In the search of mobile theme

Largely as a result of iPhone revolution, mobile devices today more wide spread and connected to the web than ever. It is increasingly important for web sites to look good on the small screen to attract mobile users. [BlogEngine.Net](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) has mobile theme that looks ok, but we need more and better.

BlogEngine.net and where YOU want it to go

This [poll](http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/774137-223959) is not official and may be a little early, but it will provide [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) team with some ideas on where we all, as a community, want to move. Are we looking for Wordpress.net? NewCrazyCool.net? Something in between? Please share your opinions and thoughts, it's all greatly appreciated.

How to email posts to BlogEngine

Thanks to the magic of [Metaweblog API](http://blogengine.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=MetaweblogApi) and [BlogMailr](https://www.blogmailr.com/) service, you can email posts to [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) just as easily as publishing them from [Windows Live Writer](http://www.nyveldt.com/blog/post/Windows-Live-Writer-Customization-for-BlogEngineNET.aspx), [Word](http://rtur.net/blog/post/2008/06/07/Publishing-to-BlogEngine-from-Word-2007.aspx) or [iPhone](http://rtur.net/blog/post/2009/10/04/Publishing-from-iPhone-to-BlogEngine.aspx).

Building custom plugin for TinyMCE

My previous post was about awesome code syntax highlighter JS library I have converted into extension for [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) and no so awesome button I’ve added to [TinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/) to insert code snippets. Let’s make it better by building custom plugin that will let us select language and enter actual code in the pop-up window eliminating messing up with [TinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/) editor itself.

Syntax Highlighter extension for BlogEngine

There are several implementations of this extension for [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/), but I wanted it to work with [latest JS library](http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter) and be more configurable. And also I wanted it play well with [TinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/) - yes, it might come as a shock but some people don't use [Windows Live Writer](http://download.live.com/writer). I don't know why... So, if you go through usual routine downloading and moving files to corresponding location (you’ll need to overwrite couple) this is what you’ll get.

Blacklist added to Commentor

Some people complain about [Akismet](http://akismet.com/) not killing spam as effectively as they would like or hope. I think [Akismet](http://akismet.com/) doing fine job identifying spam bots, but recently a lot of it coming from real people trying to make a little extra money, and those are challenging to deal with.

IIS 7 – Who is running the show

When you run ASP.NET site in Visual Studio things generally tend to work. It usually when you try to deploy it to live server when you get into trouble. This is why I wasn’t surprised when after setting up little continuous integration server my application that ran perfectly well in VS broke apart on local IIS 7.

Using ELMAH with BlogEngine.NET

Few days ago I’ve noticed that “error.aspx” becomes quite popular destination on my site. What’s going on? I never run into errors, how do I know what others do to break in? [Elmah](http://code.google.com/p/elmah/) to the rescue! This little utility specifically designed to run in the background and record any ASP.NET errors so you can review them later at your convenience.

WinHost - new ASP.NET hosting

Hosting is a tough business, you almost can't load a page on the internet without running into adds by hosting companies. Yet, on average hosts do pretty bad job in customer satisfaction. It is especially true for those of us looking for cheap affordable solution for blog or family website with low-end requirements.

How to migrate to IIS 7 on GoDaddy

This post more accurately should’ve been called "how NOT to migrate to IIS 7". To [migrate from IIS 6 to IIS 7 on GoDaddy](http://blog.godaddyhosting.com/2009/03/23/IIS%206-to-IIS%207-migration.aspx) all you need is to push "upgrade to IIS 7" button in the control panel. Sweet, right? Actually, this is the last thing you want to do.

Publishing from iPhone to BlogEngine

While I’m personally not looking forward to writing posts on the phone, some maniacs out there demand modern blog should have this functionality. Or may be I just needed lame excuse to start writing something that can be used on [my new Touch](http://rtur.net/blog/post/2009/09/28/Ipod-Touch-first-impression.aspx) ;)

PHP on Windows Home Server

As I [have already wrote](http://rtur.net/blog/post/2009/06/27/Web-Platform-Installer-20-on-Windows-Home-Server.aspx), you can use [Web Platform Installer](http://www.microsoft.com/web/Downloads/platform.aspx) to turn home server into full-blown web server. WPI 2.0 comes with whole bunch of [.NET and PHP applications](http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/) for you to pick from.

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