Jlog vs. Geeklog vs. LifeType

General Features Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Version
1.0.2
1.8.2
1.2.6
Release Date
2007-01-09 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Jeena Paradies / team
Geeklog Team
The LifeType Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Optional
Yes
System Requirements Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP
Operating System
any
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Webserver
any
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
no
Anti-Spam Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
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
User Access Features Jlog Geeklog LifeType
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Yes
No
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
Support Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wiki.lifetype.net
Issue Tracker
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://bugs.lifetype.net
Books
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Link- / Blogroll
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Optional
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Post Editing Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Undo
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Comment Features Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
No
Plugin
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client
Extended Features Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Content Approval
No
Yes
Plugin
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Content Import
Content Export
RSS
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Jlog Geeklog LifeType
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Jlog Geeklog LifeType
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Jlog Geeklog LifeType
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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