WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Version does not apply5.2 (38)
Last Release Date does not applyDec 2011
Author Central Desktop Traction Software
URL www.centraldesktop.com www.tractionsoftware.com
Free and Open Source does not apply No
License does not applyFree download for 5 Users; Commercial and Non Profit Annual or Perpetual Licensing
Programming Language does not applyJava
Data Storage does not applyFiles, DB
License Cost/ Fee Free Version Available Free for 5 users, License pricing starts at $495 (ten spaces) to $4,375 (unlimited spaces) per year
Development status does not applyMature
Intended Audience Director, VP, & C-Level Managers; Enterprise & SMB; Anyone who wants to put up a hosted corporate intranet, wiki, project workspace, or extranet. Small business to Enterprise, Government & Non-Profit
Hosting FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Storage Quota from 25MB and up does not apply
Bandwidth Quota unlimited does not apply
Other Limits Depends on plan does not apply
Topic Restrictions No does not apply
Corporate Branding Yes does not apply
Own Domain Yes does not apply
Ads allowed Yes does not apply
System RequirementsCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Operating System does not applyWindows, Solaris, Linux, MAC OSX (any OS capable of running Java 2 Virtual Machine)
Root Access does not apply Yes
Webserver does not applyIncluded in application
Other Requirements does not applyOther than the OS, the installer takes care of all required components. Can leverage (but does not require) multi-processor, multi-core 64 bit systems
DatastorageCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Text Files does not apply Yes
MySQL does not apply No
PostgreSQL does not apply No
Oracle does not apply Optional
SQLite does not apply No
BerkeleyDB does not apply No
RCS does not apply No
Other does not applyJournaling system records all additions/changes to the data. Files are stored in WebDAV controlled folders.
Security/Anti-SpamCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes
ACL No Yes
Authentication Backends does not applyInternal Directory, LDAP, AD (including optional NTLM). Name, password, email, ACL groups can be defined by LDAP or AD queries. Hybrid authentication is supported (e.g. internal directory + LDAP)
Host Blocking No Yes
Mail Encryption   Yes
nofollow No No
Blacklist   Yes
CAPTCHA Yes Yes
Delayed Indexing    
Development/SupportCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Commercial Support Yes, 2 listed Yes, 1 listed
Preconfigured Hosting does not apply Yes
Code Repository does not applySDK and SDL Source available to customers.
Issue Tracker   via Forum, Help and dedicate customer projects on TSI's TeamPage server
Mailing List   Yes
Support Forum forum.centraldesktop.com Yes
IRC Channel   Twitter @TractionTeam
Common FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Preview Yes No
Minor Changes Yes Yes
Change Summary No Yes
Page History Yes Yes
Page Revisions Unlimited Unlimited
Revision Diffs Between all Between all
Page Index Yes Yes
Plugin System   Yes
Special FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Unicode Support Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support   Yes
Interface Languages Not localized 6 languages
German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese
Email notification Yes Yes
Comments Flat Threaded
Categories Yes Yes
Namespaces Yes Yes
Page Redirection Yes Yes
Conflict Handling Conflict Resolution Conflict Detection
Search Full Text Full Text
Wiki Farming does not apply Yes
Structured Data   Plugin
LinksCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
CamelCase Optional No
Freelinks Yes Yes
Backlinks No Yes
InterWiki Yes Yes
SisterWiki Yes No
Image Links Yes Yes
Windows Shares Yes Yes
Page Redirects   Yes
Syntax FeaturesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
HTML Tags Some Some
Math formulas No Plugin
Tables simple + complex complex
CREOLE support   No
Markdown Support No No
Textile Support No No
BBCode Support No No
Emoticon Images No Plugin
Syntax Highlighting Yes Yes
Footnotes No No
Quoting Yes Yes
Internal Comments Yes Yes
Custom styles Yes Yes
FAQ Tags No Yes
Scripting html/css/templating yes - via Rapid Selector, Plug-ins and more
Content Includes Yes Yes
Feed Aggregation Yes Yes
UsabilityCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Section Editing Yes Yes
Page Templates Yes Yes
Double-Click Edit Optional No
Toolbar Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editing Yes Yes
Access Keys Yes Yes
Auto Signature Yes Yes
StatisticsCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Recent Changes Yes Yes
Wanted Pages No Yes
Orphaned Pages No Yes
Most/Least Popular Yes Plugin
Recent Visitors Yes Plugin
Analysis Optional Yes
OutputCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
HTML HTML 4 HTML 4
CSS Stylesheets Yes Yes
Printer Friendly Print View Print View
Mobile Friendly Yes Yes
Themes & Skins Optional Yes
RSS Feeds Yes Yes
ATOM Feeds Yes Yes
Abbreviations Yes Yes
Auto-TOC Yes Yes
Raw Export Yes Yes
HTML Export Yes Plugin
XML export Yes Yes
PDF Export Yes Yes
Media and FilesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
File Attachments Yes Yes
Media Revisions Yes Yes
Embedded Flash Yes Yes
Embedded Video Yes Yes
Image Editing No No
SVG Editing No No
MindMap Editing No No
Media Search Contents Contents
ExtrasCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Calendar Yes Yes
Image Galleries Yes Plugin
Forums Yes Yes
Blogs Yes Yes
Ticket System   Yes
Syntax ExamplesCentralDesktop DetailsTraction TeamPage Details
Internal Link
WikiPage
Use GUI link dialogue, or by hand:

To Named Pages:
Within Wiki: [[link]]
Across Wiki: [[WikiName:link]]
Global: [[*:link]]

To Existing Pages / Paragraphs
WikiNameID (e.g. Marketing64 or Marketing64.03)

To "Views" - use GUI dialogue or Rapid Selector:

[[/link 'link text' ::WikiName ViewName]] 
(e.g. [[/link 'Marketing Dashboard Page' ::marketing np]]

External Link
http://www.example.com
WYSIWYG editor link dialog, link to full or partial url path (e.g. www.tractionsoftware.com is OK) or HTML in text only editor. 
Headlines
<h1>headline1</h1>
<h2>headline1</h2>
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Bold Format
<b>text</b>
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+ B in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor.  
Italics Format
<i>text</i>
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+I in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor. 
Underline Format
<u>text</u>
WYSIWYG editor selection, Ctrl+U in some browsers, or HTML in text only editor. 
Monospace Format
<pre>text</pre>
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Strikethrough Format
<strike>text</strike>
 
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
Images
<img src="image.gif" />
WYSIWYG Image Insert Tool or HTML in text only editor. Images can be local (attached) or remote. When copying from web sites, copy/paste from browser to the WYSIWYG editor. Traction server will attach and locally reference the image.
Aligning Text
<span align="right">text</span>
Left, Middle, Right Alignment controls per paragraph or table cell. 
Text Indentation
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>test</li>
</ul>
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>test</li>
</ol>
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Definition Lists  
WYSIWYG editor selection or HTML in text only editor. 
Horizontal Rule
<hr>
 
Last updated2011-11-072012-01-09