I recently upgraded this site’s content management system from ExpressionEngine 1.7 to 2.2. I had been holding off on the upgrade, as it always ends up taking more time than expected. I also did not like some of the changes from version 1.x to 2.x, but there were enough advantages to finally merit an upgrade.
A high-quality, customizable theme for magazines and blogs.
A simple, but nice set of files for a personal website—used briefly for my own website. These are free for you to download and use.
I have been working with ExpressionEngine as my content management system of choice for about a year. In order to develop a demonstration site to attract new business, I created a site for a fictitious architecture firm.
This post describes how to view local sites using MAMP and Parallels with minimal configuration. I am using MAMP 1.7, Parallels 4.0 and Windows XP, and OS X 10.5.6. This is definitely not the only method, but it works for me, and it’s easy to set up. I realize MAMP is not completely necessary on OS X, but the one-click installation is nice and suits my purposes for now.
A difficult concept to understand when starting to develop with ExpressionEngine is URL structure, and how this impacts the different modules. I wanted to set up a simple sub navigation mechanism where individual entries are listed under their category. I didn’t want all entries listed for each category, I only wanted to display the entries for the category currently being viewed.