atomsite.net

The fifth release of BlogSvc is the first release that is ready for deployment. It includes an installation guide and the following great new/improved features:

1. Entry ratings
2. Annotation approval (comment approval)
3. Browse by date, month or year
4. Browse by category
5. Browse by person, author, or contributor
6. Collection index (archive)
7. Collection & Feed Paging
8. Full suite of Domain tests
9. Install guide plus other documentation http://atomsite.net/info/Overview.xhtml
10. ASP.Net forms authentication support
11. Forms redirect bypass for WSSE
12. Javascript (jQuery) code consolidated
13. New Controls
    1. Archive Listing
    2. Category Listing
    3. Category Cloud
    4. Recent Entries
14. Object model improvements (XmlBase)

As you can see, this brings BlogSvc in the realm of a fully featured blog engine.  The combination of AtomPub, the Asp.net website, and windows live writer allows full control over content.

For example, use Windows Live Writer to:

• Create new entries
• Upload images
• Update existing entries
• Delete entries
• Add new categories
• Publish drafts

Use the website to:

• Create new annotations (comments)
• Approve individual comments
• Approve all comments
• Delete a comment

Looking forward to the next release, we hope to include database support. Also, we may move towards using the MVC framework.  If there are any "must-have" features you'd like to see in the next release, please let us know in the comments.