Battle Blog vs. b2evolution vs. Jlog vs. Forest Blog

General Features Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Version
1.0d
2.4
1.0.2
1.2.2
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
13/02/2007
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Jeena Paradies / team
Patrick Robin
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
GPL
GPL 2
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Yes
No
No
System Requirements Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
PHP
ASP 3.0
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS or other
IIS 5+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MS Access
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Access
Anti-Spam Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
User Access Features Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Support Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
Issue Tracker
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
Books
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Optional
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Post Editing Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
No
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Workflow Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
none
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
RSS
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog b2evolution Jlog Forest Blog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
No
Optional
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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