/src/ckeditor.js - Responsive Styling
static/tailwind.js
Other components
- Forum User
Connections 16
- Forum User → URL Routing: requests
forum/urls.py - URL Routing → Forum Views: dispatches
forum/urls.py - Forum Views → Forum Forms: uses
forum/views.py - Forum Views → Forum Models: queries and updates
forum/views.py - Forum Views → Public Profiles: loads profile data
forum/views.py - Forum Forms → Forum Models: creates forum data
forum/forms.py - Forum Models → SQLite Database: persists records
README.md - Moderation Admin → Forum Models: manages records
forum/admin.py - Forum Views → Django Authentication: authenticates users
forum/views.py - Forum Forms → reCAPTCHA: validates submissions
forum/forms.py - Forum Browser UI → URL Routing: submits requests
README.md - Forum Browser UI → AJAX Updates: updates feed
README.md - Forum Browser UI → Fuzzy Search: searches posts
README.md - Forum Browser UI → Editor Loader: edits rich posts
README.md - Editor Loader → Rich Text Editor: creates editor
static/django_ckeditor_5/app.js - Forum Browser UI → Responsive Styling: renders responsively
README.md