Typo (content management system)

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Typo is a free, open source (MIT License) blogging engine written in the Ruby programming language, using the Ruby on Rails web application framework. Typo can use any of the various SQL databases supported by the Ruby on Rails framework. Typo 4.0.3 was released on August 17, 2006.

Typo is not to be confused with TYPO3, which is another widespread open source content management system.

Contents 1 History 2 Features 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

The name Typo originates from the initial developer of the software, Tobias Lütke, who inadvertently wrote down the incorrect time (a "typo") for an appointment with a client and proceeded to write the first version while sitting in a Starbucks coffee shop during this newly found free time (the blog post).

[edit] Features

• Does not need to rebuild the contents of the blog, everything is created on the fly
• Uses caching. Typo only creates the served files when needed, and serves static copies to the readers.
• Comments
• Spam protection, customizable blacklists and Akismet support
• Textile, Markdown, and SmartyPants support, plus you can create your own text filters
• Ping and TrackBack
• Article categories and tags
• Ta-Da List, del.icio.us, Flickr, 43 Things, and Upcoming.org syndication
• Ajax based live search and commenting
• Ajax based comment moderation
• Full text search with live preview
• RSS2 and Atom 1.0 syndication feeds as well as feeds for comments and trackbacks
• Supported databases: MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL
• Simple URI format for all of the permalinks (for example http://blog.example.com/articles/2005/01/29/an-example-article)
• Web based administration and posting interface, plus support for all 3 major external client API's (Blogger, MetaWeblog and MovableType Extensions)
• Migration scripts from MovableType 3.x, Textpattern 1.x, WordPress 1.5x-2.0 as well as plain RSS

[edit] See also

• Comparison of content management systems

[edit] External links

• TypoSphere, Typo's official website (currently under construction; Development information and releases are available in the development site)
• PlanetTypo, Typo news
• Typoforum
• Too-biased, Tobias Lütke's blog
• Typogarden, hosting Typo themes, originally site of a Typo theming contest