Jlog vs. Movable Type vs. FlatPress

General Features Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Version
1.0.2
4.21
0.1010
Release Date
2007-01-09 (19 years ago)
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
2009-01-24 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
Author
Jeena Paradies / team
Six Apart
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
GPLv2
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
System Requirements Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP4, compatible with 5
Operating System
Platform Independant
Platform Independent
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache, works on IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Akismet Support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
IP Ban List
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
ACL
No
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Issue Tracker
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Books
None
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
Receive
Ping Service Support
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Plugin
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Plugin
Optional
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Patch
Workflow Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Interoperability Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
RSS
Yes
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Jlog Movable Type FlatPress
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
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