Blog engine supporting multiple blogs in ASP.NET?

Question

I'm using ASP.NET on my current website and now I need to add some blogs to the site. I need at least 5 multiple blogs and I'm looking for a solution in ASP.NET.

I have been using WordPress before and was looking at Wordpress MU but as I'm running ASP.NET on this website it seems like a bad idea to combine these two. Also the blog is going to be in a subdirectory that I need to protect with ASP.NET so only logged in users can see the blog.

What is the best alternative for multiple blogs in ASP.NET? Or do you think I shall just use WordPress anyway?

Answer 1

Not the best answer:

But it is possible to adjust/extended the open source BlogEngine.net to handle multiple sites.

http://blogengine.codeplex.com/

That being said, it will take some work to make it support a "blog-network", but there are a bunch of developers out there that have done it, and there was an old project based off version 1.3 that handles multiple blogs.

Answer 2

There's Community Server, which is the engine used by MSDN blogs. Back in the day CS used to be an open source ASP.NET showcase project, but it ended up being monetized. I don't know if they still have a free version.