Movable Type vs. Geeklog vs. Battle Blog

General Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Version
4.21
1.8.2
1.0d
Release Date
2008-08-21 (18 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Six Apart
Geeklog Team
David Pinero
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
Unknown
System Requirements Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Programming Language
Perl 5
php
Classic ASP
Operating System
Platform Independant
any
Windows
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
any
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
no
MS Access
Anti-Spam Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
2-5
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Blog by Email
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Unknown
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Unknown
Comment Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
No
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
No
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Workflow Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Trash
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type Geeklog Battle Blog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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