Feature Comparison
Note: This document is an extract from a much larger document.
The following table compares the feature sets found between MODX and leading MOD description formats. As you can see, MODX has the most features.
Table 1
| Feature |
MODX |
Text Template |
Unix Diff |
BoardMod |
SMF |
| Header information |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Title |
i18n |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Description |
i18n |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Author Notes |
i18n |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Multiple Authors |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Author Username |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Author Real Name |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Author E-mail |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Author Homepage |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
MOD |
| Author Contributions |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Version |
Yes (typed) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Installation skill level |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Installation time |
Yes (SI units) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Target Version |
Yes (typed) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| EasyMOD Compatible |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Mod-config |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| MOD History |
Yes (typed) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| MOD History log |
i18n |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Meta data |
Yes |
Ignored |
No |
No |
No |
| SQL Actions |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Via PHP |
| Copy Files |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Find Action |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Find using regex |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Edit Actions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Action Comments |
Edit block |
All |
No |
No |
No |
| In-Line actions |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Operation/Increment |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Error handling |
No1 |
No1 |
No |
No |
Yes |
| White space handling |
No2 |
No2 |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Insert before last ‘?>’ |
No3 |
No3 |
No3 |
No |
Yes |
| Integrated with forum |
With MOD4 |
With MOD4 |
No |
No |
Yes |
1 Error handling is up to the user installing the MOD, whether by hand or by EasyMOD.
2 White space handling is automatically handled by EasyMOD, or the judgement of a manual installer.
3 Proper search seed identification techniques can avoid the need for this.
4 EasyMOD for phpBB can be downloaded separately and integrates into the forum
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