Battle Blog vs. LifeType vs. typo vs. WikyBlog

General Features Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Version
1.0d
1.2.6
4.1.1
1.5.4
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
David Pinero
The LifeType Project
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MIT
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
Yes
No
No
System Requirements Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
All
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Other Requirements
Ruby
MySQL
Datastorage Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
Anti-Spam Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
User Access Features Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
No
No
No
Other Authentication
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
Support Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blog API
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Comment Features Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
No
Plugin
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Open-ID Support
Client
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Yes
No
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Workflow Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Content Import
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog LifeType typo WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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