Back at it?

After almost a year without activity, this blog is almost on life support. A new job, the little family, and other elements have kept me away. But I will try to remedy that:

  • I updated the blog engine and fixed some issues.
  • Changed the theme.

I already have some blog ideas, so in some time they should appear on this blog.

Stay tuned…

Version 1.0 of Orchard

The Orchard project recently released version 1.0 of their product. I had talked about it previously here, and I decided to install it again.

Installation

The installation is done via the Web Platform Installer and I also used Web Matrix on a virtual machine to do my tests. The installation is almost automatic and very pleasant. No need for obscure configuration.

Once installed, you just need to start the Orchard site with the Web Matrix interface to see the initial site configuration page (Site name, admin user, password, database). Again, it is very simple and intuitive.

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BlogEngine.Net 1.6.1.0 Now Available

A new version of my blog engine has just been released. I will wait a bit, as the changes are minor:

Do I need to upgrade?

If you are happy with the way comments work in your blog as they are - no. If you are still looking for better anti-spam protection - yes.

We’ll see later because it works well for me.