The DasBlog Blogging Engine reintroduced with ASP.NET Core

• We want to pragmatically reuse core DasBlog projects where feasible (includes reusing existing config files).
• Do not be afraid to abandon features/projects that are easily solved with a NuGet package (Pop3, CAPTCHA, Noda Time, etc.)
• Let's use Razor for "Themes"
• Port the custom logging solution to use .NET Core
• DI all the things (avoid massive static objects)
• WISH: Build on Linux (clone/build)
• WISH: Docker version with XML files outside in volume mount

• Install .NET Core SDK 2.0
• Install Visual Studio Community 2017

You can find more specific installation steps for Windows development here

In order to build the DasBlog Core, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/poppastring/dasblog-core

Change to the "source" directory and open the DasBlog All.sln and perform a build.

• Upgraded all existing projects to 4.6.X (for .NET Standard 2 support)
• Created a new ASP.NET Web Core 2 project that shows the blogs home page with posts
• Integrated ViewLocationExpanders to support "Themes"
• AddIISUrlRewrite middleware to support 301 redirects for static ".aspx" (archives.aspx, monthview.aspx, etc.)
• Integrate existing dasBlog config (meta, security, site, etc)
• Integrate with original DasBlog layer via repository pattern
• Support for RSS and RSS by category
• Support for Sitemap
• Support for paging e.g. page/1, page/2, etc.