<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
blogging	O
platform	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
blogs	O
and	O
users	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
backed	O
by	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
began	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
flexible	O
blogging	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
many	O
features	O
have	O
allowed	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
to	O
be	O
comparative	O
to	O
other	O
more	O
established	O
blog	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
borrows	O
from	O
several	O
Open-Source	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
functional	O
components	O
together	O
help	O
make	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
more	O
fully	O
featured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
offers	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
blogs	O
and	O
multiple	O
users	O
in	O
one	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeType	B-Protocol
also	O
features	O
Bayesian	B-Application
spam	I-Application
filtering	I-Application
,	O
media	O
uploads	O
,	O
file	O
handling	O
,	O
a	O
customizable	O
search	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
friendly	I-Protocol
URLs	I-Protocol
and	O
an	O
administration	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifetype	B-Protocol
integrates	O
a	O
web	O
based	O
wizard	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
configure	O
their	O
own	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
template	O
editor	O
plug-in	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
make	O
custom	O
adjustments	O
to	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
's	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
,	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
,	O
maintained	O
and	O
adjusted	O
by	O
the	O
Lifetype	B-Protocol
community	O
of	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
project	O
started	O
in	O
February	O
2003	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
pLog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pLog	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
LifeType	B-Protocol
after	O
Amazon.com,	O
the	O
holder	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
plog	O
"	O
trademark	O
requested	O
it	O
to	O
change	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
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