BlogEngine.NET 1.1 (an open source blog engine) was released in the middle of June and includes a theme that I created called GirlGeek! I wouldn't have normally submitted a feminine inspired theme but after designing my wife's blog (http://rebecca.sivers.co.uk) I thought it would be beneficial for the BlogEngine community to have a theme option for any female geeks out there that like this kind of look?!

The GirlGeek theme, like this one on my site, is loosly based on the Dirtylicious theme by Viktor Persson which was ported from WordPress to BlogEngine by Al Nyveldt. To be fair though I have heavily customised and altered the graphics and styling so it's only really using the original basic layout and positioning.

As well as the GirlGeek theme I have also knocked together a CoffeeHouse theme which is a more generic version of my blog's theme and I will make this available to the community as soon as I get a chance to organise it. You can see a screenshot of this theme below and if anyone wants this theme in the mean time then feel free to email me! 

I will hopefully find time over the next few months to work on some original themes to contribute to what I think is a really well coded .NET blog engine and also a really well run open source project! Stay posted!...

It was Rebecca's birthday a week ago (Friday 6th July) and after she had opened her "proper" presents I presented her with my laptop which had Internet Explorer conveniently navigated to http://rebecca.sivers.co.uk, Rebecca's very own blog site! You see, my old web site was apparently "our web site" and it was my mistake to think that Rebecca didn't have any inclination to use it (I guess I should have ignored the fact that she only posted twice in nearly six months) so she was not best pleased when the "Sivers Family" site became "Michael Sivers' Blog".

So, I set about rectifying the problem by setting Rebecca up with her own blog with a funky pink theme designed by yours truely (and using the same blog software I use - BlogEngine.NET) and in the knowledge that her birthday was fast approaching it seemed obvious to have it be an extra gift.

Rebecca seemed really pleased with her new site, especially once she read the opening post I wrote for her but it will be interesting to see how many posts she manages to make in the next 6 months?! :)