General Features | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
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Version |
2.4
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1.0d
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0.1010
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1.0.2
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1.2.6
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0.6
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4.21
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3.24
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1.40.6
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4.1.1
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1.5.4
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Release Date |
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
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2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
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2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
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2007-01-08 (17 years ago)
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2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
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2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
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2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
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2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
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2007-05-07 (16 years ago)
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2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Francois Planque / evoTeam
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David Pinero
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NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
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Jeena Paradies / team
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The LifeType Project
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Gerrit van Aaken
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Six Apart
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Wouter Demuynck and others
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Pivot Team
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Josh Schmidt
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URL | |||||||||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
GPL
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GPL
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GPLv2
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GPL 2
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GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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MIT
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GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
0 - Free
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Free
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0
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0
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$0
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free
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Free
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0
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0
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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4
German, English, French, Romanian |
0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
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Unknown
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Unknown
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
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Unknown
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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System Requirements | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Programming Language |
PHP
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Classic ASP
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PHP4, compatible with 5
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PHP
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PHP
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PHP
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Perl 5
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PHP
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PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
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Ruby on Rails
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PHP
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Operating System |
Linux, Windows or other
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Windows
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Platform Independent
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Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
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all
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Platform Independant
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Linux, Windows, UNIX
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Any
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All
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UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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Webserver |
Apache, IIS or other
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IIS 4.0+
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Apache, works on IIS
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Apache, IIS
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Apache, IIS
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Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
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Apache with PHP
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Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
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Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
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Apache, anything with PHP
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Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Other Requirements |
Ruby
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MySQL
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Datastorage | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Text Files |
No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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MySQL |
Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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PostgreSQL |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Oracle |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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SQLite |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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BerkeleyDB |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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MS SQL Server |
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class)
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MS Access
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LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
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XML-based flat file storage
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Anti-Spam | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
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Unknown
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Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
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No
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Plugin
|
Plugin
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No
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Yes
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No
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Word Blacklist |
Yes
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Unknown
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Plugin
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No
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Plugin
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No
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Yes
|
Plugin
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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IP Ban List |
Plugin
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Unknown
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Unknown
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No
|
Plugin
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No
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Yes
|
Plugin
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Yes
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Unknown
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Yes
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CAPTCHA |
Plugin
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Yes
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Plugin
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No
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Plugin
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No
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Yes
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Plugin
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No
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Unknown
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Yes
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Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
several specialized antispam plugins
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BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
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Definable Questions
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Numerous plugins provide complete solution
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SpamBayes, MBL
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User Access Features | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
ACL |
Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Audit Log |
Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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LDAP Authentication |
Plugin
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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No
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Unknown
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Optional
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin
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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
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Pluggable
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Support | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Commercial Support |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Online Help |
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
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http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
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http://wiki.lifetype.net
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http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
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http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
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http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
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http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
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http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
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http://www.wikyblog.com/help
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Issue Tracker |
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
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http://jeenaparadies.net/projects/jlog/report
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http://bugs.lifetype.net
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http://bugs.movabletype.org/
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http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
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http://forum.pivotlog.net/
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http://trac.typosphere.org/report
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
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Books |
None
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None
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None
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None
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2-5
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1
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None
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None
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None
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Mailing List | |||||||||||
IRC-Channel |
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
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#movabletype @ freenode.net
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Blogging Features | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Categorization |
Multiple
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Multiple
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Multiple
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Multiple
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Single
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Multiple
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Multiple
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Single
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Multiple
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Multiple
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Tags |
Yes
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No
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Plugin
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No
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Plugin
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No
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Yes
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Plugin
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Archiving |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Trackback |
Send+Receive
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No
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No
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Send+Receive
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No
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Send+Receive
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Send+Receive
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Send+Receive
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Send+Receive
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Pingback |
No
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Send+Receive
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No
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No
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Receive
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No
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No
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Send+Receive
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Ping Service Support |
Yes
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No
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Unknown
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Optional
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Optional
|
Yes
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Yes
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Plugin
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Unknown
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Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
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Plugin
|
Plugin
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No
|
No
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Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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Blog by SMS/MMS |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Blog API |
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
none
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
|
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
|
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Post Editing | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Multi-paged posts |
Yes
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Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Undo |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Features | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
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No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
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Open-ID Support |
Client
|
None
|
Client
|
None
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
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Extended Features | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Google Sitemap |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Patch
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Workflow | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
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scheduled
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scheduled
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scheduled
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scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
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Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Interoperability | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Content Import |
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
none
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
yes
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MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
|
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Content Export |
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
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RSS
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via RSS
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Yes
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backup to SQL
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RSS, Atom
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Unicode Support |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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Unknown
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Unknown
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No
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Unknown
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HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
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Friendly URLs |
Yes
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No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | b2evolution | Battle Blog | FlatPress | Jlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Movable Type | NucleusCMS | Pivot | typo | WikyBlog |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
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