ExpressionEngine blog

EE2.6 new relationship tags

The revamped entry relationship tags are more flexible than the documentation suggests!

Working with ExpressionEngine’s stock email form

ExpressionEngine’s stock email form can often confuse new developers, so here’s a rundown of a few techniques you can use.

All change at Ellislab

Recently, Ellislab (makers of ExpressionEngine) restructured their business. Here's a summary of the key support and licence changes.

Stick it to MS 2012

On Sunday 15th July 2012 about 850 drummers from across the United Kingdom gathered in Manchester to take part in Stick it to MS 2012, an event to break the world record for the number of drummers drumming simultaneously and to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis.

ExpressionEngine - measuring performance during development

When you're developing an ExpressionEngine site and you get to optimisation there are some often overlooked Standard Global Variables that can come in useful.

Creative uses for Low Variables

Low Variables is a highly flexible ExpressionEngine addon that has totally changed the way site owners can manage miscellaneous content.

ExpressionEngine missing images

I spent a good hour or two today trying to figure out why images were not appearing in an ExpressionEngine publish page, file browser and the front end.

Reducing database queries in ExpressionEngine

I did some quick testing on reducing database queries in ExpressionEngine to see what optimisations give which results.

Notes from EEUK 2011

I finally made it to an ExpressionEngine conference - EEUK 2011, held in Manchester on 26th August 2011!

ExpressionEngine - adding Flowplayer video player

A quick walkthrough tutorial for adding Flowplayer video player to an ExpressionEngine site.

EE1 to EE2 upgrade notes

I finally got around to upgrading my site from ExpressionEngine 1.x to the latest version 2.x. During the upgrade I encountered a few oddities which may be of help when you do an upgrade.

Building dev-ee.com

A technical write up on how I built the new Dev-ee.com site and how I overcame a few build issues along the way.

dev-ee.com - a new ExpressionEngine developer directory

I'd like to announce a new site launch! dev-ee.com is a brand new directory site for clients all around the world to locate Eexpressionengine designers and developers.

Book review - Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2

A review of Leonard Murphy's ExpressionEngine eBook updated for EE2. Unlike the previous edition this version is more "hands on" by focussing on building your site, as well as introducing EE2's new features.

‘Hidden’ features in ExpressionEngine 2

EE2 has a shedload of new features, especially for developers. Not all are widely documented so here's a few you might not know about.