| General Features | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.3
|
5.0
|
N/A
|
1.8.2
|
1.2.6
|
| Release Date |
3.3
|
2007
|
N/A
|
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)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
|
| Author |
eTouch Systems
|
blogSpirit
|
Google Inc.
|
Geeklog Team
|
The LifeType Project
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Commercial
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
N/A
|
GNU version 2
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Pls check www.etouch.net
|
From $0 to Enterprise
|
0
|
none
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Hosting Features | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Storage Quota |
None
|
does not apply
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
does not apply
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
None
|
does not apply
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No pornography
|
does not apply
|
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Programming Language |
Java
|
PHP
|
N/A
|
php
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Windows/Linux/Solaris
|
Linux
|
N/A
|
any
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
| Webserver |
Bundled with Tomcat. Can be proxied via webserver of choice
|
Apache
|
N/A
|
any
|
Apache, IIS
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
Oracle 9i/10G, JSDK1.4
|
None
|
N/A
|
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
|
|
| Datastorage | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
None
|
N/A
|
no
|
||
| Anti-Spam | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Akismet Support |
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Moderated Comments
|
Antispam spirit
|
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
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 | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
Single-Sign On
|
DNA SSO
|
N/A
|
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 | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Online Help |
Available
|
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
|
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
| Issue Tracker |
support.etouch.net
|
DNA/ys
|
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
| Books |
1
|
None
|
1
|
None
|
|
| Support Forum | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| IRC-Channel |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
|
||||
| Blogging Features | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
None
|
Single
|
Single
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blog API |
Can be provided on request
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Blogger data API
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
|
| Post Editing | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client + Server
|
Client
|
|
| Extended Features | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Workflow | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Content Approval |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Content Import |
Using custom import framework
|
Movable Type, blogSpirit
|
none
|
||
| Content Export |
No
|
blogSpirit
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
||
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Web Statistics |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | SamePage | blogSpirit | Blogger | Geeklog | LifeType |
| Podcast Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
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