<s>
Textpattern	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Dean	O
Allen	O
and	O
now	O
developed	O
by	O
Team	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
typically	O
listed	O
among	O
weblogging	O
tools	O
,	O
its	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
stable	O
version	O
is	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Textpattern	B-Protocol
grew	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
used	O
to	O
publish	O
,	O
Allen	O
's	O
personal	O
site	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
unnamed	O
version	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
available	O
to	O
alpha	O
testers	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
was	O
formally	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
alpha	O
versions	O
were	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
beta	O
releases	O
which	O
saw	O
more	O
widespread	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
were	O
themselves	O
superseded	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
"	O
gamma	O
"	O
releases	O
which	O
expanded	O
and	O
refined	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
's	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
final	O
gamma	O
version	O
(	O
1.19	O
)	O
,	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
version	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
,	O
was	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
1	O
for	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
somewhat	O
unorthodox	O
move	O
,	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
continued	O
to	O
accumulate	O
features	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
,	O
third	O
,	O
fourth	O
and	O
fifth	O
release	O
candidates	O
were	O
made	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
the	O
official	O
development	O
team	O
expanded	O
to	O
include	O
several	O
contributors	O
from	O
the	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
community	O
:	O
with	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
3	O
and	O
joined	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
brought	O
into	O
the	O
fold	O
as	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
's	O
release	O
manager	O
with	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
a	O
development	O
process	O
that	O
extended	O
much	O
longer	O
than	O
originally	O
envisioned	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
was	O
version	O
4.0	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
4.8.0	O
release	O
(	O
)	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
contained	O
over	O
800	O
changes	O
to	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
's	O
code	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
functionality	O
,	O
enhance	O
existing	O
features	O
,	O
resolve	O
some	O
issues	O
from	O
previous	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
releases	O
and	O
lay	O
more	O
foundations	O
for	O
extending	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Textpattern	B-Protocol
in	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Textpattern	B-Protocol
offers	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
and	O
conveniences	O
to	O
designers	O
,	O
users	O
,	O
site	O
administrators	O
and	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Ease	O
of	O
publishing	O
using	O
Textile	B-Language
,	O
a	O
text-to-HTML	O
converter	O
which	O
permits	O
users	O
to	O
publish	O
content	O
without	O
learning	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preview	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
final	O
"	O
look	O
"	O
of	O
content	O
and	O
of	O
its	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tag-based	O
template	B-Application
system	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
reusable	O
blocks	O
of	O
content	O
and	O
code	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
forms	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
"	O
tag	O
builder	O
"	O
to	O
automate	O
their	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syndication	O
of	O
site	O
content	O
via	O
RSS	O
and	O
Atom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
