<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
blogging	O
software	O
package	O
,	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Noah	O
Grey	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
database	O
;	O
its	O
only	O
requirement	O
is	O
Perl	B-Language
support	O
on	O
a	O
webserver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
placed	O
in	O
the	O
cgi-bin	B-Language
directory	O
of	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
,	O
archive	O
,	O
and	O
entry	O
pages	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GM-CPLog.cgi	O
contains	O
raw	O
HTML	B-Language
for	O
the	O
control	O
panel	O
log	O
(	O
optional	O
feature	O
,	O
user	O
specified	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GM-Templates.cgi	O
contains	O
the	O
user-specified	O
templates	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
the	O
entry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GM-Upload.cgi	O
is	O
the	O
script	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
files	O
to	O
their	O
site	O
through	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
to	O
their	O
archives	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
creates	O
static	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
static	O
pages	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
twice	O
as	O
much	O
space	O
is	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
as	O
is	O
needed	O
(	O
the	O
entry	O
files	O
,	O
.cgi	B-Language
format	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
individual	O
entry	O
pages	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
weekly	O
or	O
monthly	O
archive	O
logs	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
this	O
,	O
sometimes	O
rebuilding	O
is	O
impossible	O
and	O
leads	O
to	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
timing	O
out	O
and	O
showing	O
a	O
blank	O
window	O
(	O
usually	O
when	O
there	O
are	O
massive	O
numbers	O
of	O
entries	O
being	O
rebuilt	O
,	O
or	O
when	O
attempting	O
to	O
rebuild	O
all	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raw	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
included	O
in	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
's	O
original	O
Perl	B-Language
source	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
discussed	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
extracting	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
used	O
in	O
the	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
front	O
page	O
's	O
many	O
tables	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
made	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
popularized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
leads	O
the	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
source	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
larger	O
than	O
necessary	O
(	O
mostly	O
GM.cgi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
files	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
given	O
the	O
proper	O
permissions	O
with	O
the	O
chmod	B-Application
command	O
before	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
does	O
automatically	O
try	O
to	O
detect	O
web	O
paths	O
(	O
though	O
not	O
usually	O
successfully	O
)	O
and	O
has	O
many	O
common	O
defaults	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
uses	O
custom	O
designed	O
templates	O
(	O
usually	O
written	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
completely	O
configure	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
blog	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
relying	O
upon	O
static	O
"	O
templates	O
"	O
like	O
Blogspot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
saves	O
entries	O
with	O
8-digit	O
filenames	O
in	O
the	O
format	O
XXXXXXXX.cgi	O
,	O
after	O
5,000	O
entries	O
diagnostic	O
mode	O
would	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
early	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bug	O
was	O
fixed	O
,	O
but	O
shows	O
that	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
entries	O
hinder	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
's	O
performance	O
ability	O
and	O
were	O
not	O
truly	O
planned	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
's	O
main	O
features	O
are	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
resides	O
on	O
your	O
own	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
saves	O
.cgi	B-Language
files	O
of	O
the	O
entries	O
(	O
plain	O
text	O
format	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
using	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
(	O
as	O
most	O
blogging	O
software	O
use	O
today	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
has	O
many	O
mods	O
which	O
let	O
users	O
use	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
and	O
post	O
the	O
current	O
mood	O
and/or	O
music	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
easy	O
to	O
customize	O
and	O
is	O
open-source	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
and/or	O
Perl	B-Language
contained	O
within	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
have	O
been	O
known	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
color	O
scheme	O
of	O
the	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
user	O
page	O
(	O
originally	O
purple	O
,	O
yellow	O
,	O
and	O
green	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
contains	O
many	O
variables	O
within	O
double	O
curly	O
braces	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
variables	O
let	O
users	O
completely	O
customize	O
the	O
way	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
displays	O
entries	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
variables	O
are	O
predefined	O
by	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
and	O
variables	O
can	O
contain	O
anything	O
from	O
HTML	B-Language
to	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
have	O
edited	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
;	O
this	O
is	O
possible	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
open-source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
also	O
includes	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
set	O
up	O
of	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
cgi	O
files	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
mods	O
in	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
made	O
by	O
flippedcracker	O
and	O
Linear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hazelorb	O
also	O
implemented	O
dynamic	O
Perl	B-Language
pages	O
and	O
was	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
Java	O
version	O
,	O
showing	O
that	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
extendable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
that	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
be	O
rewritten	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
using	O
mySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
at	O
the	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
Forums	O
continue	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
mods	O
and	O
feature	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2001	O
,	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Noah	O
Grey	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
instead	O
being	O
maintained	O
and	O
occasionally	O
updated	O
by	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
Forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
a	O
core	O
group	O
had	O
been	O
attempting	O
a	O
rewrite	O
as	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
2	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
include	O
RSS/Atom	O
support	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
2008	O
and	O
development	O
is	O
not	O
extremely	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greymatter	B-Protocol
is	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
dead.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Noah	O
Grey	O
has	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
resume	O
involvement	O
with	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
in	O
any	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
he	O
had	O
said	O
that	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
Greymatter	B-Protocol
might	O
not	O
be	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
might	O
eventually	O
release	O
a	O
commercial	O
"	O
pro	O
"	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
pro	O
"	O
version	O
,	O
Grey	O
had	O
written	O
an	O
all-new	O
PHP	B-Application
-	O
and	O
MySQL-based	O
CMS	O
,	O
Greysight	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
commercial	O
and	O
private	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
