Forest Blog vs. b2evolution vs. ExpressionEngine vs. Jlog

General Features Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Version
1.2.2
2.4
1.6
1.0.2
Release Date
13/02/2007
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
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
Patrick Robin
Francois Planque / evoTeam
EllisLab, Inc.
Jeena Paradies / team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
No
Yes
License
GPL
Proprietary
GPL 2
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
From 0$ - 249.95$
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
No
System Requirements Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Programming Language
ASP 3.0
PHP
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS or other
IIS, Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
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
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Access
(must overload DB abstraction class)
No
Anti-Spam Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
several specialized antispam plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
User Access Features Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
No
Support Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
Issue Tracker
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
Books
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Undo
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
None
Extended Features Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Yes
Optional
No
Workflow Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
No
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
none
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
MySQL
RSS
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
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
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Forest Blog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Jlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
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