Blog system enhancements: fix publish/unpublish permissions, add action buttons to blog listings, update gallery to show only published blog images, improve blog card layout and description truncation

src/processors/blog/blog_create.php

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+<?php
+$rootPath = dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__)));
+require_once($rootPath . "/src/config/env.php");
+require_once($rootPath . "/src/config/connection.php");
+require_once($rootPath . "/src/config/functions.php");
+session_start();
+
+if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
+    die("Not logged in");
+}
+$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
+$role = getUserRole();
+
+if(!getUserMemberStatus($user_id)){
+    if ($role === 'user'){
+        $_SESSION['message'] = "Blogs only available to active members. Please contact info@4wdcsa.co.za for more information.";
+        header("Location: user_blogs.php");
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
+
+$date = date('Y-m-d');
+$status = 'draft';
+
+$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO blogs (author, title, category, description, content, date, status)
+                          VALUES (?, '', '', '', '', ?, ?)");
+$stmt->bind_param("iss", $user_id, $date, $status);
+$stmt->execute();
+
+$blog_id = $stmt->insert_id;
+header("Location: blog_edit.php?token=" . encryptData($blog_id, $salt));
+exit;