Battle Blog vs. b2evolution vs. DotClear

General Features Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Version
1.0d
2.4
2.1.3
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
PHP 5
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows or other
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS or other
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Text Files
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
(must overload DB abstraction class)
Anti-Spam Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
Extendable authentication API
Support Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Comment Features Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client
Extended Features Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Workflow Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
Content Export
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog b2evolution DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
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