| General Features | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.40.6
|
1.0.2
|
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
| Release Date |
2008-07-14 (17 years ago)
|
2007-01-09 (18 years ago)
|
2007-08-14 (18 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
|
| Author |
Pivot Team
|
Jeena Paradies / team
|
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL 2
|
BSD License
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
Free
|
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| System Requirements | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Programming Language |
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
|
PHP
|
asp.net 2.0
|
| Operating System |
Any
|
Any Windows IIS platform
|
|
| Webserver |
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
|
IIS 4.0+
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
||
| Datastorage | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
XML-based flat file storage
|
Structured XML data store
|
|
| Anti-Spam | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Akismet Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms | |||
| User Access Features | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Other Authentication |
Vista CardSpace pending
|
||
| Support | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
|
http://dasblog.info/
|
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
|
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
| Books |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel | |||
| Blogging Features | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
|
| Post Editing | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comment Features | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Extended Features | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Google Sitemap |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Workflow | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Content Import |
BlogML pending
|
||
| Content Export |
RSS
|
BlogML pending
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Pivot | Jlog | dasBlog |
| Podcast Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
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