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found at http://noone.org/blog/English/Computer/Web/Blosxom
+
+Purpose and state of these plugins:
+
++ pathbasedtagging:
+
+ Only useful together with the tagging plugin. Adds the possibility to
+ use URL paths like blosxom.cgi/tags/whatever instead of
+ blosxom.cgi?tags=whatever to show only posts tagged with "whatever".
+
+ Status: Works, but bugs have been reported.
+
++ xml_ping_generic:
+
+ Can "ping" arbitrary services. URLs and formats have to be configured,
+ though.
+
+ Status: Worked. Should still work. Haven't checked for a long time. ;-)
+
++ multcat:
+
+ Allows the use of symbolic links in categories. Useful only on unixoid
+ operating systems which support symbolic links. The tagging plugin is
+ much more straight forward and also works on Windows platforms.
+
+ Status: Works, but won't get further development. Succeeded by the
+ tagging plugin, but it's still there for legacy reasons. May get
+ bugfixes if necessary.
+
++ tagging:
+
+ Allows tagging of posts as used by Technorati and others. Is able to
+ filter by tags. Offers a tagcloud either with font-size, colour or both.
+
+ Status: Got a few bug reports, but seems quite popular and generally
+ working. :-)
+
++ dept:
+
+ Shows a "From the ... department" line as on Slashdot. Cheap language
+ recognition based on paths.
+
+ Status: Small, probably not that many bugs. Language recognition could
+ be more generic or more configurable.
+
++ date_rf822:
+
+ Offers variables with RFC822 compliant dates, e.g. for feeds.
+
+ Status: Wild hack. Not sure, if it's really necessary.
+
++ acronyms:
+
+ Automatic marking of words as <acronym>s or <abbr>eviations inside
+ postings.
+
+ Status: Works fine, the core has been used also in other environments
+
++ comments_antispam:
+
+ Forked from the comment plugin. Offers the use of an external
+ blacklist and a very cheap but though effective text based (Question +
+ Answer) static captcha.
+
+ Status: Has a few known bugs (traceback doesn't work anymore) and some
+ probably useless legacy code in. Needs a revamp...
+