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sBlog.Net - A Minimalistic Blog Engine - Using ASP.NET MVC 3

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sBlog.Net is a minimalistic blog engine created using the ASP.NET MVC 3 framework.
@{
    Layout = null;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <title>Under Construction :: sBlog.Net</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.7.2.min.js")"></script>
    <style type="text/css">        
        #how-to {
            text-decoration: none;
            color: navy;
        }
        
        .setup-info {
            border-radius: 0 10px 10px 0;
            padding: 5px; 
            border: 2px solid navy;
            background-color: navy;
            font-weight: bolder;
            width: 70%;
            color: white;
            text-align: right;
        }
        
        .setup-info .page-link {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
        }
        
        #main-content {
            width: 85%; 
            text-align: center; 
            margin-top: 100px;
            margin-left: 5%
        }
        
        .section-title {
            font-size: large; 
            font-weight: bold
        }
        
        .bold-text {
            font-weight: bolder;
        }
        
        .content-left {
            float: left
        }
        
        .content-right {
            float: right; 
            text-align: left
        }
        
        .main-note {
            margin-left: 5%
        }
        
        .under-construction {
            width: 200px; 
            height: 200px
        }
                
        .notice {
            background-color: #fff8dc;
            border: 3px solid #ffeb8e;
            position: absolute;
            padding: 10px; 
            top: 100px;
            left: 25%; 
            color: black; 
            vertical-align: middle;
            z-index: 9999;
        }
        
        #ms-sql-perm {
            display: none
        }
        
        .close-img {
            height: 40px; 
            width: 40px; 
            float: right
        }
    </style>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#how-to').click(function (e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                $('#ms-sql-perm').toggle('fast');
            });

            $('.close-img').click(function() {
                $('#ms-sql-perm').hide('fast');
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
    <body>
        <div class="setup-info">
            Click <a class="page-link" href="@Url.Action("Index", "Init", new { area = "Setup" })">here</a> to try accessing the setup page again
        </div>
        
        <div id="main-content">
            <div class="content-left">
                <img src="@Url.Content("~/Content/Images/under_construction.png")" class="under-construction" alt="under construction" title="under construction" />            
            </div>
            <div class="content-right">
                <h1>Snap! This blog hasn't been setup yet!!!</h1>
                <h3>Could be any of the following reasons...</h3>
                <ul>
                    <li>The entire connection string in the <i>web.config</i> file is incorrect</li>
                    <li>The <i>database</i> name specified in the connection string is incorrect</li>
                    <li>The database exists, but the user name used in the <i>web.config</i>'s connections string does 
                        not have <span title="User should have the db_owner role">access</span> to this database [<a href="javascript:void(0)" id="how-to">?</a>]
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    
        <div style="clear: both"></div>
    
        <div class="main-note">
            <br/>
            <span class="bold-text">Note</span>: If you <span class="bold-text">had</span> to do any of the steps mentioned above, you 
            <span class="bold-text">may have</span> to save the web.config file, so that the application restarts (if the link to retry 
            doesn't seem to fix the issue).
            <br/>
        </div>

        <div id="ms-sql-perm" class="notice">
            <img src="@Url.Content("~/Content/Images/close_icon.png")" alt="close" title="close" class="close-img"/>
            <span class="section-title">Steps to provide db_owner access to a user:</span>
            <ul>
                <li>Connect to the ms sql server instance that has your database</li>
                <li>Expand the <b>Security</b> node</li>
                <li>Expand the <b>Logins</b> node</li>
                <li>Locate the user used in <i>web.config</i> and right-click on it and select <b>Properties</b></li>
                <li>From the <b>Select a page</b> menu, choose <b>User Mapping</b></li>
                <li>Select the checkbox corresponding to the sblog database</li>
                <li>In the <b>Database role for:</b> section below, select the checkbox corresponding to <b>db_owner</b></li>
                <li>Click on <b>Ok</b></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

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