Battle Blog vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType vs. DotClear

General Features Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Version
1.0d
1.8.2
1.2.6
2.1.3
Release Date
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
2008-11-20 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Programming Language
Classic ASP
php
PHP
PHP 5
Operating System
Windows
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
any
Apache, IIS
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
MS Access
no
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Akismet Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Trackback validation
User Access Features Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Other Authentication
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
Extendable authentication API
Support Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Single
Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Comment Features Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Plugin
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Content Import
Content Export
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
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
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Geeklog LifeType DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
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