A short update with a preview of what's ahead
I'd suggest you redownload bp blog 5.0b: http://blog.betaparticle.com/uploads/blog_5.0b.zip
I've decided to not offer the HTML publishing option any longer because of the timeout issues involving writing a large number of HTML files using ASP. ASP is simply inefficient at doing this and I've encountered major slowdowns due to this. Just remember to keep your database and the new files should work fine.
Just redownload it and reupload the files, with the exception of your database and the "Connections" folder. Then alter the stylesheet (or if you have Dreamweaver, the Template and Library Items). I'm currently writing a tutorial on how to do this step by step, but I'm a little pressed for time lately due to other development projects.
The good news is that the database structure hasn't changed at all, on purpose, so that future code alterations won't affect it. I had to decide between offering users an easy way to alter the templates, or hard coding the design into the publishing option code, thus making this impossible. While the HTML option was a pretty neat experiment, it simply wasn't practical or expandable.
A good spell checker for BP Blog, or any other form entry system is iespell. Install it and you'll have spell-checking ability.
There are two images not included in the download that are a part of my layout that you may find helpful (put them in the images folder):
http://blog.betaparticle.com/images/back.gif
http://blog.betaparticle.com/images/container.jpg
