General Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
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Version |
N/A
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1.6
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2.1.3
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1.2.2
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Release Date |
N/A
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2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
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2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
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13/02/2007
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Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Google Inc.
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EllisLab, Inc.
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Olivier Meunier
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Patrick Robin
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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License |
N/A
|
Proprietary
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GPL v2
|
|
License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
From 0$ - 249.95$
|
0
|
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Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Hosting Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Storage Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Topic Restrictions |
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Programming Language |
N/A
|
PHP
|
PHP 5
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ASP 3.0
|
Operating System |
N/A
|
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
Windows
|
Webserver |
N/A
|
IIS, Apache
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
IIS 5+
|
Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
N/A
|
PHP must have XML support
|
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Datastorage | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Text Files |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Other |
N/A
|
No
|
Access
|
|
Anti-Spam | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Akismet Support |
N/A
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Word Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
Trackback validation
|
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
|
User Access Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
N/A
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Other Authentication |
N/A
|
No
|
Extendable authentication API
|
|
Support | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/support/
|
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
|
Issue Tracker |
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
|
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
1
|
|
Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
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Blogging Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Categorization |
None
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Blog API |
Blogger data API
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
|
Post Editing | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Undo |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Comment Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Workflow | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
none
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Content Import |
none
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
||
Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
MySQL
|
||
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Administration | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
E-Mail Notifications |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | 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 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | DotClear | Forest Blog |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
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