---
title: "Database Setup"
description: "Create collections and attributes in Appwrite"
---

# Database Collections Setup

## Create Database

1. Go to Appwrite Console → **Databases**
2. Click **Create Database**
3. Set ID: `portfolio_db`
4. Name: `Portfolio Database`

## Core Collections

### blogs

Main blog posts collection.

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `title` | String | 255 | Yes |
| `category` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `description` | String | 500 | Yes |
| `thumbnailUrl` | String | 2000 | Yes |
| `galleryUrls` | String[] | 2000 | No |
| `likes` | Integer | - | No |
| `featured` | Boolean | - | No |
| `fullDescription` | String | 100000 | Yes |
| `customSlug` | String | 255 | Yes |
| `authorNames` | String[] | 255 | No |
| `authorImages` | String[] | 2000 | No |
| `publishDate` | String | 50 | Yes |

**Indexes:**
- `slug_idx` (unique) on `customSlug`
- `category_idx` on `category`
- `featured_idx` on `featured`

### projects

Portfolio projects collection.

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `title` | String | 255 | Yes |
| `category` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `description` | String | 500 | Yes |
| `thumbnailUrl` | String | 2000 | Yes |
| `galleryUrls` | String[] | 2000 | No |
| `likes` | Integer | - | No |
| `featured` | Boolean | - | No |
| `fullDescription` | String | 100000 | Yes |
| `customSlug` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `useProjectPrefix` | Boolean | - | Yes |
| `projectLink` | String | 2000 | No |
| `projectDetails` | String[] | 500 | No |

### products

Shop products collection.

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `name` | String | 255 | Yes |
| `price` | Float | - | Yes |
| `discountedPrice` | Float | - | No |
| `onSale` | Boolean | - | No |
| `featured` | Boolean | - | No |
| `imageUrl` | String | 2048 | No |
| `category` | String | 255 | No |
| `tags` | String[] | - | No |
| `description` | String | 10000 | No |
| `additionalInfo` | String | 10000 | No |
| `galleryUrls` | String[] | - | No |

### orders

Customer orders collection.

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `orderId` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `customerId` | String | 50 | Yes |
| `customerName` | String | 200 | No |
| `customerEmail` | String | 200 | Yes |
| `items` | String | 10000 | Yes |
| `subtotal` | Float | - | Yes |
| `discount` | Float | - | No |
| `couponCode` | String | 50 | No |
| `total` | Float | - | Yes |
| `status` | String | 20 | Yes |
| `paypalOrderId` | String | 100 | No |

**Status values:** `placed`, `processing`, `completed`, `cancelled`

### shortlinks

URL shortener collection.

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `customPath` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `destinationUrl` | URL | - | Yes |
| `previewImageUrl` | URL | - | No |
| `title` | String | 255 | No |
| `description` | String | 500 | No |
| `isActive` | Boolean | - | Yes |
| `clickCount` | Integer | - | No |
| `createdAt` | Datetime | - | Yes |

**Indexes:**
- `customPath_idx` (unique) on `customPath`

## Category Collections

For `blog_categories`, `project_categories`, `shop_categories`:

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `name` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `color` | String | 20 | No |
| `order` | Integer | - | No |

## Settings Collections

### header_section

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `name` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `roles` | String[] | 100 | No |
| `description` | String | 1000 | No |
| `nameFont` | String | 200 | No |
| `rolesFont` | String | 200 | No |
| `descriptionFont` | String | 200 | No |

### custom_fonts

| Attribute | Type | Size | Required |
|-----------|------|------|----------|
| `name` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `fileId` | String | 100 | Yes |
| `fileUrl` | String | 2000 | Yes |