Dave Burke : Online Community and Social Business Specialist

BlogEngine.NET Introductory Tweets

I found myself responding to tweets about BlogEngine.NET this afternoon.  I was communicating with a cyber-bud with whom I go way back through Community Server who like many other long-time CS users is looking at alternatives to Telligent products.&n... [More]

Posted on 8/7/2008 9:30:34 PM by Dave Burke, (3) Comments
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Preparatory BlogEngine.NET 1.4 to 1.4.5 Upgrade Notes

The first BlogEngine.NET site I customized and put online was version 1.3.1 in May for my sister.  BlogEngine-driven DBVT.COM went online in June with 1.3.1, which I upgraded to 1.4 in July.  Mads and crew have been feverishly adding improvement... [More]

Posted on 8/6/2008 9:31:17 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Community Server to BlogEngine.NET SQL Migration Script

I'm going to describe the SQL Script I used to migrate from Community Server 2007 to BlogEngine.NET.  The complete script is available here, and as you'll see there's not very much to it. I walked through the script while writing up this post and suc... [More]

Posted on 7/14/2008 4:56:53 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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DBVT.COM now serving up BlogEngine.NET 1.4

I am pleased to announce that DBVT.COM has been upgraded to BlogEngine.NET 1.4.  Using my own custom theme required more attention to detail and a bit more typing, but I did most of the upgrade during Beach Week on my laptop sitting in a rocking chai... [More]

Posted on 7/13/2008 8:56:44 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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BE.NET Sueetie: 1.4 ASPNET Membership Provider Upgrade Tip

This is the first appearance of the term "sueet" in the DBVT lexicon.  Think "Sweet" with a "u." I'll fill you in on all of that over time, but for now please bear with me and regard "Sueeties" as equivalent to CS Nuglets. My first BlogEngine.NET Sue... [More]

Posted on 7/4/2008 7:29:24 PM by Dave Burke, (2) Comments
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New Amazon Product Preview Popups

Another cool Associates widget from Amazon, Product Preview Popups.  It's the first Amazon script I've used on my blog.  You can see the Preview Popups in action on my "Amazon Burst Buy" post.  Mouseover popups have several obvious advantag... [More]

Posted on 6/25/2008 8:44:10 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Making the SEO Transition to BlogEngine.NET

It was important for me to make a speedy and complete SEO transition of my four years of Community Server blog posts to BlogEngine.NET.  If tonight you went to Google and searched on "site:dbvt.com" you'd find a nice library of posts that click clean... [More]

Posted on 6/24/2008 8:52:38 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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A BE.NET Search Retrieval Easter Egg

Becoming familiar with BlogEngine.NET is a bit like discovering Easter Eggs.  Here's one such BE.NET surprise that occurs when a page is retrieved from a Google search.  BE.NET displays the visitor's search terms and 3 other site results for the... [More]

Posted on 6/24/2008 5:55:02 AM by Dave Burke, (2) Comments
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Flexible Post Excerpt Display with BlogEngine.NET

I like the look and utility of the excerpt display on my new BlogEngine.NET blog, but the excerpt display didn't work for my Stylin category.  Each Stylin post contains a screenshot of the featured site, which was being lost in the excerpt display an... [More]

Posted on 6/21/2008 5:45:58 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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My Introduction to BlogEngine.NET Extensions

One of the things I always liked about Community Server was its global event model, where you can hook into various events like User.OnCreate() to extend system functionality.  Well BlogEngine.NET has the same support in Extensions.  The list of... [More]

Posted on 6/20/2008 5:57:05 PM by Dave Burke, (2) Comments
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