General Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
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Version |
1.40.6
|
N/A
|
1.6
|
1.2.6
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Release Date |
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
|
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)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
Pivot Team
|
Google Inc.
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EllisLab, Inc.
|
The LifeType Project
|
URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
License |
GPL
|
N/A
|
Proprietary
|
GPL
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
From 0$ - 249.95$
|
0
|
Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Hosting Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Storage Quota |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Programming Language |
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
|
N/A
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Operating System |
Any
|
N/A
|
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Webserver |
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
|
N/A
|
IIS, Apache
|
Apache, IIS
|
Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
N/A
|
PHP must have XML support
|
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Datastorage | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Text Files |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
XML-based flat file storage
|
N/A
|
No
|
|
Anti-Spam | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Akismet Support |
No
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
|
User Access Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
N/A
|
No
|
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 | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
|
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/support/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
Issue Tracker |
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
|
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel | ||||
Blogging Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
None
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog API |
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
Blogger data API
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
Post Editing | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
Client
|
Extended Features | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Content Import |
none
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
||
Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
MySQL
|
||
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
E-Mail Notifications |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Pivot | Blogger | ExpressionEngine | LifeType |
Podcast Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
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