Comments on: Expression Engine http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/ Official site of Shaun Groves - musician, speaker, advocate for children living in poverty Mon, 21 May 2012 00:43:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Steven http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14770 Steven Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:55:38 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14770 <p>Great job with describing the two. Seeing how simple=me at this point and time as far as blogging goes, I believe I will stick with my buddy WordPress. But possibly one day in the future… </p> <p> The site looks fantastic Kat. As doesn yours. </p> Great job with describing the two. Seeing how simple=me at this point and time as far as blogging goes, I believe I will stick with my buddy WordPress. But possibly one day in the future…

The site looks fantastic Kat. As doesn yours.

]]> By: Kat http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14769 Kat Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:43:29 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14769 <p>By the way, just to give a bit more background on EE for those who might like to use it, I thought I’d do a bit of a comparison on EE and Wordpress. They’re both great scripts, but with very different userbases. </p> <p> Wordpress can be summed up with one word: <br /> 1. Simple - It’s free, really easy to install, use and customize. It’s easy to create custom designs and add plugins and such. It’s great for blogging and as a simple and content managment system. </p> <p> Expression Engine, rather than being the up and coming karate kid, is more like a ninja. Complex and powerful. </p> <p> Expression Engine isn’t for beginning bloggers. If you’d like to set it up yourself and create your own custom design, you’ll need to be comfortable with xhtml, css and be willing to learn EE’s powerful tag engine. There is no “one click” template change like with Wordpress. </p> <p> At the same time, though, if you start your blog on EE, I can pretty much guarantee that you’ll never outgrow it. Once configured, it can efficiently run a simple site like mine, a more complex site like Shaun’s or huge community driven sites like ipodlounge.com or mac360.com. I don’t think I’ve run across anything that EE can’t do. </p> <p> Some of the most well known designers and design firms run EE (<a href="http://www.erskinedesign.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.erskinedesign.com/</a> and <a href="http://veerle.duoh.com/" rel="nofollow">http://veerle.duoh.com/</a>). </p> <p> All that to say, I highly endorse it, but if you’re just looking to set up a quick blog that has lots of ready made designs, Wordpress might be your best bet. </p> <p> Once set up, EE can be very simple to use for the average blogger, but setting it up can be quite complex. But if you want a really powerful and complex blog or business site, then I definitely recommend looking into EE. I’ve honestly not come across anything that compares. </p> <p> I hope that’s helpful information. I do love talking tech...I could go on and on. I guess I just did...sorry. </p> By the way, just to give a bit more background on EE for those who might like to use it, I thought I’d do a bit of a comparison on EE and WordPress. They’re both great scripts, but with very different userbases.

Wordpress can be summed up with one word:

1. Simple – It’s free, really easy to install, use and customize. It’s easy to create custom designs and add plugins and such. It’s great for blogging and as a simple and content managment system.

Expression Engine, rather than being the up and coming karate kid, is more like a ninja. Complex and powerful.

Expression Engine isn’t for beginning bloggers. If you’d like to set it up yourself and create your own custom design, you’ll need to be comfortable with xhtml, css and be willing to learn EE’s powerful tag engine. There is no “one click” template change like with WordPress.

At the same time, though, if you start your blog on EE, I can pretty much guarantee that you’ll never outgrow it. Once configured, it can efficiently run a simple site like mine, a more complex site like Shaun’s or huge community driven sites like ipodlounge.com or mac360.com. I don’t think I’ve run across anything that EE can’t do.

Some of the most well known designers and design firms run EE (http://www.erskinedesign.com/ and http://veerle.duoh.com/).

All that to say, I highly endorse it, but if you’re just looking to set up a quick blog that has lots of ready made designs, WordPress might be your best bet.

Once set up, EE can be very simple to use for the average blogger, but setting it up can be quite complex. But if you want a really powerful and complex blog or business site, then I definitely recommend looking into EE. I’ve honestly not come across anything that compares.

I hope that’s helpful information. I do love talking tech…I could go on and on. I guess I just did…sorry.

]]> By: Kat http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14768 Kat Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:18:30 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14768 <p>Dan, we’ll take care of that RSS feed for you. Thanks for giving us the heads up. </p> Dan, we’ll take care of that RSS feed for you. Thanks for giving us the heads up.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14767 Shaun Groves Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:37:16 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14767 <p>Thanks Dan.  Which feed are you using?  Atom?  Rss 2.0?  Feedburner? </p> <p> Let us know and we’ll get that fixed for you pronto. </p> <p> SG </p> Thanks Dan.  Which feed are you using?  Atom?  Rss 2.0?  Feedburner?

Let us know and we’ll get that fixed for you pronto.

SG

]]> By: Dan "da Man" http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14766 Dan "da Man" Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:33:35 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14766 <p>Plus, the beauty of Expresion Engine is that it could almost pass as WordPress and Kat has made it look great!  Good job everybody! </p> Plus, the beauty of Expresion Engine is that it could almost pass as WordPress and Kat has made it look great!  Good job everybody!

]]> By: Dan "da Man" http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14765 Dan "da Man" Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:32:46 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14765 <p>Just a note for Shaun and Kat… the RSS feed hasn’t been performing too well.  Maybe I have an old one, but all the links to the post go to a page with a pic of Shaun and his dad.  Nice, but I wanted ro read about Expression Engine. </p> Just a note for Shaun and Kat… the RSS feed hasn’t been performing too well.  Maybe I have an old one, but all the links to the post go to a page with a pic of Shaun and his dad.  Nice, but I wanted ro read about Expression Engine.

]]> By: ally simpson http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14764 ally simpson Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:33:12 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2006/12/expression-engine/#comment-14764 <p>the new site looks great man......................nice one </p> the new site looks great man………………….nice one

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