Version 2.0

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Yes, it's a blogging tool - and a pretty brilliant one if you ask us - but PivotX is also a great tool to maintain more complex websites as well. Its powerful core and flexible template system make it easy for developers to adjust and extend. No matter if you want an easy-to-use, robust blogging tool or are looking to push things to the max - PivotX offers the best of both worlds.

3 Step Install

Getting started with PivotX is very easy. Once you have downloaded the latest PivotX release, installing is not that difficult.

  1. Upload...

    Copy the files to your website using your favorite FTP program and change the security settings on the folders.

  2. ...Configure...

    Open the PivotX install screen, fill in your database details and create a first user.

  3. ...Blog!

    In less than 5 minutes you are ready to go. Happy Blogging!

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Screenshots

Take a quick tour through the PivotX Admin Interface.

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Open Source for Open Source

PivotX is free software distributed under the GPL license. It's partly built with neat products like jQuery, Smarty, TinyMCE and of course, PHP and MySQL. Software by the people and for the people. PivotX has a small, but very active community. Together we build themes, extensions and help each other with PivotX related issues.

Compare

Compare PivotX to other software and take a look at our exhaustive list of extended features.

Features PivotX Wordpress Joomla Blogger
Multiple Weblogs yes no no yes
Multiple Authors yes yes yes yes
Built-in commenting & moderation yes yes no yes
Built-in spam protection yes yes yes no
Easy to install templates (themes) yes yes yes yes
Pages yes yes yes no
MySQL Database yes yes yes n/a
Flat Files Database yes no no n/a
SEO friendly yes yes no yes
Self hosted yes yes yes no
         
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Blog

Upcoming: iPhone and Android interface

One of the new features of PivotX 2.1 will be a new interface for PivotX that works on the iPhone and all Android phones. Just go to the regular address where you normally log on, and you'll see the interface that's optimized for mobile devices. We didn't try to replicate all functionality, just the essentials, that you might need when you're not close to a real computer. You can post and edit new Entries and Pages, and moderate new comments. The mobile version also supports extensions, so if …
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