Cakewalk Blogs vs. Movable Type vs. Loudblog vs. Geeklog

General Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Version
N/A
4.21
0.6
1.8.2
Release Date
N/A
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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
Kirk Carter, Service First Webmasters, Inc.
Six Apart
Gerrit van Aaken
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
0
none
Development status
N/A
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Hosting Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
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
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No spam, porn or hate speech
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Programming Language
N/A
Perl 5
PHP
php
Operating System
N/A
Platform Independant
all
any
Webserver
N/A
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, IIS
any
Root Access
N/A
No
No
No
Other Requirements
N/A
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Text Files
N/A
Yes
No
No
MySQL
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
No
Oracle
N/A
Yes
No
No
SQLite
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
Other
N/A
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
no
Anti-Spam Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Akismet Support
N/A
Plugin
No
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
No trackbacks, no links in comments
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
Definable Questions
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
N/A
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Other Authentication
N/A
Pluggable
Support Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
Context sensitive, online help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
Not yet
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
2-5
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Categorization
None
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
None
XML-RPC and Atom
none
Post Editing Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Comment Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
No
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Workflow Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Content Import
Plain text, HTML, MSWord
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
none
Content Export
None
Yes
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Cakewalk Blogs Movable Type Loudblog Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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