Battle Blog vs. Loudblog vs. NucleusCMS vs. Pivot

General Features Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Version
1.0d
0.6
3.24
1.40.6
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2006-11-10 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (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
Gerrit van Aaken
Wouter Demuynck and others
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Free
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
System Requirements Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Operating System
Windows
all
Linux, Windows, UNIX
Any
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Apache with PHP
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Text Files
No
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Akismet Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
SpamBayes, MBL
User Access Features Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Other Authentication
Support Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://faq.nucleuscms.org/
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://dev.nucleuscms.org/tracker/
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
Books
None
1
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Blog API
none
Blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType XML-RPC API
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Post Editing Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Undo
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Gravatars
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Search Engine
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
No
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Content Import
none
yes
Content Export
via RSS
backup to SQL
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
No
No
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Loudblog NucleusCMS Pivot
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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