Setup

Before you could run your Blog the first time you have to accomplish the following steps.

Edit Web.config

AppSettings

Go to the appSettings-section and enter your blog settings.

System.net

Go to the system.net-section and enter your email server.

Elmah

Go to the elmah-section and enter configure ELMAH if you like to use it.

ConnectionStrings

If you don't use the default SQL-Express database in 'App_Data', go to the connectionStrings-section and enter your database connection string.
Now setup your database by using the provided SQL script.

Authentication

Go to the authentication-section and enter your desired username and password for the administator account.

The password is encrypted with SHA1, use the following form to generate your password:

Your password:
Encrypted password: -

The default username and password is: 'admin'

MasterPage

Open 'Views/Shared/Site.Master' and set the page title and other metatags if you like.