General Features | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
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Version |
1.2.2
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2.4
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1.6
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0.1010
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Release Date |
13/02/2007
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2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
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2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
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2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
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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 |
Patrick Robin
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Francois Planque / evoTeam
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EllisLab, Inc.
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NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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License |
GPL
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Proprietary
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GPLv2
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License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free
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From 0$ - 249.95$
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Free
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Interface Languages |
0
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10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
0
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0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Unknown
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Multi-Site Deployment |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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System Requirements | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Programming Language |
ASP 3.0
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PHP
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PHP
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PHP4, compatible with 5
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Operating System |
Windows
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Linux, Windows or other
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Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
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Platform Independent
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Webserver |
IIS 5+
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Apache, IIS or other
|
IIS, Apache
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Apache, works on IIS
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Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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No
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Other Requirements |
PHP must have XML support
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Datastorage | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Text Files |
No
|
No
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No
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Yes
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MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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No
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PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MS SQL Server |
Yes
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No
|
No
|
No
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Other |
Access
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(must overload DB abstraction class)
|
No
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Anti-Spam | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Akismet Support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
|
several specialized antispam plugins
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Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
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User Access Features | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
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No
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LDAP Authentication |
Unknown
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Plugin
|
No
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Unknown
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Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin
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No
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Support | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Commercial Support |
No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Online Help |
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
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http://manual.b2evolution.net/
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http://expressionengine.com/support/
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http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
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Issue Tracker |
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
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http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
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Books |
None
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None
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Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
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Blogging Features | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Categorization |
Multiple
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Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
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Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
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Pingback |
No
|
No
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Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog by Email |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
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Post Editing | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Undo |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client
|
None
|
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Extended Features | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Patch
|
Workflow | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
none
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
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Interoperability | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
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Content Export |
MySQL
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SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
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Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
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HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Administration | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
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 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Forest Blog | b2evolution | ExpressionEngine | FlatPress |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
YouTube Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
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