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ExpressionEngine Basics: Publication Workflow

This ExpressionEngine Basics post covers the fundamental steps involved in creating a publication workflow. In this quick example we’re only going to work with the default status groups and 2 member groups, but you could use information here to start building much more robust workflows.

Creating featured posts section in Expression Engine

This brief tutorial shows a quick way of creating a “featured posts” section for your Expression Engine website. This method involved using a drop-down list with options to include/exclude the post from the featured posts section.

Secure Downloads in Expression Engine

This tutorial covers using two free plugins for Expression Engine, File Upload & Lock Download, to create a secure area for sharing files with members of your EE site. At the conclusion of this tutorial, you will have created a system whereby administrators can easily upload files to a folder, and members logged into the site will be able to download files without actually being able to see the true URL of the file.

Building an iPhone Template for Expression Engine

This tutorial shows how to create a quick and simple iPhone-specific template for Expression Engine using Joe Hewitt’s iUI framework. This is an introductory tutorial and only covers a fraction what’s possible using iUI. For more information, I suggest reading more at Google Code, Joe’s blog, or iPhone and iPod touch Programming (published by Wrox). [...]

Working With Expression Engine (Part I)

I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately experimenting with and researching web content management systems. I have been looking for a CMS or flexible blog system for my company’s web site as well as a couple of personal projects currently in development. I’ve always liked Wordpress and have used it for several clients in [...]