• Start with a blog

  Once b2evolution is installed on your own web server or web hosting account, you might want to kick off your website with a blog.

  Write something. Hit "publish". It's live!

  You may also immediately start customizing your site design:

  • Choose a different Skin: Example 1, 2, original
  • Customize your skin with skin settings
  • Add, remove and re-arrange skin widgets
  • Optionally customize your CSS
  • If you fancy, dig into the open-source PHP code
  b2evolution runs your site on your own domain.
  It can also run on a subdomain, in a subfolder or on multiple domains.
  This optional site-wide header can be used as a top-level navigation menu for your site.
  Header Container
  Though this will typically display the Blog title, you can configure which widgets appear here and in which order.
  Sidebar Container
  You can configure which widgets appear here and in which order.
  Same Content, Different Skin
  Changing skins doesn't change the content. I just gives a different look to your site (or a section of your site).
  Same Widgets, Different Styles
  When changing skins, your widgets remain in the same order, but each skin may style them differently.

• Add additional blogs

  Use them to organize your site into sections.

  Or keep them loosely connected by letting each member of your organization, community or family customize their own space to their own taste.

  b2evolution was designed for multiple blogs from day one and makes management really easy:

  • All skins and all plugins are compatible with multiple blogs ;
  • Each blog can run in a different subfolder, different subdomain or entirely different domain ;
  • You can easily move posts and comments from one blog to another ;
  • You can cross-post into multiple blogs at once !
  You can configure the URLs for each of your blogs. In this case we chose a sub-folder.
  When you write an intro post, it always appears before regular posts. You can write a global intro but also specific intros for your categories or tags.
  Sidebar Contents
  You can use widgets to present filtered content from the current blog or from a different one. In this case we're showing content from the Photos blog.

• Share your photos

  Photo Albums

  Organize your photos into Albums and show them off in a neutral design that lets your art shine!

  Albums open into contact sheets of thumbnails of customizable size. Each thumbnail can be viewed in full screen through a lightbox which allows zooming in to the highest available resolution of your photos.

  Slideshow mode & keyboard navigation included.

  Photo Blogs

  If you prefer a linear story with added text, we also have skins just for that!

  Albums View
  This page shows your albums. Clicking on an album will open the Thumbnails View.
  Thumbnails View
  This page shows thumbnails for all photos in an album. Clicking on a thumbnail will open the photo in a lightbox.
  Zooming in on details
  If the original image is of higher resolution than the viewer's screen, the mouse cursor will turn into a spyglass allowing the user to zoom in on any part of the image.

• Community forums

  By adding forums – a.k.a. Bulletin Boards – to your website, your community can stay in touch with each other by sparking conversations on the topics they care about.

  b2evolution’s forums can be enabled on your site in 3 clicks. No plugin necessary. No integration issues.

  Feature highlights:

  • File attachments in discussion threads
  • User profiles & directory
  • Private messaging between users
  • Advanced multi-level moderation
  • Efficient spam killing features
  As always in b2evolution, you can configure what widgets you want to appear in your Header and Menu containers.
  Sub-forums are supported.

• Publish with structure

  Blogs are collections of posts, typically organized by publishing time. Manuals, books and other forms of online documentation, on the contrary, require a more structured hierarchy of chapters and sub-chapters.

  Each manual can have its own assigned contributors. Each page can have its own attachments (images, videos, downloads) as well as a feedback/comment feed if needed.

  Manuals can be navigated hierarchically or searched in full-text. You can also easily create transverse hyperlinks from one page to another using easy Wiki-like markup.

  Tree-View Browsing
  The most distinctive feature of a Manual-type collection is that its contents are organized into Chapters and Sub-Chapters rather than a linear-by-date ordering.

It's 100% Free Open-Source.

Then follow the easy setup instructions to install b2evolution on your site and start adding content in a matter of minutes.

If you're looking for beta/other versions, skins, plugins or language packs, please check out the Downloads section.

The latest cutting-edge development version can also be found on GitHub.

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