Feature table
This is a list of all the features of BlogEngine.NET
Current Version
1.4
License
Ms-RL
Cost
Free and open source
Server Requirements
ASP.NET 2.0 or Mono
Mono support
Yes
Localization
Yes, support for 31 languages
Multilingual
No
Multiply authors
Yes
Static pages
Yes. You can create pages not part of the blog chronology
Navigation
Theme based and a sitemap provider for static pages
Alternate front page
Yes. All pages can be the front page of the blog
Each author have own feed
yes
New comment notification
Yes. Either by RSS, ATOM or e-mail
Data Storage
Provider based. XML or SQL Server, MySQL, VistaDB and many more
Post rating
Yes. Visitors can rate the individual posts
Gravatar support
Yes as well as MonsterID, Identicons and Wavatars
Tag cloud
Yes
Post calendar
Yes. AJAX enabled
Search posts
Yes. Maybe the best blog search available
Search comments
Yes. The search can include the comments as well as posts
User control injection
Yes. Any user control (.ascx) can be added to a blog post
Contact form
Yes
Comment moderation
Yes. Can be turned on/off in the admin
Disable comments
Yes. You can even disable comments after a given interval of time
E-mail attachments
Yes. The contact form can send attachments
Post ordering
Descending by date
Categories
Multiple
Subcategories
Yes
Tags
Yes
Post Editor
TinyMCE but others can be used
Draft Mode
Yes
Auto save
Yes
Microformats
xFolk, Rel-Tag, VoteLinks, XFN, XOXO, rel-home, rel-directory, rel-enclosure
Other export formats
FOAF, SIOC and APML
OpenSearch support
Yes
Google sitemap
Yes
HTTP compression
Yes (optional)
Live comment preview
Yes
Post API Support
MetaWeblog (supports newMediaObject method
Post Moderation
No
Syndication feeds
RSS 2.0 and ATOM 1.0
Feedburner support
Yes
OPML support
Yes
Windows Live Writer
Yes, extended support for both posts and pages
Ping services
Yes. Pings various services and more can easily be added
Comments
Yes
Comment Spam
Invisible CAPTCHA and AJAX
Comment syndication
Yes, as either RSS or ATOM
AJAX enabled comments
Yes
Themes
Yes (master pages and ascx files)
User Security
Users and roles can be defined freely
Trackback
Yes, both send and receive
Pingback
Yes, both send and receive
RSS Aggregator
The dynamic blogroll aggregates feeds
Forum
No
Gallery
No
Plugins/Extension
Full extension model
Mobile device support
Yes, special theme for mobile devices
Referrer Logs
Yes
Import/Export
BlogML and RSS
Search Engine Friendly URLs
Yes
Cross-post
No
Spell checker
Yes (ieSpell)
XFN support in editor
Yes
Password Protected Posts
No
Blog By Email
Not yet
API
MetaWeblog, javascript API and full SOAP web service API
Tracking scripts
You can change your tracking script from the admin. Works on all themes
HTML header tags
You can add your own from the admin
File extension
.aspx by default, but can be changed in the web.config
Development principles
KISS and no third-party assemblies. Very small and clean architecture
Code syntax highlighting
Yes. C#, Java, VB.NET, HTML, Javascript and T-SQL
User Community
CodePlex
Documentation
http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/wiki
Sample Sites
http://blog.madskristensen.dk/
If anyone has other questions about implementation or ??? Please, speak up in the comments below and we?ll do the best we can to answer your questions about this great blogging platform.
Joost de Valk of Yoast fame, has written the definitive guide to rel=”author” and rel=”me” integration into WordPress. Or should I say it almost is the definitive guide.
