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General Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Version
2.4
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.1010
1.0.2
0.6
1.40.6
1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
2006-12-01 (16 years ago)
2006-11-07 (16 years ago)
2007-08-13 (15 years ago)
2009-01-23 (14 years ago)
2007-01-08 (16 years ago)
2006-12-08 (16 years ago)
2008-07-13 (14 years ago)
2006-06-29 (16 years ago)
2007-10-23 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
2020-02-05 (3 years ago)
Author
Francois Planque / evoTeam
David Pinero
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Jeena Paradies / team
Gerrit van Aaken
Pivot Team
Wheat, Josh, Pete
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD License
GPLv2
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
Free
Free
0
Free
$0.00
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Beta
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
System Requirements b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Programming Language
PHP
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
PHP, SQL
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
Platform Independent
all
Any
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
MySQL or SQLite
MySQL
Datastorage b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
MS Access
Structured XML data store
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
IP Ban List
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Vista CardSpace pending
Support b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://dasblog.info/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
No
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
WordPress (plugin)
none
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
Undo
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Comment Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
No
No
Gravatars
Plugin
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
No
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
None
None
None
None
Extended Features b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Patch
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Workflow b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Interoperability b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
none
Content Export
BlogML pending
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
RSS
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Administration b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution Battle Blog dasBlog FlatPress Jlog Loudblog Pivot Wheatblog WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Media Converter
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
No
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