Question

I have a blogengine.net install that requires privatization.

I’m doing research work at the moment, but I have to keep my blog/journal private until certain conditions are met.

How can I privatize my blogEngine.net install so that readers must log in to read my posts?

Answer 1

I use this extension. Just save the file as RequireLogin.cs in your App_Code\Extensions folder and make sure the extension is activated.

using System;  using System.Data;  using System.Configuration;  using System.Web;  using System.Web.Security;  using System.Web.UI;  using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;  using System.Web.UI.WebControls;  using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;  using BlogEngine.Core;  using BlogEngine.Core.Web.Controls;  using System.Collections.Generic;    /// <summary>  /// Summary description for PostSecurity  /// </summary>  [Extension('Checks to see if a user can see this blog post.',              '1.0', '<a href=\'http://www.lavablast.com\'>LavaBlast.com</a>')]  public class RequireLogin {      static protected ExtensionSettings settings = null;        public RequireLogin()     {          Post.Serving += new EventHandler<ServingEventArgs>(Post_Serving);            ExtensionSettings s = new ExtensionSettings('RequireLogin');          // describe specific rules for entering parameters          s.Help = 'Checks to see if the user has any of those roles before displaying the post. ';          s.Help += 'You can associate a role with a specific category. ';          s.Help += 'All posts having this category will require that the user have the role. ';          s.Help += 'A parameter with only a role without a category will enable to filter all posts to this role. ';          ExtensionManager.ImportSettings(s);          settings = ExtensionManager.GetSettings('PostSecurity');      }        protected void Post_Serving(object sender, ServingEventArgs e)     {         MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser();         if(HttpContext.Current.Request.RawUrl.Contains('syndication.axd'))         {             return;         }          if (user == null)         {             HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect('~/Login.aspx');         }     } }