Filed under: Internet, Features, Windows, Blogging, Open Source
Installing BlogEngine.net
Having trouble keeping up with your blog? If it's not lack of time, it might be having your precious thoughts and diatribes locked away in some blog hosting service; the -- not so irrational -- fear of having your blog hosting company go belly up and leave you unable to get your data back. Wouldn't it be better if you could manage it all yourself on your server? Or, maybe you don't like the way the blog hosting company does what it does, and you would prefer modifying the system to work the way you want it to.
If a full featured open source Content Management System is overkill, and a streamlined blog engine is what you are looking for, the search may have ended. When blogengine.net was noticed by a fellow blogger here (thanks Grant), it seemed to have great blogging features. It's written in .net and you can get the source code if you're so inclined. So we decided to install it and give it a try.
Read the installation process after the jump...
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