Editing B2evolution

{{Short description|Web content management system}}
{{lowercase|title=b2evolution}}
{{Infobox software
| name =
| logo = Logo b2evolution.jpg
| caption =
| developer = François Planque
| latest_release_version = <!-- If you update [[Template:Wordpress version]], it will automatically update this page and [[List of content management systems]]--> {{b2evolution version}}
| latest_release_date = {{b2evolution version|releasedate}}
| programming language   = [[PHP]]
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Content management system|Content & community management system]] [[Blog|blog software]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU General Public License version 2]]
| website = [http://www.b2evolution.net/ www.b2evolution.net]
}}

'''b2evolution''' is a [[content management system|content and community management system]] written in [[PHP]] and backed by a [[MySQL]] database. It is distributed as [[free software]] under the [[GNU General Public License]].

b2evolution originally started as a multi-user multi-[[weblog|blog]] engine when François Planque [[fork (software)|fork]]ed b2evolution from version 0.6.1 of [[b2/cafelog]] in 2003.<ref>[http://b2evolution.net/about/evolutionofb2.html "A strong evolution of b2"]. b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.</ref> A more widely known fork of b2/cafelog is [[WordPress]]. b2evolution is available in [[shared web hosting|web host]] [[Web hosting control panel|control panels]] as a "one click install" [[web app]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simplescripts.com/script_details/install:b2evolution|title=Install b2evolution with one click}}</ref>

Most of the early major releases were named after famous cities or particular places <ref>[http://b2evolution.net/downloads/index.php "Release History"]. b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2009-12-20.</ref> the project maintainer has visited and/or was inspired by.<ref>[http://b2evolution.net/downloads/index.php "Release history"] b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2010-08-26.</ref>

After version 5.0, the project began to emphasize [[online community]] and [[online marketing]] features and integration with [[social networking]] sites, with the ability to automatically post new content to [[Twitter]]. To highlight the software's ability to manage many types of content, its [[blog]]s were renamed to "collections".

b2evolution 5.0 was rapidly adopted, becoming the most popular version,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-b2evolution/all/all|title=Usage statistics and market share of b2evolution for websites}}</ref> but overall b2evolution usage is declining relative to competitors WordPress and [[Drupal]]. Currently,{{when|date=December 2024}} it is installed on less than 0.1% of websites.

== Main features ==
Known primarily for its multi-blog capabilities,<ref>[http://www.bitwisemag.com/copy/features/internet/webdev/cms/cms_blogs/q_and_a.html "FIVE BLOGS, FIVE QUESTIONS..."]. www.bitwisemag.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-26.</ref> b2evolution also includes "all the features of traditional blog tools"<ref>[http://b2evolution.net/about/features.html "Feature summary"]. b2evolution.net. Retrieved on 2010-08-26.</ref> like file & photo management, advanced skinning, multiple domain support, detailed user permissions, and W3C standards compliance. It installs on almost any [[LAMP (software bundle)|LAMP]] ([[Linux]], [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]], [[MySQL]]/[[MariaDB]], [[PHP]]) server.<ref name="requirements">{{Cite web |url=http://b2evolution.net/man/system-requirements |title=System requirements |website=b2evolution.net}}</ref> The software will run on [[Internet Information Services|IIS]] using [[FastCGI]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iis.net/learn/application-frameworks/install-and-configure-php-applications-on-iis/b2evolution-on-iis|title=b2Evolution on IIS}}</ref> but database servers other than MySQL and MariaDB are not supported. Configuration is handled through the installer or administrative back-end.

In addition to its ability to manage multiple blogs, b2evolution supports multiple users and admins under a single installation without the need of external plugins. b2evolution also supports numerous third-party plugins. These include text format extensions enabling Textile, Auto-P, Greymatter, [[BB code]], Texturize, [[LaTeX]], and graphic [[smiley|smilies]]. Also, plugins which facilitate full integration with third party tools such as [[Gallery Project|Gallery 2]], [[YouTube]], and [[digg]] are available.

Other features include community-wide [[Spam (electronic)|spam]] filters, in which many b2evolution sites aggregate and tag spammer [[IP address|IPs]] into a central [[blacklist]] for the benefit of all b2evolution blogs,{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} a button to declare "comment spam bankruptcy"&mdash;which deletes all comments across an entire b2evolution installation, a fully [[Skin (computing)|skinnable]] interface, strong [[SEO]] features including automatic [[HTTP redirect|redirection]] of renamed articles and insertion of canonical link tags, url shortening, localization into a dozen language packs, and a fully exposed [[Application programming interface|API]] for [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] developers to add new functionality. b2evolution's code is [[Decomposition (computer science)|factored]] into the blog application itself and a framework called EvoCore. EvoCore can be used on its own to build non-blog web applications.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[List of content management systems]]
*[[Blog software]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://b2evolution.net/}}
* [https://github.com/b2evolution/b2evolution GitHub repository]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070109164640/http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ian_gilfillan200610213.php3 PHPBuilder article on b2evolution]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204435/http://www.web-hosting-newsletter.com/2008/04/28/blogging-with-b2evolution/ An interview with François Planque]

[[Category:Free content management systems]]
[[Category:Blog software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in PHP]]
[[Category:Software forks]]