WikyBlog vs. Movable Type vs. Battle Blog

General Features WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Version
1.5.4
4.21
1.0d
Release Date
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2008-08-21 (17 years ago)
2006-11-08 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
2020-02-05 (5 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
David Pinero
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
Unknown
System Requirements WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
Classic ASP
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Windows
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
MS Access
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
ACL
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
No
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Gravatars
No
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Interoperability WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Administration WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Trash
Yes
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Movable Type Battle Blog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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