| General Features | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
4.1.1
|
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
1.2.6
|
| Release Date |
2007-05-08 (19 years ago)
|
2007-08-14 (18 years ago)
|
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 |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
The LifeType Project
|
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
MIT
|
BSD License
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
Free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
4
German, English, French, Romanian |
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Programming Language |
Ruby on Rails
|
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
All
|
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
|
IIS 4.0+
|
Apache, IIS
|
| Root Access |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
Ruby
|
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
|
| Datastorage | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Structured XML data store
|
||
| Anti-Spam | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Akismet Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
||
| User Access Features | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
Vista CardSpace pending
|
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 | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Online Help |
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
|
http://dasblog.info/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
| Books |
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel | |||
| Blogging Features | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blog API |
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
|
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
| Post Editing | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Undo |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client
|
| Extended Features | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Workflow | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Content Approval |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Content Import |
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
|
BlogML pending
|
|
| Content Export |
RSS, Atom
|
BlogML pending
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | typo | dasBlog | LifeType |
| Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
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