| General Features | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Version |
1.2.5 |
2.0.7 |
Release Date |
2006-06-06 |
2007-01-15 |
Author |
Olivier Meunier |
WordPress Development Team |
URL |
www.dotclear.net |
wordpress.org |
Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 Yes |
License |
GPL |
GPL |
License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Interface Languages |
6 |
46 |
Multi-User Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Multi-Site Deployment |
 No |
 No |
| System Requirements | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Programming Language |
PHP |
PHP |
Operating System |
Unix/Linux, Windows |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
Webserver |
Apache, Lighthttpd |
Anything with PHP |
Root Access |
 No |
 No |
Other Requirements |
MySQL Database |
|
| Datastorage | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Text Files |
 No |
 No |
MySQL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
PostgreSQL |
 No |
 No |
Oracle |
 No |
 No |
SQLite |
 No |
 No |
BerkeleyDB |
 No |
 No |
MS SQL Server |
 No |
 No |
Other |
|
 None |
| Anti-Spam | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Akismet Support |
 No |
 Yes |
Word Blacklist |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
IP Ban List |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
CAPTCHA |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
|
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
ACL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Audit Log |
 Yes |
 No |
LDAP Authentication |
 No |
 No |
Other Authentication |
|
 None |
| Support | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Commercial Support |
 No |
 Yes |
Online Help |
www.dotclear.net |
codex.wordpress.org |
Issue Tracker |
www.dotclear.net |
trac.wordpress.org |
Books |
 None |
5+ |
Support Forum |
www.dotclear.net |
wordpress.org |
Mailing List |
|
codex.wordpress.org |
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Categorization |
Single |
Multiple |
Tags |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Archiving |
|
 Yes |
Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Pingback |
 No |
Send+Receive |
Ping Service Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Link- / Blogroll |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Protected Posts |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Blog by Email |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Blog by SMS/MMS |
 Plugin |
|
Blog API |
MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Multi-paged posts |
|
 Yes |
Spell Checker |
|
 Yes |
WYSIWYG Editor |
 Patch |
 Optional |
Undo |
 No |
 No |
Syntax Highlighting |
 No |
 Plugin |
File Upload |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Asset Management |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
Emoticon Images |
 Optional |
 Yes |
| Comment Features | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Feeds for Comments |
 Yes |
 Yes |
E-Mail on Followup |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Gravatars |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Open-ID Support |
 None |
|
| Extended Features | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Plugin System |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Photo Gallery |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Polls / Surveys |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Search Engine |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Custom Pages |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Google Sitemap |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
| Workflow | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Content Approval |
 Yes |
 No |
Versioning |
 No |
 No |
Article Publishing |
simple |
simple |
Comment Moderation Queue |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Interoperability | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Content Import |
|
from 22 other blog systems |
Content Export |
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
Unicode Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
WebDAV Support |
 No |
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
Friendly URLs |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Administration | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
E-Mail Notifications |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Themes / Skins |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Trash |
 No |
 No |
Web Statistics |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
Web-based Style / Template Management |
 No |
 Yes |
Comment Administration |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Syndication | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
RSS 0.9x |
|
 Yes |
RSS 1.0 |
 Yes |
 Yes |
RSS 2.0 |
|
 Yes |
ATOM 0.3 |
|
 No |
ATOM 1.0 |
 Yes |
 Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | DotClear  | Wordpress  |
Podcast Feeds |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
ID3-Tag Editor |
|
 No |
YouTube Support |
|
 No |
Media Converter |
|
 No |
Phone2Podcast Support |
|
 No |
| Last updated | 2007-05-14 | 2007-03-01 |
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