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MojoMotor - the new CMS from Ellislab

1st Jun 2010 scribed by Rob in Content management ExpressionEngine

Ellislab, the creators of Expressionengine CMS, today announced a new publishing tool called MojoMotor. It's more of a page editor than a true CMS but it looks promising.... more

How to backup your Jshop database

23rd Apr 2010 scribed by Rob in Content management Ecommerce Site management

Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that all your shop data had just disappeared and you had no backup, you'll have lost all your product and order information. Fortunately, backing up your data in Jshop is easy, here's how.... more

Expressionengine ecommerce with Cartthrob

9th Apr 2010 scribed by Rob in Ecommerce ExpressionEngine

No it's not a "Carry On" style innuendo but an Expressionengine addon that adds powerful shopping cart features.... more

8 new and updated addons for EE2.0

24th Mar 2010 scribed by Rob in ExpressionEngine

Now that Expressionengine 2.0 is built on the Codeigniter PHP framework developers have been releasing some interesting addons.... more

How to write good product descriptions

14th Feb 2010 scribed by Rob in Site management

Informed customers are more likely to buy your product, yet many ecommerce sites fail to provide essential product information that clinches a sale. Here's a guide to producing good quality product information.... more

I’m now a Sitepoint.com mentor!

10th Feb 2010 scribed by Rob in The Internet

I got a promotion! Well not really, but I was recently invited to become a forum mentor at one of the busiest webmaster forums on the planet.... more

Expressionengine 301 redirects made easier

23rd Jan 2010 scribed by Rob in ExpressionEngine

This is a super easy method of generating a list of 301 redirects in Expressionengine. If you have a lot of URL's this might save you some time!... more

Annoying email disclaimers

24th Nov 2009 scribed by Rob in The Internet

Am I the only one that finds excessive email disclaimers just plain annoying? I know there's a point to them but why try and force feed them to me on every email you send?... more

Designers - don’t remove link outlines!

15th Nov 2009 scribed by Rob in Web Design

There's an increasing tendency for some designers to remove the dotted outline from on page links. This causes a major accessibility problem, I wish they wouldn't do it...... more

New sites and EE2.0 Beta update

16th Oct 2009 scribed by Rob in ExpressionEngine Web Design

It's been a busy few months for me, lots of new sites to work on and actively testing the new Expressionengine 2.0 Beta. Time for a catchup blog post!... more