Subtext (software)

Subtext
Developer(s)	Subtext Project Team
Stable release	2.1.2.2 / July 29, 2009
Platform	ASP.NET / Microsoft SQL Server
Type	Blog software, Photo Gallery
License	BSD
Website	subtextproject.com

Subtext is a blog publishing system written in C# on ASP.NET. All data is stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database.

The latest release of Subtext is 2.5, released on June 6, 2010. It is distributed under the BSD License.^[1]

Features

XHTML and CSS compliant
Search engine-friendly permalink structure via friendly URLs
TrackBack and Pingback
Hosts multiple blogs on a single installation
MetaWeblog API support
Skinnable
Really Simple Discovery
BlogML support
OpenID support
Tag support

History

Subtext was announced on May 4, 2005,^[2] but the first release (Subtext Nautilus Edition) wasn't announced until March 2, 2006.^[3]

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. Subtext is the blog engine used by MySpace for its Chinese site.^[4]

Subtext is hosted on Google Code and is led by Phil Haack.^[5]

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

References

^ Avery, James; Holmes, Jim (2007). Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More than 140 Free and Open Source Tools. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-52754-9.
^ Announcing Subtext, A Fork Of .TEXT For Your Blogging Pleasure Archived 2006-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Haack, Phil (2006-03-02). "Subtext 1.0 Nautilus Edition Released". You’ve Been Haacked. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
^ Haack, Phil (2007-10-29). "MySpace China Blogs Powered By Subtext". Retrieved 2008-09-02.
^ Swaine, Michael. "Why ASP.NET MVC?". Retrieved 2010-06-02.

External links

SubtextProject.com - Official Subtext Project Website

[1] Avery, James; Holmes, Jim (2007). Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More than 140 Free and Open Source Tools. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-52754-9.

[2] Announcing Subtext, A Fork Of .TEXT For Your Blogging Pleasure Archived 2006-02-08 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Haack, Phil (2006-03-02). "Subtext 1.0 Nautilus Edition Released". You’ve Been Haacked. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

[4] Haack, Phil (2007-10-29). "MySpace China Blogs Powered By Subtext". Retrieved 2008-09-02.

[5] Swaine, Michael. "Why ASP.NET MVC?". Retrieved 2010-06-02.

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