Forest Blog vs. Movable Type vs. Wheatblog

General Features Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Version
1.2.2
4.21
1.1
Release Date
13/02/2007
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2006-06-29 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Patrick Robin
Six Apart
Wheat, Josh, Pete
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0
$0.00
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
System Requirements Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Programming Language
ASP 3.0
Perl 5
PHP, SQL
Operating System
Windows
Platform Independant
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Webserver
IIS 5+
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Access
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Akismet Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Word Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
posting timelimit, comment moderation queue, link analyser
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
ACL
No
No
No
Audit Log
No
Yes
No
LDAP Authentication
Unknown
Optional
No
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.hostforest.co.uk/Downloads/Blog/guide.pdf
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
Books
2-5
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
Yes
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Yes
No
Undo
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Comment Features Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Optional
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
No
Gravatars
Yes
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
No
Workflow Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Content Approval
No
Yes
No
Versioning
No
Yes
No
Article Publishing
none
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
No
Yes
No
Administration Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Forest Blog Movable Type Wheatblog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Optional
Plugin
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
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