General Features | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
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Version |
2.1.3
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1.8.2
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1.2.6
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1.1
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Release Date |
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
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30 Dez 2012
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2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Olivier Meunier
|
Geeklog Team
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The LifeType Project
|
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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License |
GPL v2
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GNU version 2
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GPL
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BSD
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
none
|
0
|
0
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
System Requirements | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Programming Language |
PHP 5
|
php
|
PHP
|
PHP
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Operating System |
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
any
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Webserver |
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
any
|
Apache, IIS
|
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Other Requirements |
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
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Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
|
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Datastorage | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
no
|
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
|
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Anti-Spam | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Akismet Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Trackback validation
|
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
|
User Access Features | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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LDAP Authentication |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Other Authentication |
Extendable authentication API
|
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
|
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Support | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Online Help |
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
|
Issue Tracker |
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
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http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
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http://bugs.lifetype.net
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
|
Books |
1
|
1
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
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#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Categorization |
Single
|
Single
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Blog API |
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
|
Post Editing | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Comment Features | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
Client + Server
|
Client
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Content Import |
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
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Content Export |
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.1
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | DotClear | Geeklog | LifeType | Serendipity |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Media Converter |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
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