Getting BlogEngine.NET Working with GoDaddy

As you can see, I’m using BlogEngine.NET to run this site. It’s a pretty cool application even if you don’t make any changes to it. As I found a couple of months ago, getting it installed on a web site hosted with GoDaddy was not as simple as it should be.

Well, now GoDaddy includes BlogEngine.NET with its offerings in the GoDaddy Hosting Connection. Simply click on a button to install the application and answer a couple of questions and GoDaddy fires off a process to install BlogEngine.NET on within hosting account.

But it appears that the install process forgot a very important step (at least when I did this). The App_Data folder is not given write permission which prevents you from making some setting changes. To correct this problem, do the following:

1. Log into your GoDaddy account
2. Under “My Products”, click “Hosting Account List”
3. You’ll be redirected to the Manage Hosting page, click the Open Control Panel option for the appropriate domain.
4. A new browser window will be opened to the GoDaddy Hosting Control Cneter.
5. From the Content menu, select File Manger.
6. Check the checkbox for the App_Data folder (which will enable the Permissions button).
7. Click on the Permissions button
8. Ensure that the Write option is checked

After that, everything should work just fine.