General Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
5.0
|
4.21
|
1.2.2
|
Release Date |
2007
|
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
|
13/02/2007
|
Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
blogSpirit
|
Six Apart
|
Patrick Robin
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
License |
From $0 to Enterprise
|
GPL
|
|
License Cost/ Fee |
From $0 to Enterprise
|
$0
|
|
Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Hosting Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Storage Quota |
does not apply
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
does not apply
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
does not apply
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Topic Restrictions |
does not apply
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
Perl 5
|
ASP 3.0
|
Operating System |
Linux
|
Platform Independant
|
Windows
|
Webserver |
Apache
|
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
IIS 5+
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
None
|
||
Datastorage | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Text Files |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Other |
None
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
Access
|
Anti-Spam | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Akismet Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Antispam spirit
|
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
|
User Access Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Other Authentication |
DNA SSO
|
Pluggable
|
|
Support | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Online Help |
www.blogspirit.com/fr/kb/
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
|
Issue Tracker |
DNA/ys
|
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
|
Books |
1
|
2-5
|
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
Receive
|
No
|
Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Blog API |
XML-RPC and Atom
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
|
Post Editing | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Undo |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Comment Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client + Server
|
None
|
Extended Features | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Search Engine |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Workflow | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Content Approval |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
none
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Content Import |
Movable Type, blogSpirit
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
|
Content Export |
blogSpirit
|
Yes
|
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Administration | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | blogSpirit | Movable Type | Forest Blog |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
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