Comments on: Why I Love Expression Engine (CMS)

By: Boyink

Boyink — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:08:24 +0000

Sorry – missed the response..so here I am a month later…;)

Thanks for the comment — but Portland wasn’t close enough?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:57:07 +0000

boyink – Love your website. Do a seminar in northern California sometime!

By: marcus neto

marcus neto — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:36:20 +0000

Nice article. Certainly each of the CMSs mentioned has its place. I went through the same search that it sounds like you went through in finding my perfect CMS and right now it is definitely EE. The community is great/helpful and the community is growing. I just wish people could see past the license fee as it has so much to offer that they are missing out for a paltry sum.

By: Boyink

Boyink — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:31:57 +0000

Aw man…dinged for being a midwesterner…:). We are coming to the left coast in a couple of weeks….

Thanks for the mention and the comments!

By: organizedfellow

organizedfellow — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:22:38 +0000

Incredibly thoughtful introduction for new EE users, and those who never heard of it.
I too, am a hapEE user

By: TypeSett

TypeSett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:24:41 +0000

Thanks Drew, when I was writing it — I definitely thought I should take it seriously and offer a personal account of my experience rather than a “expert’s point of view”.

As for the interface compared to WP — Happy Cog did an amazing job with the new WP (2.5 and beyond right?). I think EE 2.0 will have to step up their game for sure. I will qualify that statement by saying EE has more features to offer, so it may not be fair to compare.

By: TypeSett

TypeSett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:18:38 +0000

I agree with you that EE is not perfect… but I think I’ve tried to curb my enthusiasm enough to say that they offer support and there is a quality community behind it. You outlined some specific black marks, but it’s a good thing they don’t apply to core functionality. BTW, I’m actually decently happy that they are carefully and thoughtfully developing EE 2.0 with a thorough testing plan. I hope EE 2.0 will address your issues!

By: TypeSett

TypeSett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:11:41 +0000

giovanni — I agree! I’m proud of the fact that I know I thoughtfully considered the implementation of EE to meet my clients needs and it warms my heart to know that when we check up on them they seem to really love it!

By: TypeSett

TypeSett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:09:58 +0000

Hi Matthew, thx and you’re right — I wouldn’t pressure a client who didn’t need the functionality of EE to use it. Some of our smaller clients would bristle at an additional monetary expenditure without just cause… especially these days!

By: TypeSett

TypeSett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:07:34 +0000

Hi Luc — Thx and I wanted to say that some people have commented (on EE forums) that I am using WordPress for this website. My answer to that would be probably similar to yours… I consider WP to be different in that it specializes for blogs. Also, my workplace specifically builds WP communities for clients too, so it’s good to know both really well (and there is nothing like “knowing” like actually “using”).