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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Battle Blog  | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
1.0d |
2.0.7 |
does not apply | 1.40.6 |
| Release Date |
11/08/2006 |
2007-01-15 |
does not apply | July 14, 2008 |
| Author |
David Pinero |
WordPress Development Team |
Google Inc. |
Pivot Team |
| URL |
www.battleblog.com |
wordpress.org |
www.blogger.com |
www.pivotlog.net |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL |
does not apply | GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
|
0 |
0 |
Free |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply | Mature |
| Interface Languages |
English |
46 |
9 |
English, Dutch, 30+ others (downloadable) |
| Multi-User Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
|
  No |
No |
Yes |
| Hosting Features | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | does not apply | No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Programming Language |
Classic ASP |
PHP |
does not apply | PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended |
| Operating System |
Windows |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
does not apply | Any |
| Webserver |
IIS 4.0+ |
Anything with PHP |
does not apply | Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended |
| Root Access |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other Requirements |
|
|
does not apply | |
| Datastorage | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Text Files |
|
No |
does not apply | Yes |
| MySQL |
|
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| PostgreSQL |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| MS SQL Server |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
MS Access |
None |
does not apply | XML-based flat file storage |
| Anti-Spam | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Akismet Support |
|
Yes |
does not apply | No |
| Word Blacklist |
|
 Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| IP Ban List |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
No |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
|
various other plugins |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
|
| User Access Features | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| ACL |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
|
No |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
|
No |
does not apply | No |
| Other Authentication |
|
None |
does not apply | |
| Support | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Online Help |
|
codex.wordpress.org |
help.blogger.com |
www.pivotlog.net |
| Issue Tracker |
|
trac.wordpress.org |
knownissues.blogspot.com |
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Books |
|
5+ |
None |
None |
| Support Forum |
|
wordpress.org |
groups.google.com |
forum.pivotlog.net |
| Mailing List |
|
codex.wordpress.org |
groups.google.com |
www.pivotlog.net |
| IRC-Channel |
|
codex.wordpress.org |
No |
None |
| Blogging Features | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Multiple |
None |
Multiple |
| Tags |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Send+Receive |
No |
No |
| Ping Service Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Blog by Email |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog API |
|
metaWeblog, MovableType |
Blogger data API |
MetaWeblog, Moblog |
| Post Editing | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Spell Checker |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
|
No |
|
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
|
Plugin |
No |
No |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Asset Management |
|
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Emoticon Images |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| Comment Features | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Gravatars |
No |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Open-ID Support |
|
|
None |
None |
| Extended Features | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Plugin System |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Plugin |
No |
Yes |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Search Engine |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Google Sitemap |
|
Plugin |
No |
|
| Workflow | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Versioning |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
|
simple |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Content Import |
|
from 22 other blog systems |
none |
|
| Content Export |
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
|
| Unicode Support |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
|
|
No |
|
| HTML Output |
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
|
| Themes / Skins |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Trash |
|
No |
No |
|
| Web Statistics |
|
Plugin |
No |
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| RSS 0.9x |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 1.0 |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Battle Blog | Wordpress | Blogger | Pivot |
| Podcast Feeds |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
No |
No |
|
| YouTube Support |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Last updated | 2007-01-23 | 2007-03-01 | 2006-12-07 | 2008-07-30 |
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