# Top 9 Things I Want In a Blog Engine

<https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/top-9-things-i-want-in-a-blog-engine/>

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- Saved: September 30, 2010 (2010-10-01T04:56:11Z)
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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

self-hosted
easily template-able
easily customizable
supports email-to-post
supports XML-RPC
supports RSS output
internal search engine
an writing UI encouraging writing 200+ words at a time
an reading UI encouraging reading 2+ essays at a time

Update 11 Oct 2010
Add these to the list;


memorable, human-readable URL constructs
doesnt bias how or what I publish

## Facts

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