An ASP.NET 4.7 MVC markdown blog framework built for speed and getting things right. Fully functional with the minimum required features to make a blog nice, while following best practices along the way.

• Fast as hell, first paint in 300ms-350ms (locally) or 350ms-450ms (hosted) range.
• Scores 100 for Performance on Google audit (desktop and mobile).
• Scores 100 for Accessibility on Google audit (desktop and mobile).
• Scores 100 for Best Practices on Google audit (desktop and mobile).
• Scores 100 for SEO on Google audit (desktop and mobile).
• Built in Disqus comment/response support.
• Built in reCAPTCHA support.
• Built in drag-drop image upload and embed.
• Edit and post in markdown, render as html.
• No database, uses flat file xml storage.
• Automatically generates a sitemap.xml.

Proof:

1. Clone repo.
2. Open with Visual Studio, edit web.config variables.
3. Place whatever content you want in the /Home view, or delete the controller for no Home page.
4. Make sure to enable directory write permissions on your server/hosting.
5. Build and publish to your website.
6. Send me the link on Twitter so I can share it.

1. Navigate to /admin and login with the username and password you set.
2. Start blogging.
3. Click on an uploaded image to copy the markdown link to clipboard.

• Initial base (sort of, mostly the xml storing and parsing): MiniBlog.
• Markdown parsing: CommonMark.NET.
• Drag drop image upload in pure JS based on the work by Joe Zim.
• Frontent Beautification: Jean-Paul "JP" Kleynhans.

You can read more about BlogFull and see it running over on my site.