| Current Version |
2.5 |
| License |
Ms-RL |
| Cost |
Free and open source |
| Server Requirements |
ASP.NET 4.0 or Mono |
| Mono support |
Yes |
| Localization |
Yes, support for 31 languages
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| Multilingual |
No |
| Multiply authors |
Yes |
| Static pages |
Yes. You can create pages not part of the blog chronology |
| Navigation |
Theme based and a sitemap provider for static pages |
| Alternate front page |
Yes. All pages can be the front page of the blog |
| Each author have own feed |
yes |
| New comment notification |
Yes. Either by RSS, ATOM or e-mail |
| Data Storage |
Provider based. XML or SQL Server, MySQL, VistaDB and many more |
| Post rating |
Yes. Visitors can rate the individual posts |
| Gravatar support |
Yes as well as MonsterID, Identicons and Wavatars |
| Tag cloud |
Yes |
| Post calendar |
Yes. AJAX enabled |
| Search posts |
Yes. Maybe the best blog search available |
| Search comments |
Yes. The search can include the comments as well as posts |
| User control injection |
Yes. Any user control (.ascx) can be added to a blog post |
| Contact form |
Yes |
| Comment moderation |
Yes. Can be turned on/off in the admin |
| Disable comments |
Yes. You can even disable comments after a given interval of time |
| E-mail attachments |
Yes. The contact form can send attachments |
| Post ordering |
Descending by date
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| Categories |
Multiple |
| Subcategories |
Yes
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| Tags |
Yes |
| Post Editor |
TinyMCE but others can be used |
| Draft Mode |
Yes |
| Auto save |
Yes |
| Microformats |
xFolk, Rel-Tag, VoteLinks, XFN, XOXO, rel-home, rel-directory, rel-enclosure |
| Other export formats |
FOAF, SIOC and APML
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| OpenSearch support |
Yes |
| Google sitemap |
Yes |
| HTTP compression |
Yes (optional) |
| Live comment preview |
Yes |
| Post API Support |
MetaWeblog (supports newMediaObject method |
| Post Moderation |
No |
| Syndication feeds |
RSS 2.0 and ATOM 1.0 |
| Feedburner support |
Yes |
| OPML support |
Yes |
| Windows Live Writer |
Yes, extended support for both posts and pages |
| Ping services |
Yes. Pings various services and more can easily be added |
| Comments |
Yes |
| Comment Spam |
Invisible CAPTCHA and AJAX |
| Comment syndication |
Yes, as either RSS or ATOM |
| AJAX enabled comments |
Yes |
| Themes |
Yes (master pages and ascx files) |
| User Security |
Users and roles can be defined freely |
| Trackback |
Yes, both send and receive |
| Pingback |
Yes, both send and receive
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| RSS Aggregator |
The dynamic blogroll aggregates feeds |
| Forum |
No |
| Gallery |
No |
| Plugins/Extension |
Full extension model |
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Mobile device support
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Yes, special theme for mobile devices
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| Referrer Logs |
Yes |
| Import/Export |
BlogML and RSS
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| Search Engine Friendly URLs |
Yes |
| Cross-post |
No |
| Spell checker |
Yes (ieSpell) |
| XFN support in editor |
Yes |
| Password Protected Posts |
No |
| Blog By Email |
Not yet |
| API |
MetaWeblog, javascript API and full SOAP web service API |
| Tracking scripts |
You can change your tracking script from the admin. Works on all themes |
| HTML header tags |
You can add your own from the admin |
| File extension |
.aspx by default, but can be changed in the web.config |
| Development principles |
KISS and no third-party assemblies. Very small and clean architecture |
| Code syntax highlighting |
Yes. C#, Java, VB.NET, HTML, Javascript and T-SQL |
| User Community |
CodePlex |
| Documentation |
http://blogengine.codeplex.com/documentation |
| Sample Sites |
http://madskristensen.net/ |