sempf/blogengine.net

Multi-User ASP.NET Blogging Application

BlogEngine is an open source blogging platform since 2007.
Easily customizable. Many free built-in Themes, Widgets, and Plugins.

• Website
• Docs
• Themes
• Custom Design Theme
• Contact us
  
  

Get Started

1. Requirements You need a Windows Hosting that supports ASP.NET 4.5 and above.

2. Download Get the latest BlogEngine and extract the zip file on the root of your website.

3. Write Permissions Add write permissions to the App_Data and Custom folders on your server.

4. Done Navigate to admin panel by adding /admin/ to your website's URL. For example: https://yourwebsite.com/admin/
   Username: admin
   Password: admin
   
   
   

Development

Environment:

• Visual Studio
• ASP.NET 4.5+

Steps:

• Clone repository
• Open solution in Visual Studio 2015 +
• Build and run solution to load website in the browser
• You can navigate to administration on: http://localhost:64079/admin/
• Username: admin Password admin
  
  

Security Update

After install, update machineKey in Web.config with values generated with tool like this. This will prevent known exploit (reported Sep 2019). This only effects if you use default admin account.

Copyright and License

Code released under the MS-RL License. Docs released under Creative Commons.
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