<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
browser-based	O
web	O
content	O
management	O
system	O
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Global	O
Moxie	O
,	O
the	O
Paris-based	O
company	O
of	O
independent	O
developer	O
Josh	O
Clark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
1.0	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
was	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
after	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
public	O
beta-testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
paid	O
software	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
"	O
is	O
a	O
double	O
entendre	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Internet	O
as	O
a	O
communication	O
medium	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
medium	O
as	O
a	O
psychic	O
who	O
helps	O
ordinary	O
people	O
communicate	O
with	O
unseen	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
is	O
billed	O
as	O
a	O
CMS	O
"	O
aimed	O
at	O
web	O
designers	O
and	O
their	O
clients	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
unlike	O
many	O
general-purpose	O
content	O
management	O
systems	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
configure	O
without	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
a	O
web	B-Operating_System
developer	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
's	O
flexible	O
design	O
templates	B-Application
support	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
original	O
designs	O
and	O
require	O
no	O
programming	O
knowledge	O
beyond	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
these	O
templates	B-Application
are	O
configured	O
,	O
content	O
editors	O
can	O
add	O
and	O
update	O
pages	O
with	O
no	O
specific	O
technical	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
also	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
modest	O
library	O
of	O
design	O
themes	O
allowing	O
non-designers	O
to	O
get	O
started	O
right	O
away	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
targets	O
traditional	O
content	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
news	O
,	O
marketing	O
and	O
magazine	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
simplifies	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
setting	O
up	O
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
for	O
a	O
broad	O
category	O
of	O
websites	O
,	O
this	O
targeted	O
pre-configuration	O
makes	O
the	O
software	O
relatively	O
inflexible	O
for	O
managing	O
other	O
site	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
commerce	O
or	O
community	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
installs	O
on	O
web	O
servers	O
running	O
Windows	O
NT	O
,	O
Windows	O
2003	O
or	O
a	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
stores	O
its	O
data	O
in	O
flat	B-Application
files	I-Application
and	O
folders	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clark	O
has	O
suggested	O
that	O
future	O
versions	O
may	O
offer	O
the	O
choice	O
between	O
flat-file	B-Application
storage	O
and	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
to	O
better	O
support	O
very	O
large	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
generates	O
public	O
web	O
pages	O
as	O
static	O
pages	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
with	O
every	O
page	O
request	O
but	O
just	O
once	O
when	O
the	O
page	O
is	O
edited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Protocol
Medium	I-Protocol
supports	O
plugins	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
via	O
custom	O
Perl	B-Language
code	O
to	O
add	O
additional	O
content	O
types	O
,	O
data	O
fields	O
,	O
content	O
filters	O
,	O
display	O
widgets	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
