BlogEngine v2.0 has been released with some significant updates to the core application including a overhaul of the admin control panel and moving from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5.
If you’ve been using a previous version make sure to follow the upgrade instructions carefully. Here’s a full list of the new features and a video overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrWv60qSplY
- Upgraded to .NET 3.5
- New Control Panel – complete makeover
- Recaptcha, captcha to reduce spam for Comments and Contact Form
- SimpleCaptcha, captcha to reduce spam
- TypePadFilter, anti-spam comment filter
- Disqus, optionally replace the normal comment system with Disqus
- SQL CE 4.0 support – standalone DB storage in the App_Data directory
- Recycle bin for Posts, Pages and Comments
- New Dashboard in control panel
- Posts list and Pages list – grid of all Posts and Pages in one easy to see area
- Added jQuery, automatically included and available in pages
- Security improvements – related to external content the blog may download
- New Media Elements JS library extension for HTML5 video support
- Themeable Widget Containers & Newsletter widget Notification Emails
- New Syntax Highlighter extension – most popular syntax highlighting library
- Roles & Rights system – create Roles and assign Rights to each role
- Private blog feature – require users to be logged in to access the blog
- Option to allow self-registration for visitors
- Improved JS/CSS minification speed and size
- Latest version of tinyMCE WYSIWYG editor
I’ve used BlogEngine a long time ago and am going to take a look at this new release and update. Although I really like WordPress it’s helpful for all of us to know what else is going out there in the blog software world.
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