ExpressionEngine
The wonderful CMS none as ExpressionEngine.
Mon, December 21, 2009 · 11:03 PM
As I develop sites with ExpressionEngine (EE), I’m always looking for ways to improve the clients experience with the control panel. Today, I’m going to talk about a recent strategy I’ve begun to use.
This technique requires a just one extension: Publisher’s Clearinghouse. It also utilizes the “New Tab” feature of EE.
In a nutshell, hide a single-entry-purposed weblog from the publish tab and create a separate tab...
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Posted by Jim in Tutorial/Tips · ExpressionEngine · (0) Comments
Wed, July 08, 2009 · 03:15 PM
Remember the pain of building your first web site? You spend hours on something so small, but once you complete the task, you have an internal battle of glee from the new thing you just learned and disbelief at the amount of time it took you to accomplish the task.
Hours are spent not just fixing the footer, but redoing the exact same fix to all the other pages on your site. Then you get done and tweek something...
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Posted by Jim in CMS Basics · ExpressionEngine · Web Design · (0) Comments
Thu, April 09, 2009 · 12:05 AM
The more I use ExpressionEngine the more thoroughly impressed I am with it. Outside of all its out-of-the box capability, it has a strong community of developers who build killer add-ons to make a great CMS system even better.
I just installed REEOrder, a module/extension from Elwin Zuiderveld. This module allows you to manually change the order of entries for any given weblog. In my case, I am working on Canyon...
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Posted by Jim in ExpressionEngine · Web Design · (0) Comments
Thu, January 22, 2009 · 09:26 PM
I just finished a meeting with 3 of the 4 members from the Canyon Creek Church web team, and I am stoked for the launch of the church’s new site. Tanya, the designer, has been hard at work with the new look. It is gonna be amazing. Growing up in the church, I’ve seen a lot of horrible church web sites, and I am proud to say that all the hard work Tanya has put in is paying off.
As she finishes the design, Rob, our...
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Posted by Jim in ExpressionEngine · Religion/Beliefs · Web Design · (0) Comments