2026FCJamison — Flask Portfolio Site

Personal portfolio site built with Flask + Jinja2 and a modern front-end theme. It includes a portfolio section, blog UI, and two working email-backed forms.

Highlights

• Flask-friendly links: templates use url_for(...) for internal navigation and static assets.
• Portfolio modals that actually navigate: “View Project” links work reliably even with slider/modal scripts.
• Email-backed forms:
  • Blog “Leave a Reply” sends an email notification (AJAX POST).
  • Contact form sends an email (AJAX POST).
• Production-ready entrypoint: includes wsgi.py for WSGI servers.

Tech stack

• Python / Flask
• Jinja2 templates
• Bootstrap + jQuery
• Slick carousel
• SMTP via Python smtplib

Project structure

• app.py — local/dev entrypoint
• wsgi.py — WSGI entrypoint (application)
• homeViews.py — routes + SMTP email logic
• templates/ — site templates + partials
• static/ — CSS/JS/images/fonts

Run locally

Using VS Code tasks (Windows)

This repo includes VS Code tasks for setting up a venv and starting the app.

GlobeBank (PHP project)

GlobeBank is a PHP app, but this repo will run it from the Flask site by automatically starting a local PHP server and reverse-proxying it.

• Open http://2026fcjamison.localhost:5000/projects/2007GlobeBank/
• Requires PHP installed (recommended: winget install -e --id PHP.PHP.8.4)

Optional (manual PHP server):

• Run the VS Code task PHP: Run GlobeBank (dev server :8007)
• Open http://2026fcjamison.localhost:8007/

Or run the combined task Dev: Flask + GlobeBank PHP + Open.

Manual

python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install -r requirements.txt
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe app.py

Then open the URL printed in the console (default is http://127.0.0.1:5000/).

Configuration

Flask

• HOST (default: 127.0.0.1)
• PORT (default: 5000)
• FLASK_DEBUG (1/0)

SMTP

See SMTP_SETUP.md for the full list and examples. The app uses SMTP for:

• POST /leave-reply
• POST /contact

Deployment notes

• wsgi.py is provided for production WSGI servers.
• If you deploy behind Apache as a reverse proxy, the upstream WSGI server (e.g., Waitress) typically listens on localhost.

If you’re using the included production notes, see PRODUCTION_SETUP.md.