boastMachine platinum: version 3.0
BoastMachine is an open source, state of art blogging platform written in PHP, the world's most popular web scripting language. It enjoys the flexibility of the MySQL database even while performing at lightning speed. From the fully automated installation to advanced content editing features to Spam fighting, boastMachine provides you the best blogging experience.
Installation Procedure 
Quick Tips
The script can be downloaded from here.
The file that you will download is saved in .zip format; this is a compressed bundle containing the files in the distribution. Unzip this archive in a temporary directory on your computer using decompression software.
Start your FTP software and upload the directory to your web server preserving the file structure.
eg: /var/www/html/blog on your site where the .php files and directories come directly under the /var/www/html/blog directory
The 'Autoset Permission' feature will most probably fail because of the hosting account's ownership problems. In that case, you should set the permissions (CHMOD) by yourself.
To change file permissions using your FTP client, select the file by clicking on it once on the remote system side and then right-click on the file to bring up the option menu and select CHMOD.
/blog/ - 777 (Parent directory)
/blog/backup - 777
/blog/files - 777
/blog/templates - 777
/blog/rss - 777
/blog/bmc/inc/lang - 777
/blog/bmc/inc/vars - 777
/blog/bmc/inc/vars/cache - 777
(assuming that /blog is the parent directory)
Go to http://www.mywebsite.com/blog/bmc/install.php and enter the details and hit 'Continue' button. The installation script will ask you for the MySQL info and a username and password for the default admin.
Congratulations, the installation of boastMachine is now complete
Go back to your FTP and change the /blog folder permission back to 755
/blog/ - 755 (Parent directory)
Thats all! Now you can access the admin by going to http://www.mywebsite.com/blog/bmc/admin.php
Notes: It is recommended that you delete the install script (/blog/bmc/install.php) manually after the installation for better security.
Yes, boastMachine has a built in shoutbox system!
This nifty built in shoutbox doesn't use a MySQL db. You can display this shoutbox on any of the boastMachine pages. The function you should use to load the shoubox is bmc_ShoutBox(); For example, in a template, it would look something like this.
<?php bmc_ShoutBox(); ?>
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