Blog Software Options

Blog software, also called weblog software or blogware is a class of software which is part of a specialized content management system, designed exclusively for creating and maintaining blogs on the web. There are many blog software models which freely available for downloading and installation in the user's own systems. A lot of such software is open source which can be used, modified and redistributed free and there are no restrictions for use. There are also others which are proprietary blog software, where you have to pay a license fee. Some of them are limited-usage versions which are available free of any charge. Some blog applications are available through the hosts of the developers and available free or for a fee. These would normally include hosting service for the published blog. You may also avail of the option of using this hosted software to update any blog, which is published elsewhere.

The maintenance of blog software is always handled through the internet, through a browser-based interface. By this you as an author of the blog can update the site using the same software you use to view its contents.

Blog software would entail the following features: Title, the main title, or headline, of the post, body - the main content of the post, permalink - that is the URL of the full, individual article, posting date - that is the date and time the post was published. The feedback comment system is perhaps the most important part of a blog entry, since these are a way to invite discussions on blog entries. Parts of the blog software also include categories or tags which are the topics that the blog entry is discussing, and track back, also called pingback - which are links to other sites which the blog entry is referring to.

Considering the diverse communities which the net is catering to, the blog software supports English and many other languages, which the user selects during the software installation. Many blog applications allow the user to define content pages which are static and can be arranged in a hierarchical fashion. In fact, when you have many pages of blog, it could resemble a website! There are some organizations that are creating blog application which support internal communication such as the wiki capabilities in Socialtext and Traction Teampage.

Some types of blogware have plug-ins for Firefox which are built-in to the browser's menus. This enables the viewer to right click on any webpage which brings out a small window which allows the viewer to leave a comment as a blog.