General Features | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
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Version |
1.1
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2.1.3
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2.4
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Release Date |
2006-12-27 (17 years ago)
|
2008-11-19 (15 years ago)
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2006-12-01 (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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Author |
Garvin Hicking, Jannis Hermanns et al
|
Olivier Meunier
|
Francois Planque / evoTeam
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URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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License |
BSD
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GPL v2
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GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
|
0 - Free
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
|
Mature
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Interface Languages |
0
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0
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10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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System Requirements | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP 5
|
PHP
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Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Unix/Linux, Windows
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Linux, Windows or other
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Webserver |
Anything with PHP (Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)
|
Apache, Lighthttpd
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Apache, IIS or other
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
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Other Requirements |
Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or PHP5 (SQLite)
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Datastorage | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
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MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
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SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
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MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
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Other |
New DB layers can be created easily, if the target DB supports ANSI-SQL
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(must overload DB abstraction class)
|
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Anti-Spam | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Akismet Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
URL checks, Author name checks, remote HTML link checks,
|
Trackback validation
|
several specialized antispam plugins
|
User Access Features | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
LDAP Authentication |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Other Authentication |
Extendable authentication API
|
OpenID plugin
|
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Support | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Commercial Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Online Help |
http://www.s9y.org/33.html
|
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
|
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
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Issue Tracker |
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=542822&group_id=75065&func=browse
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http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
|
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Books |
None
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1
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Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#dotclear on freenode
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#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
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Blogging Features | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
Tags |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
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Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
MovableType, Blogger
|
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
|
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
Post Editing | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Undo |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client
|
|
Extended Features | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Workflow | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Content Approval |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Content Import |
WordPress, Textpattern, Moveable Type, bblog, ...
|
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
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Content Export |
Dump to RSS, Database export
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Serendipity | DotClear | b2evolution |
Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
YouTube Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
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