Monday, February 18, 2008

What Kills You About Designing for ExpressionEngine?

PSDs, PNGs, HTML, CSS, DIVs, in-line, attached – there are all sorts of things to remember when designing a website.  Take all of that, then you throw ExpressionEngine in the mix and for many, you now have what seemed like a simple project that has turned into a blank stare.

Fear not, we’re here to help. What is it that frustrates you when you are designing for ExpressionEngine? What questions do you have that you can’t seem to find the answer to? ExpressionEngine is flat awesome, and we will help you see why.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Site Spotlight: EnergyRace.com

Nice looking sites are great, but combine a nice site with a great cause and a fun concept, and you have a winner.

Energy Race is basically a site to make you aware of your carbon footprint, and show you ways to reduce it. The site itself is very clean and easy on the eyes. The design makes good use of subtle gradients which keep the layout clean but add some depth to it. Another nice thing about the design is the 1,2,3 approach of outlining what to do on the site. They really did a nice job of driving you to the get started button.

So when you have a moment, check out Energy Race and see what you think. While you are there, why not create an account and see what your footprint is and how you can reduce it. In case you are wondering, I did, and I have a badge to prove it.

Friday, February 01, 2008

Something Is Up

I have been hard at work on a few things for EE Design. There is a new look coming soon and an awesome new feature that I think will be a really great addition to the Expression Engine community. As we approach, I’ll reveal a little more about it.

In the mean time, if you have a template that you would like to share with the Expression Engine community, click on the submit link and let me know.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Free Theme Friday: The Ginty

This is the first post in what we hope will be a regular series. Introducing, Free Theme Friday where we plan to release a free Expression Engine theme for your enjoyment. To kick off our first post, we are excited to introduce The Ginty, a blog style theme for Expression Engine.


The Ginty is a standard two column layout, with a little web 2.0 flair. We hope that you will enjoy it.


To download The Ginty, use the link below:


The Ginty: An Expression Engine Template

Redirects Gone Wild

What a difference a key makes.The night before last, I was doing a little tidying up in the .htaccess file and killed my index.php file. I didn’t realize it until today.

Everything is back to normal now.

If you aren’t familiar with the .htaccess file, you should spend a little time learning about what it can do for you. Wikipedia has a lot of good information on the .htaccess file.

Pointing URLs is one of the many things it can do – just make sure you do it right.