Posted by Al Nyveldt on Aug 26, 2008
Well, a while back, I promised to release a method for helping people move their BlogEngine data from XML to a database or the other way around. I gotten a lot of requests for this code, but I’ve been plenty busy with other things so it has just sat here until last week. I cleaned up my code and I was surprised to see how little of it was left. Anyway, I’m testing it now on my data, but I’d like to find a few more testers before I make it more widely...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Aug 09, 2008
I guess it all started this spring when I realized that I was old, slow, flabby, and incomprehensibly out of shape. After dealing with the denial of such a development in my life, I decided to do something about it. At first, it was all great. I was running a bit and not feeling too bad. Developer legend, Justice Gray made his fitness proclamation to the masses and I was encouraged that I was on the right track. It was around this time I pic...
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Aug 04, 2008
I started working with VistaDB Express this spring as a data backend to use with BlogEngine.NET. I wanted to make a new data provider for a session I was giving at code camp and wanted to get familiar with a database I didn’t know. I ended up choosing VistaDB because it looked interesting and because I found so little information about using it. I also wanted to know why Telligent picked it for Graffiti over something else.
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Posted by Al Nyveldt on Aug 03, 2008
With a new release now available, I wanted to write up another guide for those looking to upgrade their blog. The basic upgrade process is as always fairly simple, but I’m going to branch out and cover more special circumstances. The guide might seem a bit long, but you aren’t likely to be concerned with all the steps. 1. Backup If you’ve read my guides before, you know I’m a big fan of the backup. If you back it all up and somet...
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