Well, it is that time again. I celebrate every release of BlogEngine.NET with a new installation screencast. The process is the same as before, but it is good to have a fresh version for people new to BlogEngine. For those who prefer written instructions, check out the BlogEngine Documentation. There is a lot of good information out there along with troubleshooting information. If you have questions or need help, please check out the BlogEngine.NET d...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Feb 01, 2010
This evening, the BlogEngine.NET team released version 1.6. You can head on over and download it now. This release has a lot of important updates rolled into it including enhancements to the comment system and widget zones. This release has lots of little touches that improve many of the existing features. Be sure to check out the details on the main site for the highlights and release notes. A huge thanks to the Ruslan, Ben, and Russell who put in a...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Dec 06, 2009
I had a nice time at the Central Penn .NET Code Camp this past Saturday. It was my first code camp in Harrisburg, PA and while not as large as the Philly Code Camp I’ve been to a few times, it was a good code camp just the same. There was a nice mix of sessions and I had a enjoyed getting to chat with fellow developers from the area (and a few from a bit further away.) I was also shocked to see the swag that was available at this code camp. It was...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Nov 19, 2009
If you are following along in this series, we have have already looked at getting Spark View Engine setup and some of the basics of markup and layouts. In this last section, we need to look at some of the pieces of Spark syntax that really stand out. Conditional Syntax One of the things that makes a view look ugly in a hurry in the Web Forms world is conditional logic. If you have an else or an else if as part of the situation, you’ve got <% %> tags a...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Nov 17, 2009
In my last post, we took a very brief look at the syntax of Spark then dove right into getting setup to try it out. If you have not looked at the first part of the series, that would be the best place to start. In this post, we’re going to continue to look at the default project that I converted to use the Spark View Engine (instead of the default Web Forms view engine) and take a look at the syntax and some of the conventions. (Download it here.) Let’...
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