Battle Blog vs. dasBlog vs. Loudblog

General Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Version
1.0d
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
0.6
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2007-08-13 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 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
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
Gerrit van Aaken
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD License
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Optional
No
System Requirements Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Programming Language
Classic ASP
asp.net 2.0
PHP
Operating System
Windows
Any Windows IIS platform
all
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
IIS process account write access to web folder
Datastorage Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
Structured XML data store
Anti-Spam Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Akismet Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Unknown
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
User Access Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Other Authentication
Vista CardSpace pending
Support Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Online Help
http://dasblog.info/
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
Books
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
No
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog by Email
Unknown
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
none
Post Editing Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
No
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Comment Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
Gravatars
No
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Patch
No
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
No
Workflow Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Versioning
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Interoperability Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Content Import
BlogML pending
none
Content Export
BlogML pending
via RSS
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Yes
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
No
Administration Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog dasBlog Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Yes
YouTube Support
No
No
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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