<s>
Blosxom	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free-software	B-Application
weblog	O
program	O
(	O
and	O
simple	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
)	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
by	O
Rael	O
Dornfest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
pre-existing	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
instead	O
of	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
unlike	O
most	O
blog	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
Blosxom	B-Protocol
is	O
minimalist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
Perl	B-Language
script	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
configuration	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
editing	O
this	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
weblog	O
entries	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
headline	O
,	O
optional	O
headers	O
or	O
meta-information	O
(	O
if	O
using	O
certain	O
plugins	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
blank	O
line	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
post	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blosxom	B-Protocol
can	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
or	O
produce	O
static	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Blosxom	B-Protocol
supports	O
showing	O
recent	O
posts	O
,	O
doing	O
content	O
categorization	O
,	O
content	O
retrieval	O
by	O
date	O
(	O
and	O
permalinking	O
based	O
on	O
that	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
dozens	O
of	O
available	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blosxom	B-Protocol
has	O
inspired	O
derivatives	O
in	O
various	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
PyBlosxom	O
(	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Blojsom	O
(	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Clojsom	O
(	O
in	O
Clojure	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Blosxonomy	O
(	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Blosxom.PHP	O
(	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Hobix	O
(	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blosxom	B-Protocol
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
people	O
who	O
prefer	O
to	O
write	O
weblog	O
postings	O
with	O
a	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
in	O
a	O
web-based	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
plugins	B-Application
for	O
web-based	O
posting	O
to	O
a	O
Blosxom	B-Protocol
weblog	O
,	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
support	O
external	O
feedback	O
systems	O
like	O
Disqus	O
,	O
IntenseDebate	O
and	O
similar	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
"	O
BlosHome	O
1.0.6	O
alpha	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
,	O
edit	O
and	O
update	O
Blosxom-based	O
blogs	O
straight	O
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
(	O
Windows	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
