FlatPress vs. b2evolution vs. ExpressionEngine vs. Forest Blog

General Features FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Version
0.1010
2.4
1.6
1.2.2
Release Date
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (19 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
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Francois Planque / evoTeam
EllisLab, Inc.
Patrick Robin
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
No
License
GPLv2
GPL
Proprietary
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0 - Free
From 0$ - 249.95$
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Programming Language
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP
ASP 3.0
Operating System
Platform Independent
Linux, Windows or other
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Windows
Webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS or other
IIS, Apache
IIS 5+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Text Files
Yes
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
(must overload DB abstraction class)
No
Access
Anti-Spam FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
User Access Features FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
No
Support FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
Issue Tracker
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
Books
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
No
Ping Service Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
Extended Features FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Polls / Surveys
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Patch
Yes
Optional
No
Workflow FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
none
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting FlatPress b2evolution ExpressionEngine Forest Blog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
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