.Text Web Blog - Get Blogging!

Server Intellect now offers free installs of .Text Web Blog! "Blog" is a short form for weblog.
A blog is a collection of links, thoughts, articles, and images.

Take a look at the blogs of actual Microsoft Employees.

.Text Blog has fast become one of the best free blogging software packages on the internet today.
It uses ASP.NET and C# at it's core and is a very solid piece of blogging software.

Server Intellect will install .Text Blog free of charge on all new accounts if requested.

To request your free install of .Text , simply email us with your domain name and account username.

Alternatively we offer a '5 Step' walk though on how to install .Text Blog yourself.

You can download .Text here to use the below walk through.

Step 1. Creating the Sub Domain

The first step in installing .Text is to create your sub domain used for the blog. This is easily done in your control panel.

More information on creating Sub Domains

In this example we will be creating our new blog site at blog.sampledomain.com

In the Sub Domain Name box, type blog and then click Save.

This creates a new Sub Domain for your site. blog.sampledomain.com

Step 2. Creating the SQL Server 2000 Database

The next step in installing .Text is to create the SQL Server 2000 Database to use. This is easily done in your control panel.

More information on creating SQL Server 2000 Databases

In this example we will create a new SQL Server 2000 database named easerveblogdb

(Note: You will need to name your database a unique name. A good rule of thumb is to include a part of your domain name in the database name. If you are following this example while creating your new .Text Blog site, please use your database name instead of 'easerveblogdb')

From the Databases menu choose Add New

Database Type: Microsoft SQL Server 2000

In the Database Name box, we type easerveblogdb and then click Save.

This creates a new SQL Server Database named easerveblogdb.

You will now need to create a new SQL Server Database User. This is easily done in your control panel. Simply select the easerveblogdb database and choose Add New under 'Database Users'. Choose a Username and a Password.

Remember the SQL Server Database name, SQL Server Database username, and SQL Server Database password for later. You will need this information to configure .Text.

Step 3. Running the .Text .sql setup script

The next step in installing .Text is to run the .Text .sql code. This is easily done by using a tool such as SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer.

You will need to connect to SQL Server using the SQL Server Database name, SQL Server Database username, and SQL Server Database password from step #2.

You will then need to execute the DotText SQL Setup Script

After you run the above .sql script you will need to execure the below script.

(Note: You will need to change the values below in red: Username, Password, Email Address, Blog Domain Name)

INSERT INTO [blog_Config]
(
[UserName], [Password], [Email], [Title], [SubTitle],
[Skin], [Host], [Author], [TimeZone],
[IsActive], [Language], [ItemCount], [AllowServiceAccess], [LastUpdated],
[News], [SecondaryCss],
[Application]
)
VALUES
(
'Username', 'Password', 'email@mydomain.com', 'Demo Blog', 'A demo blog',
'blue', 'blog.yourdomain.com','Demo',-5,
1,'en-US', 15, 1,'7/28/2003', null, null,
''
)

Step 4. Configuring .Text

Configuring .Text is very easy.

You will need to edit blog.config and set the below values.

(Line 87)
<DataStoreLocation>User ID=dbusername;Password=dbpassword;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=databasename;Data Source=localhost</DataStoreLocation>

(Line 114 & 115)
Set the Host value to blog.domainname.com (Your blog sub domain)
Set the Application value to nothing.

Step 5. Uploading .Text

Once you have configured blog.config the only step left it to upload your .Text site!

Simply log in to your site via FTP and upload all .Text files to your newly created blog folder.

You should now be able to access your new .Text blog at blog.domainname.com!

Also see: Blog Free Blog Software Blog Skin

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