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General Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Version
3.3
2.4
4.21
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
Release Date
3.3
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-08-13 (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
eTouch Systems
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Six Apart
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
GPL
BSD License
License Cost/ Fee
Pls check www.etouch.net
0 - Free
$0
Free
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
Optional
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Hosting Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Storage Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No pornography
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl 5
asp.net 2.0
Operating System
Windows/Linux/Solaris
Linux, Windows or other
Platform Independant
Any Windows IIS platform
Webserver
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Moderated Comments
several specialized antispam plugins
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
Single-Sign On
OpenID plugin
Pluggable
Vista CardSpace pending
Support SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Online Help
Available
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://dasblog.info/
Issue Tracker
support.etouch.net
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
Books
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
Can be provided on request
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
Post Editing SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Yes
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Comment Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Google Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Workflow SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Content Import
Using custom import framework
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
BlogML pending
Content Export
No
Yes
BlogML pending
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting SamePage b2evolution Movable Type dasBlog
Podcast Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
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