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Why ExpressionEngine is Great for Designers

FortySeven Media
September 27, 2011

Why ExpressionEngine is Great for Designers

A quick look at why ExpressionEngine is the best CMS tool for designers.

FortySeven Media

September 27, 2011
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  1. WEB PUBLISHING TEMPLATE ENGINE ADD-ONS COMMENTING COMMUNICATION SEARCH MEMBER MANAGEMENT

    TYPOGRAPHY SPAM DETERRENTS DATA CACHING SECURITY UTILITIES
  2. TOP DESIGNERS & AGENCIES USE IT FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL TEMPLATING CUSTOM

    PUBLISHING CONTROL OVER CODE EASY SYNTAX STRONG SUPPORT & COMMUNITY
  3. TEMPLATES Welcome to complete freedom. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML

    1.0 Transitional//EN" "http:// www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="http://fortysevenmedia.com/favicon.ico"/> <meta name="keywords" content="web design, graphic design" /> <title>FortySeven Media ~ Kick Awesome Web Design, Graphic Design &amp; Media Creation ~ Knoxville, TN</title>
  4. TEMPLATES Welcome to complete freedom. <meta name="keywords" content="web design, graphic

    design" /> <meta name="author" content="FortySeven Media" /> <meta name="copyright" content="&copy; 2008 FortySeven Media" /> <title>FortySeven Media ~ Kick Awesome Web Design, Graphic Design &amp; Media Creation ~ Knoxville, TN</title> {html_head}
  5. TEMPLATES Welcome to complete freedom. <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a class="current"

    href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/dont_hire/">Don't Hire Us</a></li> <li><a href="/portfolio/">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="/services/">Services</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="/about/">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="/contact/">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div>
  6. TEMPLATES Welcome to complete freedom. <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a {if

    '{embed:loc}' == 'home'}class="current"{/if} href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/dont_hire/">Don't Hire Us</a></li> <li><a href="/portfolio/">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="/services/">Services</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="/about/">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="/contact/">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div>
  7. CHANNELS/WEBLOGS Customized updatable content. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/blog/article/console_for_la_live/">Console

    for LA Live <br /><span class="date">07-09-09</span></a></li> <li><a href="/blog/article/console_for_majestic_star_casino/">Console for Majestic Star Casino <br /><span class="date">07-02-09</span></a></li> <li><a href="/blog/article/launch_party_at_the_hard_rock/">Launch Party at the Hard Rock <br /><span class="date">05-13-09</span></a></li> <li><a href="/blog/article/welcome_to_the_new_site/">Welcome to the New Site! <br /><span class="date">05-13-09</span></a></li> </ul>
  8. CHANNELS/WEBLOGS Customized updatable content. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul> {exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog"

    orderby="date" sort="desc" limit="5"} <li><a href="{url_title_path="blog/article"}">{title} <br /><span class="date">{entry_date format="%m-%d-%y"}</span></a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} </ul>
  9. CODE CONTROL Putting it all together. <a class="lightwindow" params="lightwindow_width=504, lightwindow_height=379"

    title="Title Goes Here" href="http://vimeo.com/ moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3287538&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp; show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=8cd1c2&amp;f ullscreen=0&amp;autoplay=1">Click to Play</a>
  10. CODE CONTROL Putting it all together. {exp:weblog:entries weblog="work" orderby="date" sort="desc"

    limit="5"} <a class="lightwindow" params="lightwindow_width={video_width}, lightwindow_height={video_height}" title="{title}" href="http:// vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id={video}&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp; show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=8cd1c2&amp;f ullscreen=0&amp;autoplay=1">Click to Play</a> {/exp:weblog:entries}
  11. CODE CONTROL Putting it all together. {exp:weblog:entries weblog="work" orderby="date" sort="desc"

    limit="5"} {embed="global/global_videolink" title="{title}" video="{video}" video_width="{video_width}" video_height="{video_height}"} {/exp:weblog:entries}
  12. CODE CONTROL Putting it all together. <a class="lightwindow" params="lightwindow_width={embed:video_width}, lightwindow_height={embed:video_height}"

    title="{embed:title}" href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id={embed:video}&amp; server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&a mp;color=8cd1c2&amp;fullscreen=0&amp;autoplay=1">Click to Play</a>
  13. SYNTAX Even I can understand it. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul>

    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" sort="desc" limit="5"} <li><a href="{url_title_path="blog/article"}">{title} <br /><span class="date">{entry_date format="%m-%d-%y"}</span></a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} </ul>
  14. SYNTAX Even I can understand it. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul>

    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" sort="asc" limit="5"} <li><a href="{url_title_path="blog/article"}">{title} <br /><span class="date">{entry_date format="%m-%d-%y"}</span></a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} </ul>
  15. SYNTAX Even I can understand it. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul>

    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="date" sort="asc" limit="2"} <li><a href="{url_title_path="blog/article"}">{title} <br /><span class="date">{entry_date format="%m-%d-%y"}</span></a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} </ul>
  16. SYNTAX Even I can understand it. <h3>Recent Blog Entries</h3> <ul>

    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="blog" orderby="random" limit="5"} <li><a href="{url_title_path="blog/article"}">{title} <br /><span class="date">{entry_date format="%m-%d-%y"}</span></a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} </ul>
  17. TOP DESIGNERS & AGENCIES USE IT FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL TEMPLATING CUSTOM

    PUBLISHING CONTROL OVER CODE EASY SYNTAX STRONG SUPPORT & COMMUNITY