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From the very first moment when you utter the words: “All I need is a RichTextBox on a page and a Save button” you are on your way to writing your very own blog application. That’s almost how SingleUserBlog (SUB) came about. In the first version which was written using ASP.NET V1.1, the main goal of SUB was to be the simplest thing that would work. Grab a bunch of files, copy them into a folder somewhere, create an IIS application which points to the folder, press Browse and you’re away. Then along came ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts and my book and suddenly SUB started to gain legs of its own. Now it was a showcase of how to work with and customize the portal framework to build an architecture which is highly extensible. Luckily, thanks to things like MasterPages and Themes, not too much was sacrificed in the way of simplicity.
Now I can happily announce the latest incarnation of SUB – open source! As of today, SUB has been accepted as an open source project on CodePlex.
http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=SUB
Initially I was somewhat skeptical about the idea because I’m not keen at all to see SUB head down the predictable path of high quality, solid web portal applications such as CommunityServer, Subtext, and DotNetNuke. I mean what would be the point of that? Build another application which was essentially a “RichTextBox on a page and a Save button”? No. I’d like to see SUB head down a different path. A path that allows SUB to stand on its own and where it remains as a unique showcase of web technology. Where exactly that is will be up to the members of the team to decide but I’m thinking something a little Web-Two-Oh’ish or even better: Live, might make things interesting :-)
Anyways, go SingleUserBlog, go away and come not back. Go to the world and do good!