General Features | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
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Version |
1.40.6
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1.5.4
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0.6
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1.2.6
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2.1.3
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0.1010
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Release Date |
2008-07-13 (15 years ago)
|
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
|
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
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2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
|
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
|
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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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Pivot Team
|
Josh Schmidt
|
Gerrit van Aaken
|
The LifeType Project
|
Olivier Meunier
|
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
URL | ||||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL v2
|
GPLv2
|
License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Free
|
Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
System Requirements | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Programming Language |
PHP 4.1.0, PHP 4.3 or above recommended
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP 5
|
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
Operating System |
Any
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
all
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
|
Platform Independent
|
Webserver |
Any, Apache 1.3.x or 2.x recommended
|
Apache, anything with PHP
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
MySQL
|
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Datastorage | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
XML-based flat file storage
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Anti-Spam | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Akismet Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Definable Questions
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
Trackback validation
|
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User Access Features | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Other Authentication |
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
|
Extendable authentication API
|
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Support | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://www.pivotlog.net/docs/
|
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
|
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
Issue Tracker |
http://forum.pivotlog.net/
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
1
|
None
|
Support Forum | ||||||
Mailing List | ||||||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
|
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Blogging Features | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
||
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
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Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Blog by Email |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
MetaWeblog, Moblog
|
none
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
|
Post Editing | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
Client
|
||
Extended Features | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Search Engine |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
Workflow | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Interoperability | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Content Import |
none
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
||||
Content Export |
via RSS
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
||||
Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
E-Mail Notifications |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Pivot | WikyBlog | Loudblog | LifeType | DotClear | FlatPress |
Podcast Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
YouTube Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
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