I found today that there was a new Blog Engine based on .TEXT called SubText.
Subtext is a personal blog publishing platform that focuses on usability, elegance, and simplicity. If you’ve ever caught yourself throwing your hands in the air and declaring that you’re going to write your own blogging engine, then Subtext is for you
I decided to give it a go and you are seeing the result right now. I like the changes in this product especially the SPAM filtering for comments.
I have reproduced the skin that I was using (well some of it ) and I am very happy. There was even a tool to import my .TEXT site details
http://subtextproject.com/
There is even a SubText site for skins at http://subtextskins.com/
This is a breakdown of the features supported (and not supported) by Subtext useful in deciding whether or not Subtext is for you.
| Current Version |
1.9.2 |
| Home URL |
http://subtextproject.com/ |
| License |
BSD |
| Cost |
Free (as in beer!) |
| Minimum Server Requirements |
ASP.NET 2.0, Windows Server 2000, SQL Server 2000 |
| Localization |
Not Yet |
| Multilingual |
Not Yet |
| Data Storage |
Database |
| Max Weblogs |
Unlimited (or depends on how much disk space you have) |
| Post Ordering |
Descending |
| Categories |
Multiple |
| Subcategories |
No |
| Tags |
Not Yet |
| Keyword Expansion |
Yes |
| Post Editor |
Plugin-Based (FCKEditor and FreeTextBox) |
| Draft Mode |
Yes |
| Post API Support |
MetaWeblog (supports newMediaObject method) |
| Post Moderation |
No |
| RSS Output |
2.0 |
| ATOM Output |
1.0 |
| Comments |
Yes |
| Comment Spam |
captcha, invisible captcha, filtering, duplicate, delay, shutoff, nofollow, linkcount, massedit, moderation, akismet |
| CommentRSS |
Yes |
| Skins |
Yes (ascx files) |
| Open Registration |
None |
| User Security |
Single account per blog and one account for installation (soon to change) |
| Trackback |
Yes |
| Pingback |
Yes |
| RSS Aggregator |
No |
| Forum |
No |
| CSS Editor |
Simple |
| Plugins/Extension |
None yet, but slated for Subtext 2.0 |
| Visitor Logs |
None |
| Referrer Logs |
Yes (per site and per post) |
| Import/Export |
BlogML |
| Search Engine Friendly URLs |
Yes |
| Auto Thumbnails |
Yes (in the Gallery) |
| Category Images |
No |
| Skin Switch |
Yes |
| Cross-post |
No |
| Linkroll |
Yes |
| Password Protected Posts |
No |
| Blog By Email |
Not yet |
| User Community |
SourceForge |
| Documentation |
http://subtextproject.com/Home/Docs/tabid/54/Default.aspx |
| Sample Sites |
http://haacked.com/ |