Radio UserLand
Encyclopedia
Radio UserLand is a software package from UserLand Software
, first released in 2000, which includes not only a client-side blog
ging tool but also an RSS
aggregator, an outliner
and a scripting language
.
to VeriSign
in 2005. Radio users also have the option of uploading their weblog content to a server at another Web hosting service.
Radio blog
content can be organized into categories with separate RSS
feeds; categories also can be assigned to separate page templates and servers.
Radio UserLand has been praised for its ease of use.
In June 2009, Userland Software announced that the Radio Userland service would be closing at the end of 2009.
ing several years after the feature was introduced.
UserLand Software
UserLand Software is a US software company founded by Dave Winer in 1988. UserLand sells Web content management and blogging software packages and services.-Company History:Dave Winer founded the company in 1988 after leaving Symantec in the spring of 1988...
, first released in 2000, which includes not only a client-side blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ging tool but also an RSS
RSS (file format)
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format...
aggregator, an outliner
Outliner
An outliner is a computer program that allows text to be organized into discrete sections that are related in a tree structure or hierarchy. Text may be collapsed into a node, or expanded and edited....
and a scripting language
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
.
Features
Radio UserLand is an offspring of UserLand's Manila, which is built on the Frontier platform. It uses a desktop client to store the full content of a user's weblog on the user's computer, and provides a mechanism for uploading it to a shared server. Server space at UserLand's radio.weblogs.com site was included in the annual registration fee from the start, and continued after UserLand's founder sold most of weblogs.comWeblogs.com
' is a site created by UserLand Software and later maintained by Dave Winer. It launched in late 1999 as a free, registration-based web crawler monitoring weblogs, was converted into a ping-server in October 2001, and came to be used by most blog applications.' is a site created by UserLand...
to VeriSign
VeriSign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...
in 2005. Radio users also have the option of uploading their weblog content to a server at another Web hosting service.
Radio blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
content can be organized into categories with separate RSS
RSS (file format)
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format...
feeds; categories also can be assigned to separate page templates and servers.
Radio UserLand has been praised for its ease of use.
Release history
Radio Userland was first presented in a demo under the name "Pike" in March 2000. Major releases include Radio [7.0] in March 2001 and Radio 8.0 in January 2002. The most recent release was version 8.2 of September 2005. With the exception of minor fixes, the software is no longer under active development but continues to be sold and supported by UserLand.In June 2009, Userland Software announced that the Radio Userland service would be closing at the end of 2009.
Podcasting
Radio was the first commercially available program to enable the "RSS enclosure" method of delivering audio or video files, the basis of what came to be known as podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
ing several years after the feature was introduced.