What is Textpattern?
Textpattern is our favorite CMS
About Textpattern
Textpattern is a content management system created by Dean Allen. Written in PHP, it was designed to be used with all kinds of web sites, including weblogs. Built into Textpattern is Textile, a simple syntax for nudging plain text into structurally sound and stylistically rich web content. Textpattern has been released under the open source GNU General Public License as of version 1.0rc3.
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