Slash (weblog system)

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Use:	Weblog <tr><th>License:</th><td>GNU General Public License</td></tr>
Website:	www.slashcode.com

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Slash (a backronym for Slashdot-Like Automated Storytelling Homepage) is the open source collection of Perl modules and stand-alone programs which runs Slashdot, one of the oldest and most popular collaborative weblogs in existence. Slash was originally written by Rob Malda. It was later rewritten for version 2.0 by Brian Aker, Patrick Galbraith, and Chris Nandor. Today Slash is maintained by Jamie McCarthy and Chris Nandor, among others. The package is often incorrectly called Slashcode, which is the name of the website and SourceForge project.

Slash is designed to be run on top of the Apache HTTP Server with mod_perl and a MySQL database for data storage and retrieval. It runs Slashdot (which has spawned many imitators, called SlashClones) and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Many other websites use various customized versions of this software for their own web forums.

The code used by Slashdot is not exactly the same as the one found on the Slash website. Slashdot offers more features which are generally added to Slashcode after a delay of few months. Examples includes the new CSS/AJAX layout and the new comment moderation system.