General Features | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
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Version |
1.5.4
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1.2.6
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0.6
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2.0.7
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Release Date |
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
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2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
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2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
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2007-01-14 (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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2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
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Author |
Josh Schmidt
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The LifeType Project
|
Gerrit van Aaken
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WordPress Development Team
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URL | ||||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
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0
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0
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Mature
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Interface Languages |
0
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0
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0
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0
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Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
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System Requirements | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
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Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
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all
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
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Webserver |
Apache, anything with PHP
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache, IIS
|
Anything with PHP
|
Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Other Requirements |
MySQL
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Datastorage | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
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BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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Other |
None
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Anti-Spam | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Akismet Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Word Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
|
Definable Questions
|
various other plugins
|
|
User Access Features | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Audit Log |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
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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
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None
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Support | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Online Help |
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
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http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
Issue Tracker |
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
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http://bugs.lifetype.net
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http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
|
Books |
None
|
None
|
None
|
5+
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Support Forum | ||||
Mailing List | ||||
IRC-Channel | ||||
Blogging Features | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
|
Tags |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Archiving |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Pingback |
No
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
|
Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Blog by Email |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Blog API |
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
none
|
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
|
Post Editing | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Undo |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Comment Features | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Open-ID Support |
None
|
Client
|
None
|
|
Extended Features | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Photo Gallery |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Workflow | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Content Approval |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Versioning |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Interoperability | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Content Import |
none
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
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Content Export |
via RSS
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
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Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Administration | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
E-Mail Notifications |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Trash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Web Statistics |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Syndication | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Podcasting/Videocasting | WikyBlog | LifeType | Loudblog | Wordpress |
Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
YouTube Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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remove WikyBlog | remove LifeType | remove Loudblog | remove Wordpress |