Overview

Overview

Edit
Content can be created and edited by different users.

Collaborative Editing
Content can be collaboratively created and edited by different users and changes are saved as new versions
Comment
Users can comment on content and their comments will be appended to whatever block of content (e.g. blog post) they are commenting on.
RSS Feed
Content is available in RSS format that site visitors can subscribe to in RSS readers or include in other sites.
Tagging
Content can be organized by one or more tags that authors or editors can add.  All the tags can then be displayed in a list or "tag cloud"
Widgets
Data or functionality from other sites can be embedded in your site.  Possible types of data could include RSS feeds, images or video.  Functionality could include embedded maps.
Permalink
Individual "blocks" of content such as blog posts on a page each have their own url or web address so that links can be made to just that post.
Trackback
Notification that someone else has linked to your site.
Microcontent
A single content "block" or post on a page that contains many content "blocks" or posts.  Allows content creators to add new posts to a page.
Versioning
A feature that keeps track of changes made to content and allows users to view earlier versions of that content, compare different versions and "revert" to any given version.
Granular Access
The ability of site owners or administrators to grant different roles or permissions to different portions of their site enabling sites the may be partially public and partially restricted to particular groups or individuals
Simple Access
The ability
of site owners or administrators to grant different roles or permissions on their sites.  These roles and permissions are valid across the entire site.
Categories
The organization of content into categories.  These categories can be hierarchical, with some categories being "contained" within other categories (i.e. sub-categories)
Categories & Tagging
The organization of content by means of categories and tags.  Categories can be hierarchical, with some categories being "contained" within others.  Tags are usually single word descriptors of content that cannot be organized hierarchically.  By combining categories and tagging, content can be organized in multiple ways.