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Apply the DRY Principle to Build Websites With ExpressionEngine 2

Apply the DRY Principle to Build Websites With ExpressionEngine 2

on Dec 9th 2010 with 55 comments

ExpressionEngine 2 is a wonderful content management system and arguably the most designer-friendly CMS out there, used by many well-known names, like A List Apart, Andy Clarke and Veerle Pieters. Ironically, however, it’s default configuration is poorly suited to use in a professional web development workflow, which usually involves multiple sites, servers, and developers.

This tutorial will show you how to customize ExpressionEngine 2 so you can hit the ground running with a rock solid yet flexible starting point that can easily deploy to multiple environments in minutes.

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Creating a Google Map with ExpressionEngine

on May 13th 2009 with 62 comments

As Richard Tape has begun to show in his part 1 and part 2 articles on Becoming an ExpressionEngine Superstar, EE is a flexible and easy to customize CMS. Now that everyone has some understanding of how EE works, I thought I would take this opportunity to show a relatively real world example of creating a dynamic Google Map powered by EE.

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Become an ExpressionEngine Superstar in 5 days

Become an ExpressionEngine Superstar in 5 Days: Part 2

on Apr 21st 2009 with 83 comments

Continuing on from part 1 in this series — where we briefly looked at why we would consider paying for a CMS, then went on to install EE and have a look around — we will now delve much deeper into what makes ExpressionEngine such a powerful CMS. Many people are put off by its steeper learning curve; today’s tutorial will try and alleviate some of those worries.

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