Subtext is a blog

Blog

A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...

 publishing system written in C# on ASP.NET

ASP.NET

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. All data is stored in a Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server

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 database.

The latest release of Subtext is 2.5, released on June 6, 2010. It is distributed under the BSD License

BSD licenses

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.

Features

• XHTML
  XHTML
  XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
  
   and CSS
  Cascading Style Sheets
  Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
  
   compliant
• Search engine
  Search engine
  A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
  
  -friendly permalink
  Permalink
  A permalink is a URL that points to a specific blog or forum entry after it has passed from the front page to the archives. Because a permalink remains unchanged indefinitely, it is less susceptible to link rot. Most modern weblogging and content-syndication software systems support such links...
  
   structure via friendly URLs
• TrackBack
  TrackBack
  A trackback is one of three types of linkback methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to their articles...
  
   and Pingback
  Pingback
  A pingback is one of three types of linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles...
  
  
• Hosts multiple blogs on a single installation
• MetaWeblog
  MetaWeblog
  The MetaWeblog API is an application programming interface created by software developer Dave Winer that enables weblog entries to be written, edited, and deleted using web services....
  
   API
  Application programming interface
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   support
• Skinnable
• Really Simple Discovery
  Really Simple Discovery
  Really Simple Discovery is an XML format and a publishing convention for making services exposed by blog, or other web software, discoverable by client software....
  
  
• BlogML
  BlogML
  BlogML is an open format derived from XML to store and restore the content of a blog.- History :BlogML was originally created by Darren Neimke in August 2005 by starting a Workspace on GotDotNet community. In July 2006, BlogML was moved to CodePlex for better Open Source development and some other...
  
   support
• OpenID
  OpenID
  OpenID is an open standard that describes how users can be authenticated in a decentralized manner, eliminating the need for services to provide their own ad hoc systems and allowing users to consolidate their digital identities...
  
   support
• Tag
  Tag (metadata)
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   support

History

Subtext was announced on May 4, 2005, but the first release (Subtext Nautilus Edition) wasn't announced until March 2, 2006.

Subtext was founded as a fork of the BSD Licensed .Text blogging engine written by Scott Watermasysk. .Text went on to be packaged within the Telligent Community product (formerly known as Community Server by Telligent Systems

Telligent Systems

Telligent Systems, more commonly referred to as Telligent, is an enterprise collaboration and community software company. Founded in 2004, Telligent's U.S...

. Subtext is the blog engine used by MySpace

MySpace

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 for its Chinese site.

Subtext is hosted on Google Code

Google Code

Google Code is Google's site for developer tools, APIs and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using Google developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products....

and is led by Phil Haack .

Releases

• Subtext 1.0 - March 4, 2006
• Subtext 1.5 - June 7, 2006
• Subtext 1.9 - August 31, 2006
• Subtext 1.9.2 - October 26, 2006
• Subtext 1.9.3 - December 14, 2006
• Subtext 1.9.4 - February 12, 2007
• Subtext 1.9.5 - May 12, 2007
• Subtext 2.0.0 - August 10, 2008
• Subtext 2.1 - November 27, 2008
• Subtext 2.1.2 - July 29, 2009
• Subtext 2.5.0 - June 6, 2010

External links

• SubtextProject.com - Official Subtext Project Website