Link Vink : Unify All Your Links in One Place

1. Visit Our Website: Go to Link Vink.
2. Sign Up: Register and pick a unique username.
3. Add Your Links: Include all your social media and other online profiles.
4. Share Your Unique Profile: Use your Link Vink URL to share everything at once.

What Makes It Tick?

• MongoDB: For storing user and link data.
• ExpressJS: To manage backend operations and handle requests.
• React: For creating an easy-to-use front-end.
• NodeJS: To run the server and connect everything.

• VS Code: My favorite code editor.
• Google Chrome: For testing and debugging.

Designing the User Experience

• react-bootstrap: For a responsive and neat layout.
• react-icons: To make the interface intuitive with simple icons.
• react-scroll: For smooth scrolling and navigation.
• styled-components: To keep the codebase clean and organized.
• react-router-dom: For seamless page transitions.

Database and Security

• User Data: Stores information like your name, username, and profile views.
• Link Data: Includes the title and URL of each link, tied to your unique user ID.

• bcryptjs: Hashes passwords to keep them safe.
• jsonwebtoken: Handles authentication securely.
• cors: Manages cross-origin requests safely.

Running Link Vink on Your Local Machine

git clone https://github.com/iamsainty/link-vink.git

cd client
npm install
npm start

cd server
npm install

MONGO_URI='your MongoDB URI'
PORT='your port number'
JWT_SECRET='your secret key'

node index.js

What’s Next for Link Vink?

• More Customization: Adding more options to personalize your profile.
• Better Analytics: Improving how you can track link performance.
• Collaborative Features: Allowing multiple users to manage a single profile.