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| General Features | dasBlog  | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
2.0 (2.0.7226.0) |
2.4 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Release Date |
14 August 2007 |
02-dec-2006 |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Author |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team |
Francois Planque / evoTeam |
Google Inc. |
Kirk Carter, Service First Webmasters, Inc. |
| URL |
dasblog.info |
b2evolution.net |
www.blogger.com |
www.CakewalkBlogs.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License |
BSD License |
GPL |
does not apply | does not apply |
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free |
0 - Free |
0 |
Free |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Interface Languages |
Over a dozen languages |
en,fr,de,da,id,fi,it,ja,nl,sv |
9 |
English |
| Multi-User Support |
 Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
 No |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Optional |
Yes |
No |
|
| Hosting Features | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Storage Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
none |
| Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
none |
| Other Limits |
does not apply | does not apply | None |
none |
| Corporate Branding |
does not apply | does not apply | No |
No |
| Own Domain |
does not apply | does not apply |  No |
Yes |
| Ads allowed |
does not apply | does not apply | Yes |
No |
| Topic Restrictions |
does not apply | does not apply | No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
No spam, porn or hate speech |
| System Requirements | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Programming Language |
asp.net 2.0 |
PHP |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Operating System |
Any Windows IIS platform |
Linux, Windows or other |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Webserver |
IIS 4.0+ |
Apache, IIS or other |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Root Access |
No |
|
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Requirements |
IIS process account write access to web folder |
|
does not apply | does not apply |
| Datastorage | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Text Files |
Yes |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| MySQL |
No |
Yes |
does not apply | does not apply |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
No |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other |
Structured XML data store |
(must overload DB abstraction class) |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Anti-Spam | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Akismet Support |
Yes |
 Plugin |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Word Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
|
several specialized antispam plugins |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
No trackbacks, no links in comments |
| User Access Features | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| Audit Log |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
| LDAP Authentication |
|
Plugin |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Other Authentication |
Vista CardSpace pending |
OpenID plugin |
does not apply | does not apply |
| Support | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Commercial Support |
No |
|
No |
|
| Online Help |
dasblog.info |
manual.b2evolution.net |
help.blogger.com |
Context sensitive, online help |
| Issue Tracker |
sourceforge.net |
|
knownissues.blogspot.com |
Not yet |
| Books |
None |
|
None |
|
| Support Forum |
dasblog.us |
forums.b2evolution.net |
groups.google.com |
Not yet |
| Mailing List |
sourceforge.net |
|
groups.google.com |
No |
| IRC-Channel |
|
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net |
No |
No |
| Blogging Features | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Multiple |
None |
None |
| Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Archiving |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
No |
No |
| Pingback |
Send+Receive |
|
No |
No |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
| Blog API |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2 |
Blogger data API |
None |
| Post Editing | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Multi-paged posts |
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Spell Checker |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
No |
No |
|
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Asset Management |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Comment Features | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gravatars |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
Client |
None |
None |
| Extended Features | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
 Patch |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Workflow | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Versioning |
|
|
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
scheduled |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Content Import |
BlogML pending |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog |
none |
Plain text, HTML, MSWord |
| Content Export |
BlogML pending |
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
None |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
|
No |
No |
| HTML Output |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| RSS 0.9x |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
No |
|
Yes |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | dasBlog | b2evolution | Blogger | Cakewalk Blogs |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
|
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
|
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
|
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2007-08-18 | 2008-01-28 | 2006-12-07 | 2007-11-26 |
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