I have created a new widget for BlogEngine.NET.  This new widget lets the blog creator highlight his best work (or other articles) in the widget area.

Full details can be read on the Featured Posts Widget page.

I have updated my TechJunkie theme for BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.  The major update is support for BE.NET widgets.

Please go to the TechJunkie page for more information.

I have completed the upgrade of this blog to BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.  Please let me know if you encounter issues, but at this point, it looks like things are functioning normally.

I've completed by second BlogEngine.NET theme.  It's an adaptation of TechJunkie by styleshout.

You can read more information and download the theme from the theme's page.

I am not using this theme yet because I only adapted the theme for version 1.4 of BlogEngine.NET, but I am only using version 1.3.  I am planning on migrating this blog once some issues are fixed in 1.4 which are getting in the way.

Update: I've modified the theme for 1.3 so I can use it.  But unless someone asks, I won't put it for download.

BlogEngine.NET has released version 1.4 of the software.  Being the early adapter that I am, I will be updating this blog to the new version within the next week or so.

In the meantime, I have updated my BluePigment theme to work properly with version 1.4.

After creating my first BlogEngine.NET theme, BluePigment, I wanted to put together a list of everything that needs to be tested in case I decided to create a second theme.

Pages

1. Home
   1. Does the page look correct with 0 posts?
   2. Does the page look correct with 1 post?
   3. Does the page look correct with enough posts (10?) to trigger the Next Page/Previous Page links?
2. Contact
   1. Does the page look correct?
3. Archive
   1. Does the page look correct?
4. Search
   1. Does the page look correct with 0 posts found?
   2. Does the page look correct with 1 posts found?
   3. Does the page look correct with enough posts (20?) to show the Next Page/Previous Page links?
5. Post
   1. Does the page look correct with 0 comments?
   2. Does the page look correct with 1 comment?
   3. Does the page look correct with 2 or more comments?
   4. Does the page look correct with 0 related posts?
   5. Does the page look correct with 1 related post?
   6. Does the page look correct with 3 related posts?
6. Page
   1. Does the page look correct as the only post in the blog?
   2. Does the page look correct as the first post in the blog?
   3. Does the page look correct as the last post in the blog?
   4. Does the page look correct as a middle post in the blog?
7. Sign In
   1. Does the page look correct?

Controls

1. Administration
   1. Does the control look correct?
2. AuthorList
   1. Does the control look correct with RSS icons off?
   2. Does the control look correct with RSS icons on?
3. Blogroll
   1. Does the control look correct?
4. CategoryList
   1. Does the control look correct with RSS icons off?
   2. Does the control look correct with RSS icons on?
5. MonthList
   1. Does the control look correct?
6. PageList
   1. Does the control look correct?
7. PostCalendar
   1. Does the control look correct?
8. RecentComments
   1. Does the control look correct?
9. RecentPosts
   1. Does the control look correct with comments and ratings on?
   2. Does the control look correct with comments on and ratings off?
   3. Does the control look correct with comments off and ratings on?
   4. Does the control look correct with comments and ratings off?
10. SearchBox
    1. Does the control look correct?
11. Tagcloud
    1. Does the control look correct?

I hope I caught everything :)

I completed my first BlogEngine.NET theme.  It's an adaptation of BluePigment from styleshout.

You can read more information at the theme's page.