Blog Starter Kit

Introduction

Congratulations! You have created your own Blog site.

You are just a few steps away from starting to publish posts on your Blog site. The following sections explain how to customize and use the Blog Web Site.

Creating an Administrative User

The first step you must take is to create an administrative user. The administrative user has permission to post articles, moderate feedback, and manage categories.

To create an administrative user

  1. Run the site at least once before proceeding. This ensures the initialization of the Membership and Roles databases.
  2. In the Website menu, click ASP.NET Configuration.
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. Click Create user.
  5. In the Create User box, type a user name, password, and e-mail address for the administrator user. You must also provide a security question and answer that is used to help you recover your password, if necessary.
  6. Click Create User.
  7. Close the Web Site Administration Tool window.

Customizing Your Blog Site

Before you can start using your blogs, you need to customize the content for your own use. Here are some key content elements you will want to customize:

Default Master - On the default master page (default.master), you can customize the title, subtitle, and copyright message that is shown on each page.

Web Configuration - In the web.config file, you can change a number of application settings, from the site's title and author informatoin, to settings to configure your SMTP server for email.

Managing Your Blog Site

Once you have created an administrative user, and customized your site, you can begin using your blog. To see management options, you must enter a private URL, by adding "/admin" to the site URL. Visiting this URL will show a login page, where you can log in with the administrative credentials you created above. You may want to bookmark the administration homepage for future access.

The following sections provide basic information about how to manage your blog.

Creating and Managing Categories

Coming soon...

Creating a New Post

Coming soon...

Managing Feedback

Coming soon...

Further Resources

The information in this page is only an overview of the Blog Starter Kit site. For more information, see http://www.shankun.com.