Just a technical note, we've updated to BlogEngine.Net v1.5. Everything appears to have gone smoothly, but please let us know if you find any problems.
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Welcome all. I thought for a while about what to say in a first blog entry. I decided just an introduction and some goals would be best. As you can see from the description, my name is Josh. I have many years of experience, and occasionally a good idea or tip to share. I plan on posting some of those tips and ideas, as well as a little bit of our misadventures in technology. This isn't going to be a one-way blog though. We're open to and hopeful for your feedback.
Goals
- share useful or time saving tips
- post lessons learned
- share some news about what we (or myself) are up to
- have some discussion on technology, especially programming
We have some standards to aim for, but not a lot of time for our own website. We are still making changes as time permits. The style and layout of this blog is one of those things; it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the site. I'll post updates as we make progress or just want some feedback. We've already had some lessons learned from installing the blog engine, and will share that at a later time.
So which is harder.. deciding on a post title or how to conclude? Well I look forward to meeting you all. Please stop by often.
Thanks
-j
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If you see this post it means that BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 is running and the hard part of creating your own blog is done. There is only a few things left to do.
Write Permissions
To be able to log in to the blog and writing posts, you need to enable write permissions on the App_Data folder. If you’re blog is hosted at a hosting provider, you can either log into your account’s admin page or call the support. You need write permissions on the App_Data folder because all posts, comments, and blog attachments are saved as XML files and placed in the App_Data folder.
If you wish to use a database to to store your blog data, we still encourage you to enable this write access for an images you may wish to store for your blog posts. If you are interested in using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, VistaDB, or other databases, please see the BlogEngine wiki to get started.
Security
When you've got write permissions to the App_Data folder, you need to change the username and password. Find the sign-in link located either at the bottom or top of the page depending on your current theme and click it. Now enter "admin" in both the username and password fields and click the button. You will now see an admin menu appear. It has a link to the "Users" admin page. From there you can change the username and password. Passwords are hashed by default so if you lose your password, please see the BlogEngine wiki for information on recovery.
Configuration and Profile
Now that you have your blog secured, take a look through the settings and give your new blog a title. BlogEngine.NET 1.4 is set up to take full advantage of of many semantic formats and technologies such as FOAF, SIOC and APML. It means that the content stored in your BlogEngine.NET installation will be fully portable and auto-discoverable. Be sure to fill in your author profile to take better advantage of this.
Themes and Widgets
One last thing to consider is customizing the look of your blog. We have a few themes available right out of the box including two fully setup to use our new widget framework. The widget framework allows drop and drag placement on your side bar as well as editing and configuration right in the widget while you are logged in. Be sure to check out our home page for more theme choices and downloadable widgets to add to your blog.
On the web
You can find BlogEngine.NET on the official website. Here you'll find tutorials, documentation, tips and tricks and much more. The ongoing development of BlogEngine.NET can be followed at CodePlex where the daily builds will be published for anyone to download.
Good luck and happy writing.
The BlogEngine.NET team
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