General Features | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
---|---|---|---|
Version |
4.0.7
|
2.4
|
1.2.6
|
Release Date |
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
|
2006-12-01 (17 years ago)
|
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
|
Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
Author |
Team Textpattern
|
Francois Planque / evoTeam
|
The LifeType Project
|
URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0 - Free
|
0
|
Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Interface Languages |
0
|
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish |
0
|
Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
System Requirements | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Programming Language |
PHP 4.3+
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
Operating System |
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
Linux, Windows or other
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Webserver |
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
Apache, IIS or other
|
Apache, IIS
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other Requirements |
MySQL 3.23+
|
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Datastorage | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Other |
(must overload DB abstraction class)
|
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Anti-Spam | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Word Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
several specialized antispam plugins
|
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
User Access Features | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Other Authentication |
OpenID plugin
|
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
|
|
Support | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
http://textpattern.com/
|
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
Issue Tracker |
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
|
Books |
1
|
None
|
|
Support Forum | |||
Mailing List | |||
IRC-Channel |
#textpattern on freenode
|
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
|
|
Blogging Features | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
Tags |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by Email |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Blog API |
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
Post Editing | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Spell Checker |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Undo |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Comment Features | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client
|
Client
|
Extended Features | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Content Import |
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
|
|
Content Export |
Unlimited, template-based
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Administration | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
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
|
No
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | Textpattern | b2evolution | LifeType |
Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Media Converter |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
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