ExpressionEngine Articles, Tutorials and Quick Tips

It’s here! It’s here!  Read first impressions of ExpressionEngine 2.0.

It’s coming!  Boo-yah.

By default, ExpressionEngine URLs are ugly, always prefixed by index.php.  With a little work, you can vanquish this unneccesary piece of your URLs.

Google maps are great, but the default maps aren’t always accurate.  Learn how to generate customized and flexible Google maps and links within ExpressionEngine.

Flash detection is a very important thing. I wish that all visitors had a current version of the flash player. I also wish that I could eat ice cream 3 meals a day, but that’s just not reality. It’s up to us to make sure that the website our visitors come to directs them to download the right version of the flash player so that they can see the content we intended them to see the way we intended them to see it.

Are you editing your ExpressionEngine templates and laboriously uploading them again and again with FTP? There’s a better way.

If you find yourself repeating information in your ExpressionEngine code, global variables will save you time and headache.

Most clients know they need a quality web site.  However, they may be wary of using a CMS.  Here are some tips for convincing them of the value of an ExpressionEngine-driven site.  These reasons may seem obvious to you, but perhaps they are not obvious to your clients.