Movable Type Features

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General Features Movable Type
Version
4.21
Release Date
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
License
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Development status
Mature
Interface Languages
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
System Requirements Movable Type
Programming Language
Perl 5
Operating System
Platform Independant
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Movable Type
Text Files
Yes
MySQL
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Oracle
Yes
SQLite
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Yes
MS SQL Server
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam Movable Type
Akismet Support
Plugin
Word Blacklist
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features Movable Type
ACL
No
Audit Log
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Optional
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support Movable Type
Commercial Support
Yes
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Protected Posts
Plugin
Blog by Email
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
Spell Checker
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Undo
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Comment Features Movable Type
Comment Layout
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Extended Features Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Workflow Movable Type
Content Approval
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Interoperability Movable Type
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Administration Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Trash
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Syndication Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
YouTube Support
Plugin
Media Converter
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
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