By florin on

I'm reading this article on Linux Journal, and i'm looking at the 8 criteria that, according to it, qualify a blogging system as such:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6491

Scroll down like 3 pages and see the 8 items list. Or read it here:

1. Can a user dynamically post to a site?
2. Can an administrator limit who posts to the front page?
3. Can a user edit in a browser (at a minimum) or another tool of his or her choice?
4. Does it produce RSS feeds?
5. Does every post have a permanent URL (or "permalink")?
6. Do current posts have unique URLs?
7. Can browsers crawl the archives?
8. Are the archives stable and safe from rot?

Since i'm new to blogging, i'm kinda confused. As far as i can tell from the documentation, Drupal seems to comply with those criteria. But then again, i'm a newbie, so i could be wrong.

Can anyone answer please to these questions:

1. Does Drupal comply with all those 8 criteria?
2. If it doesn't, which ones does not comply with?

Of course, it would be interesting to learn about "partial compliance" cases, etc. Thanks.

Comments

Max Bell’s picture

Max Bell commented

It complies with all of them; this isn't immediately apparent because 2,4 and 5 are optional. There's very little of Drupal that isn't user configurable.

alex-and-r’s picture

alex-and-r commented

As it was said Drupal does comply with all those 8 criteria, but if u are considering Drupal as a blogging software ONLY, than u are making a mistake, cuz drupal is greater than just a script to run the blog. Drupal is rather a powerful CMS with blog features incorporated. If i was searching for a script just for maintaining the blog i wouldn't choose Drupal, but if u are seeking for a CMS, than Drupal is surely the best to take!

Steven’s picture

Steven commented

Just a comment about points 7 and 8... Drupal doesn't offer archives like most blogging tools do: instead, the entire site remains accessible and dynamic. Robots can crawl your site perfectly, old pieces work just as fine as new ones.

I'm not sure what you mean with "safe from rot". If you mean whether the "archives will always be up-to-date when you change options", then yes, because old posts are no different from new posts.