Wheatblog vs. Battle Blog vs. Movable Type

General Features Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Version
1.1
1.0d
4.21
Release Date
2006-06-30 (19 years ago)
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
2008-08-21 (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
Wheat, Josh, Pete
David Pinero
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0.00
$0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Unknown
Yes
System Requirements Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Programming Language
PHP, SQL
Classic ASP
Perl 5
Operating System
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Windows
Platform Independant
Webserver
Apache
IIS 4.0+
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Text Files
No
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
Yes
Other
MS Access
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Akismet Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
IP Ban List
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
ACL
No
No
No
Audit Log
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
No
Yes
Online Help
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
No
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Receive
Ping Service Support
No
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
Undo
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
No
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
Plugin
Comment Features Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
No
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Search Engine
No
No
Yes
Custom Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Unknown
Plugin
Workflow Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Interoperability Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
No
Yes
Administration Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Trash
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Unknown
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Wheatblog Battle Blog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
YouTube Support
No
No
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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