When François Planque forked b2evolution from version 0.6.1 of b2\cafelog in 2003, little did he assume that within three or four years this newly forked software will emerge as the most favorite tools among the bloggers---beginners or seasoned.
This huge popularity can be attributed to the loads of features it come with; that turn it into much more than any other blogging tool. It is characterized by the ease of installation; if the webserver of the host happens to be LAMP compatible (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), the system can be installed in the server within minutes.
B2Evolution makes for a multi-lingual, multi-user and multi-blog publishing system, which is distributed under the GNU General Public License and as such can be downloaded free of charge. With the latest version of B2Evolution installed in your website, you will no longer need configuration file editing; all configurations will be handled through the installer or administrative back-end.
B2Evolution is popular for the extra punches that it packs in its package. Let’s learn about them:
Multiple blogs support
* B2Evolution supports multiple blogs at the same time. It will require you to install the software once and you can use it for up to 1000 blogs at the same time on different pages, in different folders, or on different domains.
This feature also allows you to display several blogs on the same page and you are allowed to add Photoblogs, Moblogs, Linkblogs, Blogrolls or likes in a snap.
AntiSpam Deluxe
* With an efficient combination of active and passive antispam measures, and with the help of community shared blacklist, the software works for blocking comments and referring spams.
Multiple users and authors support
* Through a comprehensive and detailed permission management, any user can be given permissions to read, write, edit or fully change any number of blogs.
Blog skins
* With the help of wide array of Evo-skins, you are not only allowed to customize the look and feel of your blog, you can also control how it behaves. The skins can be easily downloaded and installed.
Plugin framework
* To add more volume to its already expansive list of features, you can take help from the B2Eevolution's advanced plugin framework.
Some of the popular B2Eevolution plugins include Textile, Auto-P, Greymatter, BB code, Texturize, LaTeX, and graphic smilies.
Plugins are also available to facilitate full integration with third party tools such as Gallery 2, YouTube and digg.
Advanced categorization
* This feature will help you break your blog into several categories and sub-categories to organize the posts under different themes. The software even allows assigning multiple categories to one particular post. In addition to that, it allows cross-posting among multiple blogs at once.
To run b2evolution, you will simply need a webserver that can run PHP4, and a MySQL database. It remains the simplest and fastest way of taking your voice farthest across the web.
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