BlogEngine.NET Webcasts: Initial Setup and SQL Setup

-   Oct 04, 2007 -   BlogEngine.NET, Screencasts -   , , ,

I put together some short webcasts to help people get started using BlogEngine.NET 1.2.  Hopefully, this is just the start of series, but we'll have to see how it goes.  Both webcasts are full screen (1024x768) and available in Flash or Windows Media flavors.

In the first webcast, BlogEngine.NET 1.2 Initial Setup, I walk you through the entire process from finding the download to getting it installed on your web server.  The entire process (and webcast) takes just over 5 minutes (5:20) including download time and listening to me drone on about random bits.

The second webcast, BlogEngine.NET 1.2 SQL Provider Setup, is for those who would prefer to have SQL Server power their blog.  It picks up where the first web cast left off and walks you through setting up a database for BlogEngine and making 2 small changes to get BlogEngine to look to your database for its data.  Webcast running time is under 4 minutes (3:45).

You can watch them live in flash here:

You can download the Windows Media Versions here:

Note: There are some background screen artifacts, but they don't take away from the content.  I'll try to get that straightened out for the next webcasts I do. 

01/04/2008 Update: These screencasts have been updated for the new 1.3 release of BlogEngine.NET.  Please check out the current versions:

Also, you can see all my screencasts (and make sure you are watching the latest versions) using this link to see my posts with screencasts.

5 Comments

Darin Spence
Commented on 10/4/2007 5:36:13 PM
Thanks for these movies.  The first one helped me figure out a permissions problem that was perplexing me.  It was really frustrating.  Turns out, un-checking "read-only" on the BlogEngine.NET directory before you do anything else is very important.  A detail missed in the wiki documentation...thanks!
Clinton Gallagher
Commented on 10/10/2007 9:19:53 AM
A tutorial for installing to a hosted service provider will be helpful.
Commented on 10/17/2007 10:56:30 AM
Tutorials were great.  I was up and running (with SQL) in less than 5 minutes.

BTW:  Great job so far.  I've been testing BlogEngine.NET on my personal site.  Playing around with it, trying a few things - looking forward to the finished product.

Much success.
Robb
Commented on 10/24/2007 5:59:18 PM
Great tutorials!  What did you use to record your webcasts?
Commented on 10/25/2007 2:14:04 AM
I used BB Flashback to create these videos.  It is a nice product.
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