General Features | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
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Version |
1.6
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1.1
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1.8.2
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2.0.7
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Release Date |
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
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2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
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30 Dez 2012
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2007-01-14 (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 |
EllisLab, Inc.
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Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
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Geeklog Team
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WordPress Development Team
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
Proprietary
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BSD
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GNU version 2
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GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
From 0$ - 249.95$
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0
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none
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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
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0
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0
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0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
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Yes
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Optional
|
No
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System Requirements | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Programming Language |
PHP
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PHP
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php
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PHP
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Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
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any
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
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Webserver |
IIS, Apache
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Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
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any
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Anything with PHP
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Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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No
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Other Requirements |
PHP must have XML support
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Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
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PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
|
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Datastorage | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Text Files |
No
|
No
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No
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No
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MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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SQLite |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
No
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Other |
No
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New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
|
no
|
None
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Anti-Spam | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
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Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
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URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
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BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
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various other plugins
|
User Access Features | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Audit Log |
Yes
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No
|
No
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No
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LDAP Authentication |
No
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Plugin
|
Yes
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No
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Other Authentication |
No
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None
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Support | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Online Help |
http://expressionengine.com/support/
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http://www.s9y.org/33.html
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http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
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http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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Issue Tracker |
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
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http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
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http://trac.wordpress.org/
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Books |
None
|
None
|
1
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5+
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Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel |
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
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Blogging Features | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
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
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
MovableType, Blogger
|
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
|
Post Editing | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Undo |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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Comment Features | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
Client + Server
|
|
Extended Features | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Versioning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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Interoperability | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Content Import |
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
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Content Export |
MySQL
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Dump to RSS, Database export
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
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HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.1
|
HTML 4
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XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | ExpressionEngine | Serendipity | Geeklog | Wordpress |
Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
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