The Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs provide almost all blogs with a common interface for third-parties to hook into. It allows you to use Windows Live Writer to write posts or websites like Digg to do cross-postings.  APIs are fun, because you never know what people will use it for. Just think of the possibilities when you can program against a website.

Al Nyveldt just implemented the MetaWeblog API into BlogEngine.NET and wonders what people will use it for. If you have any cool ideas or want to tell him what cool things you use it for, then visit his latest blog post and tell your story.

At last! CodePlex is back online and BlogEngine is back on track. We haven’t been able to gather all the changes into one project because it’s only 10 minutes since we could reconnect to CodePlex. However, the build currently available is packed with new features and bug fixes. We will do all we can to make a more formal release with all of the new features as fast as possible.

There are also two new and very nice themes available in the release. You can check them out over at Al Nyveldt’s blog. If you have created a theme you would like to share with other BlogEngine.NET users, just let me know and I’ll make sure to link to it or add it as a build-in theme for future releases if you want.

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