▁or ▁meta - information ▁( if ▁using ▁certain ▁plugins ), ▁and ▁a ▁blank ▁line ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁post ▁body . ▁New ▁display ▁styles ▁can ▁be ▁added ▁by ▁creating ▁template ▁files ▁called ▁flav ours . ▁Bl os x om ▁can ▁operate ▁as ▁a ▁CG I ▁script ▁or ▁produce ▁static ▁HTML ▁files . ▁By ▁default , ▁Bl os x om ▁supports ▁showing ▁recent ▁posts , ▁doing ▁content ▁categor ization , ▁content ▁retr ieval ▁by ▁date ▁( and ▁perm al inking ▁based ▁on ▁that ), ▁and ▁R SS ▁fe eds . ▁It ▁can ▁be ▁extended ▁with ▁do z ens ▁of ▁available ▁plugins . ▁ ▁Bl os x om ▁has ▁inspired ▁derivatives ▁in ▁various ▁languages , ▁including ▁Py B los x om ▁( in ▁Python ), ▁Blo js om ▁( in ▁Java ), ▁Clo js om ▁( in ▁Clo jure ), ▁Bl os x onomy ▁( in ▁Ruby ), ▁Bl os x om . PHP ▁( in ▁PHP ), ▁and ▁Hob ix ▁( in ▁Ruby ). ▁ ▁Bl os x om ▁and ▁its ▁derivatives ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁prefer ▁to ▁write ▁web log ▁post ings ▁with ▁their ▁favour ite ▁text ▁editor ▁instead ▁of ▁using ▁a ▁web - based ▁interface . ▁However , ▁there ▁are ▁plugins ▁for ▁web - based ▁posting ▁to ▁a ▁Bl os x om ▁web log , ▁too . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁plugins , ▁which ▁allow ▁to ▁include ▁extern ▁feedback ▁systems ▁like ▁Dis qu s , ▁In ten se Deb ate ▁and ▁similar ▁services . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1