General Features | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
0.1010
|
2.0.7
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4.21
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Release Date |
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
|
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
|
2008-08-20 (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 |
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
WordPress Development Team
|
Six Apart
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
GPLv2
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
$0
|
Development status |
Beta
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
System Requirements | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Programming Language |
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
PHP
|
Perl 5
|
Operating System |
Platform Independent
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Platform Independant
|
Webserver |
Apache, works on IIS
|
Anything with PHP
|
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements | |||
Datastorage | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Other |
None
|
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
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Anti-Spam | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
various other plugins
|
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
|
User Access Features | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
LDAP Authentication |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Other Authentication |
None
|
Pluggable
|
|
Support | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
Books |
None
|
5+
|
2-5
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
Receive
|
|
Ping Service Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Protected Posts |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by Email |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Blog API |
WordPress (plugin)
|
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Post Editing | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Undo |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Gravatars |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
Client + Server
|
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Extended Features | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Content Import |
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
Content Export |
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
Yes
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | FlatPress | Wordpress | Movable Type |
Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
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