This is a web based news publishing and discussion product that allows you to handle threaded discussions with a minimum of configuration and day-to-day management by building a web-based news site. Squishdot is a Zope Product, i.e. it works as a plug-in module for the Zope Application Server. It provides you with a news publishing and discussion site with a minimal amount of configuration and day-to-day administration. It is also easy to customize and can satisfy a wide range of news publishing needs. / Some Squishdot features include : / ? moderation options -- both articles and comments moderated,- only articles moderated, or no moderation at all / ? search by author, topic, title or words in the article/comment body / ? automatic article expiration (articles automatically deleted X amount of days after posting) / ? file attachments to articles and comments. / ? subject topics -- you can create subject categories to group together related articles / Squishdot versions / Squishdot version numbers have a three part numeric format separated by a dot (x.y.z) where x is the major release number, y is the minor release number and z is a maintenance release number. / ? Maintenance releases should be backward compatible, with no changes necessary. / ? Minor releases will requrie changes to DTML and may require other mroe substantial changes. / ? Major releases will require significant chanegs to any existing Squishdot sites. / | 
