Switched from Subtext to BlogEngine.Net

Thursday, 12 July 2007 12:00 by mason

I'm impressed.  Nothing against Subtext, but I wasn't extremely pleased with it.  The code felt very asp.net 1.1 to me. 

Here's why I switched:

  • Creating a new theme in Subtext seemed like a royal pain.  Each new theme needed new user controls created all over again.  It didn't take advantage of Master pages either, which is why it felt 1.1 to me.
  • BE.NET was built recently and therefore has the things in mind a blog should in the year 2007.  Little things like a text box for pasting in Google Analytics tracking code and customizable entries for pinging services.
  • Subtext required SQL Server to run as the datasource.  BE.NET by default saves everything as Xml.  It has a SQL Provider, but it doesn't look complete yet.

I lost some settings in the process of switching blogging software though:

  • The import tool with BlogEngine.Net got the articles and contents, but lost names of the commenters.
  • URL's are formatted differently.  Google will have to reindex.  If this was a popular blog, I'd worry about it.  Since I've been neglecting this blog for a while and only have a handful of articles, I'm not going to sweat it.
  • Looks like the comment spam protection with BE.NET is lacking.  I'm sure this feature will arrive soon.

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July 14. 2007 16:53

Mads Kristensen

I'm really happy that you like BlogEngine. It was from the same reasons as you describe that the project was forged. We needed a newer platform. Btw, there is comment spam protection. My old blog ran on dasBlog and I got tons of comment spam. In the four months I've been running BlogEngine (since alpha) I haven't had a single comment spam - not once! Even though it is hard to find the protection, trust me it's there Smile

Mads Kristensen

July 14. 2007 16:54

Mads Kristensen

Btw, BlogEngine.NET 1.1 will be released this monday and the SQL provider is ready for prime time.

Mads Kristensen

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