Dr Dave

I've made some further improvements to my blog engine as follows:

• Upgraded to MVC4.
• Support for static pages.
• Images now support comments.
• Simplified URL structure.
• A new style, with a focus on a simple, clean layout.
• XHTML 1.0 Strict compliance with http://validator.w3.org/.

The URL structure is as follows:

• http://{domain}/blog/{year}/{month}/{day}/{slug} for posts by year, month, day and name
• http://{domain}/blog/category/{slug} for posts by category
• http://{domain}/blog/feed/{category} for syndicated posts by category
• http://{domain}/page/{slug} for pages
• http://{domain}/gallery/{slug} for a gallery
• http://{domain}/image/{id} for a gallery image

You can download version 2.0 using the following link:

• Dr Dave's Blog Engine v2.0 (binaries and ASP.NET pages) (zip'd), 922Kb. Files required to run Dr Dave's Blog Engine.

Note that the majority of the file size is the framework DLLs for ASP.NET MVC4. The project binary itself is only 86Kb un-compressed, and the ASP.NET pages and supporting files 84Kb un-compressed.

To install the blog engine using the binaries, follow these steps:

1. Un-zip the archive and copy the files to your web site.

2. Browse to your site and you should see the following under /blog:

   

   Figure 1. Blog page after installation.

3. Click "Sign In". The default username is "admin" with a password of "password". Click "Edit Account" in the Admin menu and change the password. A combination of upper-case letters, lower-case letters and numbers is recommended, with a length of at least six characters. You can also change the username if required.
4. Click "Settings" on the Admin menu, and update the blog title and sub-title accordingly. Update the other settings if required.