General Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
---|---|---|---|---|
Version |
1.0
|
2.0.7
|
N/A
|
1.2.6
|
Release Date |
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
|
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2008-01-31 (16 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 |
Jacob Roeland
|
WordPress Development Team
|
Google Inc.
|
The LifeType Project
|
URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
License |
GNU GPL v3
|
GPL
|
N/A
|
GPL
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Development status |
Beta
|
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Hosting Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Storage Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
N/A
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
N/A
|
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
N/A
|
PHP
|
Operating System |
Tested in Windows and Linux
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
N/A
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Webserver |
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
|
Anything with PHP
|
N/A
|
Apache, IIS
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
N/A
|
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Datastorage | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Other |
None
|
N/A
|
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Anti-Spam | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Akismet Support |
No
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
various other plugins
|
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
|
User Access Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
None
|
N/A
|
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
|
|
Support | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
Issue Tracker |
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
Books |
None
|
5+
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel | ||||
Blogging Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
None
|
Single
|
Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
No
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Link- / Blogroll |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Blog by Email |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog API |
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
Blogger data API
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
|
Post Editing | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Comment Layout |
None
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client
|
|
Extended Features | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Content Approval |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
simple
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Content Import |
from 22 other blog systems
|
none
|
||
Content Export |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
||
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
E-Mail Notifications |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
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
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Ignition | Wordpress | Blogger | LifeType |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
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