The original TheBeerHouse was nice little app to get things up and going quickly. I'm glad to hear they updating for MVC. Also, for those bitching about Oxite, please check out BlogSvc

Has anybody else experienced crashes with IIS7 on the new beta? I can only run in the vs.net dev server.

We should join forces on http://BlogSvc.net as we are moving to MVC soon. We were also influenced by the MVC storefront series. Check out our progress on http://codeplex.com/blogsvc

<shameless>Join the discussion at http://codeplex.com/blogsvc</shameles> :)

I've taken a look at BlogEngine.NET source code and it is not well positioned for a CMS. I doesn't appear to have gone through many (if any) code reviews as the architecture is not (IMHO) rock solid. However, BlogEngine.NET does have a lot going for it as it has a long history and neat widget support.

There are better alternatives if you are looking for a .NET CMS. See Grafitti or for open source check out BlogSvc which is still young but we are moving very quickly. It's architecture, especially with respect to roles, workspaces, collections, authorization is much better implemented. The authentication and authorization logic is not spread around in odd places like it is in BlogEngine.NET. The backend uses web standards and the data is not pigeon-holed into being a blog post. Everything is treated as an extensible entry in a collection. See AtomPub for more information.