Archives: 2010
View Your ExpressionEngine Site as if You Were Logged Out, Without Logging Out
18 August 2010 — Ever find yourself logging in and out of your ExpressionEngine site just to see what it will look like when logged out? There is a better way. There are several elements of an ExpressionEngine build that will appear only to a super user, but disappear for the average visitor to the site. The reverse can also happen. For example, on many of my EE builds I have built-in buttons for the administrator to edit the… Continue
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New iPad - Compliments of EECI2010
17 August 2010 — At EECI2010 in San Francisco, I was a lucky winner of an iPad drawing. It arrived in the mail yesterday, and these are my first impressions of the interesting new device. I'll have to admit, at first I wondered what the iPad was for exactly. I have a laptop AND a desktop, and I plan on purchasing an iPhone when my contract with Sprint is through this fall. What niche does this fourth device fall… Continue
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What EE Addons Do You Use Nearly Everytime?
12 August 2010 — On August 12, 2010, Jason Morehead wrote a blog post titled Is ExpressionEngine becoming too expensive? The ensuing comments included insight from the community and EllisLab themselves, and it was mentioned that some desired features currently only available via third-party addons to become part of the core of ExpressionEngine itself. I'm interested to find out from the community which addons they use in almost every install they do, and whether they believe that the functionality… Continue
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CSS Centering Images
6 August 2010 — Okay, this is elementary CSS stuff, but I always forget exactly how to do this. How do I properly center an image in CSS? There are several answers to this. Before I begin, it is important to remember that images are displayed inline by default. This means that they appear “in line” with text, and do not take up a whole block width the way a heading or a paragraph would. Because of this, setting… Continue
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Improve SEO with These ExpressionEngine Tips
31 July 2010 — There are many ways to provide SEO with ExpressionEngine, here are a couple of easy ones (okay, the second one is outside of EE, but you’ll love it): First of all, Use { site_url } instead of { homepage }. Using the { homepage } tag will make your links go to http://www.yoursite.com/index.php, whereas the { site_url } tag goes to http://www.yoursite.com. A subtle difference, and one that at least Google can figure out, but… Continue
How to Move an ExpressionEngine Website from One Server to Another
30 July 2010 — Sometimes clients want to move their ExpressionEngine website from one server to another. Perhaps they’re changing webhosts, or perhaps they want a working backup for development purposes. This post is a guide for how to backup and move your ExpressionEngine-powered website. It is a guide for EE 1.6.x In order to move an ExpressionEngine website, we need to transfer two things: The Files The Database Transferring Files This can be done using your favorite FTP… Continue
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Social Media Advertising Likes You
25 July 2010 — Social media advertising might be uncharted territory but Facebook proves that it’s not what you know, but who you know, that sells. According to a recent Nielsen/Facebook report, if my friends like it, I’m more likely to buy it. Survey data from 800,000 Facebook users was analyzed recently to study different responses to more than 125 Facebook ad campaigns from 70 different brand advertisers. The result? Personalization sells. The joint report, Advertising Effectiveness: Understanding the… Continue
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