| General Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.2.2
|
N/A
|
5.0
|
| Release Date |
13/02/2007
|
N/A
|
2007
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
Patrick Robin
|
Roy Kim
|
blogSpirit
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| License |
N/A
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Hosting Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
NA
|
does not apply
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
NA
|
does not apply
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
NA
|
does not apply
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
None
|
does not apply
|
| System Requirements | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Programming Language |
ASP 3.0
|
N/A
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Windows
|
N/A
|
Linux
|
| Webserver |
IIS 5+
|
N/A
|
Apache
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
None
|
|
| Datastorage | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Text Files |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other |
Access
|
N/A
|
None
|
| Anti-Spam | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Akismet Support |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Word Blacklist |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
|
Akismet
|
Antispam spirit
|
| User Access Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
N/A
|
DNA SSO
|
|
| Support | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Online Help |
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
|
Yes
|
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
|
| Issue Tracker |
Yes
|
DNA/ys
|
|
| Books |
None
|
1
|
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel | |||
| Blogging Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
| Ping Service Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
metaweblog api
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
|
| Post Editing | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Extended Features | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Google Sitemap |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Workflow | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Content Approval |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
none
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Content Import |
None
|
Movable Type, blogSpirit
|
|
| Content Export |
RSS and HTML
|
blogSpirit
|
|
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
| Friendly URLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Web Statistics |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Forest Blog | Tabulas.com | blogSpirit |
| Podcast Feeds |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
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