docs: add backend deployment info and frontend progress summary

- Backend live on Hugging Face with API endpoints listed
- Frontend admin panel and CRUD features completed
- Image upload and project linking implemented
- Added frontend next steps

PROJECT_STATUS.md

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+# Project Status
+
+## Backend Status
+
+The backend has been **successfully deployed** to Hugging Face Spaces and is **fully operational**.
+
+**Live API:** https://ios-ioe-website-backend.hf.space/docs
+
+### Available Endpoints
+- `/v1/projects` - Projects CRUD
+- `/v1/blogs` - Blogs CRUD
+- `/v1/research` - Research CRUD
+- `/v1/events` - Events CRUD
+- `/v1/edu` - Educational content CRUD
+- `/v1/teams` - Team members CRUD
+- `/v1/reviews` - Reviews CRUD
+- `/v1/upload/image` - Image upload to Supabase Storage
+
+---
+
+## Frontend Status
+
+### Completed
+- Admin panel layout and functionality implemented
+- CRUD operations for all content types (projects, blogs, research, events, education, teams, reviews)
+- Image upload feature added (supports both URL input and file upload)
+- Project cards now display uploaded images correctly
+- View button on project cards now links to project URL
+- Minor bug fixes
+---
+
+## Next Steps for Frontend Team
+
+The frontend team can now:
+
+1. **Improve UI/UX** - Enhance the design and user experience as per requirements
+2. **Add additional pages** - Implement any missing pages (projects listing, blog pages, etc.)
+3. **Responsive design** - Ensure all pages work well on mobile devices
+4. **Performance optimization** - Optimize images, lazy loading, etc.
+5. **SEO improvements** - Add meta tags, structured data, etc.
+6. **Testing** - Test all functionality before deployment
+7. **Prepare for deployment** - Configure production environment variables
+
+---
+> Last updated: 27th January