General Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
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Version |
4.21
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N/A
|
0.1010
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Release Date |
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
|
Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Six Apart
|
Google Inc.
|
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
License |
GPL
|
N/A
|
GPLv2
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License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
0
|
Free
|
Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
Beta
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Hosting Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Storage Quota |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Other Limits |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Own Domain |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
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Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
System Requirements | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Programming Language |
Perl 5
|
N/A
|
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
Operating System |
Platform Independant
|
N/A
|
Platform Independent
|
Webserver |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
N/A
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
N/A
|
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Datastorage | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Text Files |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
MySQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
Oracle |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
SQLite |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
Other |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
N/A
|
|
Anti-Spam | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
|
User Access Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
ACL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
Optional
|
N/A
|
Unknown
|
Other Authentication |
Pluggable
|
N/A
|
|
Support | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Commercial Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
Books |
2-5
|
None
|
None
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
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Blogging Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
None
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
|
Pingback |
Receive
|
No
|
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Blogger data API
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
Post Editing | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Undo |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Open-ID Support |
Client + Server
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Workflow | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Interoperability | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Content Import |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
none
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
Content Export |
Yes
|
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Movable Type | Blogger | FlatPress |
Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
YouTube Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
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