Subtext (software)

{{Primary sources|date=November 2007}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Subtext

| logo = SubtextLogo.png

| developer = Subtext Project Team

| latest_release_version = 2.1.2.2

| latest_release_date = July 29, 2009

| platform = ASP.NET / Microsoft SQL Server

| genre = Blog software, Photo Gallery

| license = [http://subtextproject.com/Home/License/tabid/110/Default.aspx BSD]

| website = {{URL|http://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.{{cite book |last=Avery|first=James|author2=Holmes, Jim |title=Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More than 140 Free and Open Source Tools|url=https://archive.org/details/windowsdeveloper0000aver|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=O'Reilly|isbn=978-0-596-52754-9}}

Features

History

Subtext was announced on May 4, 2005,[http://haacked.com/archive/2005/05/04/2953.aspx Announcing Subtext, A Fork Of .TEXT For Your Blogging Pleasure] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208141042/http://haacked.com/archive/2005/05/04/2953.aspx|date=2006-02-08}} but the first release (Subtext Nautilus Edition) wasn't announced until March 2, 2006.{{Cite web |last=Haack |first=Phil |date=2006-03-02 |title=Subtext 1.0 Nautilus Edition Released |url=https://haacked.com/archive/2006/03/02/Subtext1.0NautilusEditionReleased.aspx/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=You’ve Been Haacked |language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://haacked.com/archive/2007/10/29/subtext-powers-myspace-china-blogs.aspx|title=MySpace China Blogs Powered By Subtext|last=Haack|first=Phil|date=2007-10-29|access-date=2008-09-02}}

Subtext is hosted on Google Code and is led by Phil Haack.{{cite web|url=http://www.pragprog.com/magazines/2010-06/why-aspnet-mvc|title=Why ASP.NET MVC?|last=Swaine|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Swaine (technical author)|access-date=2010-06-02}}

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

See also

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References

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