Forest Blog

Forest Blog is a versatile ASP based blogging application that supports both MSSQL and MySQL databases to provide users with power and flexibility. Coded with standards compliance and accessibility in mind Forest Blog is both XHTML 1.0 and CSS compliant and features excellent accessibility.

Forest Blog features a fully documented and flexible administration panel that allows you to configure every aspect of the Forest Blog application as well as allowing you to quickly add and edit categories and articles as well as creating new physical pages with your own ASP code in seconds.

Features

  • Unlimited categories and articles.
  • Powerful administration panel.
  • Custom themes using CSS, create new themes quickly and easily.
  • Support for MSSQL and MySQL databases.
  • Automatic RSS syndication.
  • Comment and user authorisation
  • Email verification and notification.
  • HTML aliasing for user comments
  • Much more...

Requirements

  • IIS 5 (or higher).
  • MSSQL or MySQL database (Access is supported unofficially).
  • CDONTS, CDOSYS, ASPEmail or jMail for email functionality.
  • ASPJpeg for gallery functionality.
  • Read/Write permissions for installation folder.
  • VBScript v5.6 (download here).
  • MS XML 4.0 (download here).

License agreement

All Host Forest software is provided for free under a linkware license. You may modify any part of the software at your own risk, but the software (altered or otherwise) may not be distributed to entities beyond the license holder without the explicit written permission of the copyright holder.

You may not remove, alter or otherwise disable all or any of the hyperlinks to the Host Forest website (http://www.hostforest.co.uk). All images, links or text must remain unchanged and intact and visible when the pages are viewed unless you first obtain explicit written permission from the copyright holders.

Permission to remove the links, images and branding on a site by site basis basis can be obtained by purchasing the appropriate license from Host Forest by visiting http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Purchase/default.asp

You may not pass of in part or in whole any part of this software, including images and source code, as your own work. You may use parts of this program in your own private works, including images and source code, but you may NOT redistribute, repackage, sublicense or sell in part or in whole any part of this program regardless of any modifications that may have been made without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

This software is provided WITHOUT warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.