Design Requirements

Due to my inability to find any other blogging engine that met my needs as well as was easy to configure/deploy, Akisi must have the following design elements:

Business Requirements

Before any project can begin, and for it to be successful, it must have requirements. This project is no different. I did however want something to model Akisi from, and thinking through all of the blogging platforms I've used in the past, one stands out as being one of the easiest to configure/deploy. WordPress. In its early life, it was a simple (and effective) blogging platform that allowed users to create a new blog, create a post, and show an archive of posts based on specific date groups. Akisi should perform the same. So, some business requirements should be implemented: