We identified few minor issues people can run into when upgraded to BlogEngine.NET 2.8 from previous version. Most serious related to post slug generation, others needed to improve SEO and formatting in some specific cases. To use this patch, download ZIP file, extract and push containing files to corresponding locations on your web server. There are just 6 files that you'll have to override, shou... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We are happy to announce BlogEngine.NET 2.8 release! You can get it on our downloads page and upgrade instructions are available here. Here are some helpful videos on how to install version 2.8 and how to upgrade from 2.7 to 2.8 using updater utility.   What is new in this release Bug fixes. We made lots of fixes and improvements to make code more stable, reliable and work well out of ... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

In case you haven't noticed, we have a showcase running for sites that use BlogEngine, and it's been a big hit with lots of people submitting great looking projects of all kinds. We constantly amazed at ingenuity and creativity people put in their work using BlogEngine in the ways we would never imagine. Some share their stories and findings and we thought it would be just wrong to keep it to ours... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

As some of you suggested, we added showcase component to our project site (see front page) where we will promote websites built with BlogEngine.NET and showing best of creative and inspiring designs. If you own or know about any good candidates, please contact us and we will add this site to showcase. As list grows, we will rotate 10 randomly selected sites so that all will get equal exposure. We&... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

If you are running BlogEngine.NET 2.0 or BlogEngine.NET 2.5, there's a couple of updates we have made after 2.5 was released to address some issues that may affect your blog.  This update is not critical, however if you are maintaining your BlogEngine.NET 2.0 or 2.5 installation, we recommend you apply this update to your blog installation. To apply update, download the appropriate file belo... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We’ve been working on gallery site for BlogEngine.NET extensions, themes and widgets and site is finally ready for BlogEngine community to share components in centralized location. Over the next few weeks we’ll be moving content from our “extensions” page to the gallery, converting it to BlogEngine 2.0 and uploading packages to repository. If you have extension, theme or wi... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We are pleased to announce Janko Jovanovic officially joining BlogEngine team as The Man behind our major UI 2.0 design effort. Many BlogEngine users know and love Janko’s blog and find there many useful tips and valuable resources. Janko has number of publications on UI usability and interaction design and his work with BlogEngine.NET will be continuation of this theme he is clearly so pass... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We have reports from bloggers that there is new spam in town - pingback spam. Here is what you can do to stop it. 1. Disable Go to admin/settings/advanced and remove check mark in "enable pingbacks" and "enable trackbacks" opting to not receive them. 2. Patch Spammers used flaw in the white list logic that allowed any user who already posted number of comments on the blog to bypass validation ... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!