General Features | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
1.6
|
2.1.3
|
Release Date |
2007-08-13 (16 years ago)
|
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
|
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
|
Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
EllisLab, Inc.
|
Olivier Meunier
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
License |
BSD License
|
Proprietary
|
GPL v2
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
From 0$ - 249.95$
|
0
|
Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
System Requirements | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Programming Language |
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP
|
PHP 5
|
Operating System |
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
Webserver |
IIS 4.0+
|
IIS, Apache
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
PHP must have XML support
|
|
Datastorage | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
Structured XML data store
|
No
|
|
Anti-Spam | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Akismet Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
Trackback validation
|
|
User Access Features | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Other Authentication |
Vista CardSpace pending
|
No
|
Extendable authentication API
|
Support | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://dasblog.info/
|
http://expressionengine.com/support/
|
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
|
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
1
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
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Blogging Features | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
No
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog API |
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
Post Editing | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Comment Features | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Gravatars |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Content Import |
BlogML pending
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
|
Content Export |
BlogML pending
|
MySQL
|
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
HTML Output |
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | dasBlog | ExpressionEngine | DotClear |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
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