dasBlog vs. b2evolution vs. ExpressionEngine vs. Battle Blog

General Features dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Version
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
2.4
1.6
1.0d
Release Date
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2004-04-22 (19 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Francois Planque / evoTeam
EllisLab, Inc.
David Pinero
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
BSD License
GPL
Proprietary
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0 - Free
From 0$ - 249.95$
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
System Requirements dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Programming Language
asp.net 2.0
PHP
PHP
Classic ASP
Operating System
Any Windows IIS platform
Linux, Windows or other
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS or other
IIS, Apache
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
PHP must have XML support
Datastorage dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
Structured XML data store
(must overload DB abstraction class)
No
MS Access
Anti-Spam dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Akismet Support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
User Access Features dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
OpenID plugin
No
Support dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://expressionengine.com/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
Books
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blog by Email
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
Post Editing dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Undo
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Comment Features dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Extended Features dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Workflow dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Content Import
BlogML pending
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
Content Export
BlogML pending
MySQL
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Trash
No
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting dasBlog b2evolution ExpressionEngine Battle Blog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
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