Expression Engine move on hold
· 21 April 08 by Matt Robin ...With 1 Comments so far!
So far, Expression Engine has impressed me…it is a seriously good CMS and does some things really well.
I have also discovered (sadly) that the things I want to do with it, for this site, are beyond the abilities of the ‘Core’ (free) version that I’ve been practising on! In other words: in order to do what I want to do with it, I would have to be using the ‘all singing, all dancing’ paid-for ‘Commercial’ version.
It is worth the money (over twice my annual hosting bill for the initial purchase though!)…but not for something I’m still learning, and, not for something that is about to have a totally new version (2.0) launched sometime this Summer! …I can wait for that as it does look very, very good indeed! ;)
So, in the meantime, I’ll be staying put with Textpattern for the site CMS, and this means I am turning my attention back to the long-overdue redesign as well (and more regular content updates!)
Before doing anything else on a redesign though, it makes sense to bring my own install of Textpattern up to date…so, last night, I backed-up everything (twice!) and did a LIVE upgrade from version 4.0.4. to version 4.0.6. (the latest release).
It went seamlessly and only took about 30 minutes to do – I am slightly impressed with that.
Now, back to that redesign…. ;)
Gary Horsman
Hey there. Fellow Textpattern user here. I’m trying out Expression Engine too experimentally. I think it may be useful to get a couple of CMSes under my belt for the sake of keeping other options open.
But I admit to being a true TXP fan. It’s almost miraculous how a seeming obstacle can actually be overcome with a little patience, research, ingenuity and some life-saving plug-ins.