We're happy to announce the Release Candidate (RC) for BlogEngine.NET 2.6.   The RC can be downloaded here.  If you are upgrading from a previous version, upgrade instructions are available. What's New Here is a mostly complete list of new features.  This list may be updated for the final release to include other features which made it into version 2.6. Below are some screenshot... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

Are you an enthusaistic individual who likes to voice your interests and get behind a cause to spread the word? Already with tens of thousands of blogs running BlogEngine.NET, we are eager to take this well established blogging platform to the next level.  More bloggers, more themes, more widgets, more extensions, more backend blog providers -- you name it! We are seeking one or more people... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We have two winners from the 1st BlogEngine.NET theme contest. 1st Place Winner JQ Mobile by Michael Baird (view live theme).  Michael is taking home the Xbox 360 with Kinect. 2nd Place Winner Yoko by onesoft (view live theme).  Onesoft is taking home the Windows Phone 7. View All Themes There were 13 themes submitted in the contest, which can be seen here.  If you are lo... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

The 1st BlogEngine.NET theme contest has reached the Voting stage.  That's right, theme submissions our over, and now it's time for people to vote on them.  An Xbox 360 with Kinect and Windows Phone 7 will be awarded to the top two winners - as explained in the initial contest annoucnement. Vote Here To vote, visit this page: http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/User%20controls/Contest/The... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

We're ecstatic to announce the 1st BlogEngine.NET theme contest!  The contest runs from October 1st 2011 thru November 15th 2011.  From Novemeber 16th thru November 23rd, there will be a 1 week voting period where anyone can vote on the submitted themes.  There are 2 prizes which will be awarded to the top 2 winners.  The two prizes are an Xbox 360 with Kinect, and a Windows Ph... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

As some of you suggested, we added showcase component to our project site (see front page) where we will promote websites built with BlogEngine.NET and showing best of creative and inspiring designs. If you own or know about any good candidates, please contact us and we will add this site to showcase. As list grows, we will rotate 10 randomly selected sites so that all will get equal exposure. We&... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

If you are running BlogEngine.NET 2.0 or BlogEngine.NET 2.5, there's a couple of updates we have made after 2.5 was released to address some issues that may affect your blog.  This update is not critical, however if you are maintaining your BlogEngine.NET 2.0 or 2.5 installation, we recommend you apply this update to your blog installation. To apply update, download the appropriate file belo... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!

The next version of BlogEngine.NET, version 2.5 is here!  Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.  The new version can be downloaded here.  If you're upgrading from a previous version, here are the upgrade instructions. ASP.NET 4.0 BlogEngine.NET has been upgraded to ASP.NET 4.0.  This has allowed us to take advantage of new .NET 4.0 features such as Razor templat... [More]* $4.95/month BlogEngine.net Hosting - Click Here!