Setting up a technical blog online - some options

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Published Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:30 AM by RoyOsherove
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:19 AM by Kenneth LeFebvre

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Actually, dasBlog does *not* use a database as your description implies. It is entirely file-based, too, using simple XML files to store everything. You could also use DotNetNuke, which is way more than just blogging, but it does include a blogging module. So, if you want to set up a complete portal, in addition to having a blog, that might be a good alternative to something like Community Server, too. My favorite is dasBlog, personally... :-)
Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:29 AM by Haacked

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Hi Roy, Subtext is indeed simple to use and open source (BSD licensed) but it does require a database at this point in time, so it takes a little more to setup than DasBlog, but is way easier to setup than .TEXT was as it is simplified. I have a feature matrix here: http://subtextproject.com/Home/About/Features/tabid/152/Default.aspx It includes multi-blog support (I run three blogs off a single installation, my techie, my personal, and my soccer team). It also still has the photo gallery feature.
Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:12 AM by Daniel Moth

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>> Do you know of other good technical blogging sites one can register to? I have a list on my blog. Not all of them are open but some of them are worth a shot: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2006/07/my-blog-subscriptions.html
Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:46 AM by RoyOsherove

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Daniel: I don't see any blog engines listed there - just your blogroll - ?

Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:02 AM by Daniel Moth

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Roy, the (partial) blogroll is pointing only to technical blogging sites that multiple people post. So if anybody want to set up a blog they could contact the admins of those sites to register :) E.g. wdevs, dotnetslackers, developfusion etc
Sunday, September 24, 2006 2:02 PM by Ken Egozi

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I see file based blogs as *harder* to install than SQL-Server based, since almost no hosting provider lets you directly setup permission on directories, and almost no hosting provider uses a special identity for each hosted website so you actually are giving write access for general users, such as NETWORK SERVICE. When I've upgraded to dasBlog 1.9I came across another problem. The config folder did have it's write permissions set for the older version. However, the new version had one more file, and the permission did not bubble to the new file, so I've had to send e-mail to the hosting provider to fix that up. All that isn't necessary with DB based engine. You setup a login once, and that's it. It's often faster, and it's easier to maintain, query (if needed), backup, migrate, etc. after all, the blog data is table-based and hierachical, so it's better suited to be on a DB table than on a xml file.
Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:12 PM by Matt Ellis

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Hi Roy. There's also Darren Neimke's SingleUserBlog (http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=SUB). It's asp.net 2, xml file based (all in the App_Data folder, so no permissions problems), uses WebParts for customisation and focusses on being a straight forward, no-nonsense blog platform - it's put together from simple asp.net controls. It's also Open Source, hosted on CodePlex. Downsides are that there is not really a good Out-Of-Box experience - you'll currently have to get your hands a bit dirty. It's also not quite as full featured as some of the competition (but still supports posts, categories, RSS, comments, CAPTCHA, trackback and Windows Live Writer support). (Full disclosure: I'm running it and have contributed to the source) Cheers! Matt
Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:30 PM by Bob

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I attempted to start a technical blog because I wanted to post some different methods and what not that I came up with. But I had trouble posting code to a blog (colors, indenting, etc...). Does anyone have any pointers for tools for this?
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:47 AM by Manfred van Overmeire

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Roy: You could check out http://bloggingabout.net These guys have some interesting .NET blogs over there.
Friday, October 06, 2006 10:10 AM by Dennis van der Stelt

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@Bob : use CopySourceAsHTML, there are versions for VS2003 and VS2005. This tool ROCKS! @Manfred: Yeah! :) @Roy : BloggingAbout.NET invites people that have something good to contribute to contact me. Just click my name and you'll be at my weblog.