http://ee-developer.com/home/articles en bas@expdesign.net Copyright 2010 2010-08-09T22:41:39+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/the-state-of-expressionengine-2/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/the-state-of-expressionengine-2/#When:22:41:39Z ExpressionEngine 2 has been out since July.  Here’s a quick review of what’s going on. Articles, Best Practices, Customization, Miscellaneous, Web Servers and Hosting 2010-08-09T22:41:39+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/the-big-reason-to-avoid-a-proprietary-closed-cms/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/the-big-reason-to-avoid-a-proprietary-closed-cms/#When:17:23:56Z Some web development firms built their sites in their own proprietary CMS. Why this is a bad idea. Articles, Best Practices, Miscellaneous, Sales and Marketing 2010-05-08T17:23:56+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengine-2.0-first-impressions/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengine-2.0-first-impressions/#When:20:21:00Z It’s here! It’s here!  Read first impressions of ExpressionEngine 2.0. Articles, Miscellaneous 2009-12-04T20:21:00+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengine-2.0-is-coming/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengine-2.0-is-coming/#When:21:24:01Z It’s coming!  Boo-yah. Quick Tips 2009-10-26T21:24:01+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-remove-index.php-from-your-expressionengine-urls/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-remove-index.php-from-your-expressionengine-urls/#When:14:23:38Z By default, ExpressionEngine URLs are ugly, always prefixed by index.php.  With a little work, you can vanquish this unneccesary piece of your URLs. Configuration, Customization, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Servers and Hosting 2009-08-10T14:23:38+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/creating-custom-google-maps-in-expressionengine-entries/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/creating-custom-google-maps-in-expressionengine-entries/#When:22:19:43Z 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. Extensions, Tutorials 2009-06-03T22:19:43+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/flash-detection-with-swfobject-and-ssp-director/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/flash-detection-with-swfobject-and-ssp-director/#When:23:25:26Z 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. Flash, Tutorials 2009-04-05T23:25:26+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/faster-template-editing-with-expandrive/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/faster-template-editing-with-expandrive/#When:03:23:17Z Are you editing your ExpressionEngine templates and laboriously uploading them again and again with FTP? There’s a better way. Miscellaneous, Quick Tips 2009-04-02T03:23:17+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengines-global-variables-are-your-friends/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/expressionengines-global-variables-are-your-friends/#When:23:24:14Z If you find yourself repeating information in your ExpressionEngine code, global variables will save you time and headache. Best Practices, Configuration, Quick Tips 2009-02-23T23:24:14+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/five-reasons-an-expressionengine-driven-site-will-benefit-your-clients/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/five-reasons-an-expressionengine-driven-site-will-benefit-your-clients/#When:20:17:00Z 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. Benefits of EE, Sales and Marketing 2009-02-21T20:17:00+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/multi-relationships-with-playa/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/multi-relationships-with-playa/#When:05:59:41Z Hard-coding sidebars in to your Expression Engine templates is easy, but inflexible.  Using the Playa Multi Relationship extension, a template group and a simple weblog, gives you great flexibility in how you order content for sidebars. Extensions, Miscellaneous, Video Tutorials 2009-02-13T05:59:41+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/choosing-a-web-host-for-your-expression-engine-site/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/choosing-a-web-host-for-your-expression-engine-site/#When:02:19:59Z With thousands of web hosts to choose from, who should you rely on to host your Expression Engine sites? Best Practices, Convention Over Configuration, Web Servers and Hosting 2009-01-28T02:19:59+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-replace-index.php-in-your-urls/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-replace-index.php-in-your-urls/#When:22:41:17Z If your server is happy with it, replacing index.php in your Expression Engine site URLs is quick and easy, and will make your URLs much prettier. Best Practices, Configuration, Customization 2009-01-08T22:41:17+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/five-expression-engine-extensions-you-should-not-be-without/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/five-expression-engine-extensions-you-should-not-be-without/#When:19:26:15Z One of the best things about Expression Engine is the pieces you can add on do it.  If this CMS doesn’t do everthing you like, you can add specific functionality quite easily.  Let’s look at five must-have extensions. Best Practices, Customization 2009-01-04T19:26:15+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/postable-convert-your-html-code-to-display-literally-in-the-browser/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/postable-convert-your-html-code-to-display-literally-in-the-browser/#When:01:17:58Z If you’re writing a tutorial or demonstrating your code, and you want to show HTML verbatim, rather that having the browser interpret it, Postable is your friend. Quick Tips 2009-01-04T01:17:58+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/creating-thumbnails-and-large-image-pop-ups-with-ee-gallery-and-lightbox/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/creating-thumbnails-and-large-image-pop-ups-with-ee-gallery-and-lightbox/#When:00:41:03Z Combining Expression Engine’s Image Gallery module with Lightbox creates nice galleries with clickable thumbnails that pop up a larger image.  It’s easy to implement, and your customers will appreciate it. Image Gallery, JavaScript 2009-01-04T00:41:03+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/categories-and-urls-explained/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/categories-and-urls-explained/#When:04:15:54Z Michael Boyink provides an excellent answer to the question: “Just exactly how do categories in URLs work”? Quick Tips 2009-01-03T04:15:54+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/easier-template-editing-with-its-all-text-extension-for-mozilla-firefox/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/easier-template-editing-with-its-all-text-extension-for-mozilla-firefox/#When:20:04:37Z Let’s face it—editing templates in Expression Engine’s textareas is not fun. The It’s All Text extension for Mozilla Firefox comes to save the day. Firefox, Quick Tips 2009-01-01T20:04:37+00:00 http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-copy-a-working-expression-engine-installation/ http://ee-developer.com/home/articles/how-to-copy-a-working-expression-engine-installation/#When:04:58:58Z Copying an Expression Engine installing is straightforward.  If you have an installation working the way you like it, why not copy it instead of going through all the steps to install a new one? By copying an existing installation, you’ll preserve all the settings, extensions, modules and plugins that you use. You can even login to the new installation with the same username and password! Best Practices, Configuration, Convention Over Configuration, Installation, Tutorials 2008-12-31T04:58:58+00:00