Battle Blog vs. Loudblog vs. Pivot vs. typo

General Features Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Version
1.0d
0.6
1.40.6
4.1.1
Release Date
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2008-07-13 (16 years ago)
2007-05-07 (17 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
Pivot Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
MIT
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
4
German, English, French, Romanian
Multi-User Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Unknown
No
Yes
No
System Requirements Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Programming Language
Classic ASP
PHP
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
Ruby on Rails
Operating System
Windows
all
Any
All
Webserver
IIS 4.0+
Apache, IIS
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, ...
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Other Requirements
Ruby
Datastorage Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
MS Access
XML-based flat file storage
Anti-Spam Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Akismet Support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
IP Ban List
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Definable Questions
User Access Features Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Other Authentication
Support Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Commercial Support
No
No
No
No
Online Help
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
http://trac.typosphere.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
Issue Tracker
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
http://trac.typosphere.org/report
Books
None
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
Blogging Features Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
Archiving
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
No
No
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blog by Email
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blog API
none
MetaWeblog, Moblog
Blogger, MetaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Multi-paged posts
Yes
No
No
No
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
No
Yes
Optional
Undo
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Comment Features Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Comment Layout
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
No
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Gravatars
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
No
Yes
No
Polls / Surveys
No
No
Unknown
No
Search Engine
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Google Sitemap
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Workflow Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
Interoperability Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Content Import
none
MovableType 3.x, WordPress 1.5x/2.x, Serendipity, TextPattern 1.x, RSS 0.2/0.9/2.0, Atom
Content Export
via RSS
RSS, Atom
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
No
No
Yes
Yes
Administration Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes / Skins
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
RSS 0.9x
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
No
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Battle Blog Loudblog Pivot typo
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Unknown
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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