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Feature
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Description
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Multi-user Blog
Support
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CommunityServer's
blogging platform excels at supporting thousands of blogs and authors.
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Customized
Presentation
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CommunityServer supports an extensive themes engine that
was designed from the ground up to enable designers to have complete
fidelity from design to implementation.
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Dynamic Themes
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Supports dynamic
themes that enable each user to have a personalized "look-and-feel" for
his or her blog. New themes can be added, and existing themes can just
as easily be removed.
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Style Sheets
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Full control over style sheet information (advanced users)
gives control over all aspects of presentation layout.
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Photos
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Easily add photos
through WYSIWYG editors in the Photo Gallery feature or through any
blogging tools including email.
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Videos
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Supports inline videos that can be embedded within blog
posts.
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Podcasting
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Supports attachments
that can be syndicated as part of the blog post. A common example is
attaching an audio or video stream (known as podcasting or
video-casting). Additionally includes support for enclosures.
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Attachments
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Supports virtually any attachment type; the types of
attachments are controlled by a list of allowed file extensions.
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Comments
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Supports anonymous
commenting, authenticated only commenting, or a combination of the two.
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Comment Moderation
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Support full comment moderation along with tools for
managing comments; additionally has a SPAM scoring system to
automatically detect and moderate possible SPAM.
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Comment Notification
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Support ability to
send new comment notifications to both authors and subscribers.
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Trackbacks &
Pingbacks
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Supports the ability to manage and moderate trackbacks
(sites that link to the post).
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Permissions
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Supports a range of permissions that are assigned to groups. Specific
permissions include:
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Posting – Controls the ability to post content.
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Managing Content – Controls the
ability to edit and delete content.
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Commenting – Controls the ability to add comments.
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Ink – Ability to use Tablet PC ink for
authoring content.
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Attachments – Ability to add attachments to posts.
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Alerts and
Notifications
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Both through RSS and email.
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Search
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Search support for
blogs is rich, and access to search results is filtered by permissions.
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Search Engine
Optimized (SEO)
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Content served is optimized for search engines. Keywords
are included in meta-tags, content uses clean HTML, and URLs are
formatted to include subject keywords.
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Content Mirroring
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Blogs can mirror any
syndicated (RSS) available URL - content from external sites can be
brought in and made available for searching.
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Content Tagging
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Enables authors to use keywords to "tag" their content and
then provides tools for readers to browse tags or even subscribe to
tags.
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Mobile Blogging
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Authors can write
content using any email capable device or application (mobile phones,
Blackberry, Microsoft Outlook, etc.)
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Ratings
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Rating capabilities exist for each blog post.
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WYSIWYG Editors
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Rich,
what-you-see-is-what-you-get editors that simplify the entire experience
of authoring content. Ensures that knowledge of HTML or other "code" is
not required.
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HTML Editing
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Optional HTML editing view for any post content to give
authors exact fidelity for any specific design or layout needs they may
have.
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Pages
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Supports easily
creating stand-alone pages or articles that aren't published as blog
posts. Great for articles or
static content.
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Cross Posting
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Allows for posting to multiple sources; great for when
moving from other blogging or publishing platforms, as it allows all
content sources to stay in sync.
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Ping Support
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Service to support
alerting sites, such as Google's Blog Search, that their blog has been
updated and can be re-indexed.
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Google Analytics
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Built-in support for easily enabling analytics engines
such as Google's free "Google Analytics."
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