Comments on: WordPress and Blog Updates

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:56:03 +0000

Chris,
YES! Veerle's blog is actually what first got me intrigued about EE in the first place. Then EE 2.0 was previewed at SXSWi and I saw their screencast online (http://expressionengine.com/ee2_sneak_preview/) and just totally, totally fell in love. Your comments on my blog in February really had me intrigued too. Veerle designed the new backend interface for EE 2.0 and it just looks so amazing. And I'm a sucker for a clean, pretty (and functional -- though obviously that is hard to tell from a screencast, it looks pretty functional) interface.

Out of the box, I agree, WP is tops. For my personal site, I really don't see myself using anything else (and I've tried the latest releases of the other OpenSource blog/CMS platforms recently to compare). But when I look at something like EE, I can't help but think "yup, THAT'S worth paying for." I'm having fun playing around with the free core version of EE right now (to get a sense of how much I like it before plunking down the money for a license) and although I might end up waiting for 2.0, from what I've seen, I've been extremely impressed.

By: Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:41:44 +0000

I've worked with Expression Engine and I have to say that aside from the longer ramp-up time to get something developed against the framework, it's a hell of a lot of fun to use. I have also used the spin-off framework "Code Igniter" which was based on the EE core (I believe), and it's amazing to work with. There's obviously some growing pains with either framework, but for client projects, I'm hooked on CI.

It was a very tough decision for me when I was forced to choose between EE and WP. In many ways EE is superior, but as an our of the box solution, WP still has a lot to offer -- but who knows, I may just switch back over.

Here's a pretty popular example of design & EE at work: http://veerle.duoh.com/

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:29:54 +0000

Thanks Aaron -- that's good to know! If I do end up using that for anything, it'll be for filmgirl.tv -- not christinawarren.com. I'm pretty satisfied with WordPress for blogging, I just get itchy to try new CMSes and tools.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:17:24 +0000

Be careful with Expression Engine. Though it is nice, it is very difficult to move off of. Though if you DO decide to go that route and then want to back out later, I might have a little experience I can lend.

By: Jay (Twitter @qthrul)

Jay (Twitter @qthrul) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:37:27 +0000

Thanks for the Fluency Admin plugin recommendation! Amazing difference!

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:00:03 +0000

I finally got around to upgrading my WP install on a seldom-used weblog. From 2.0.7 for me (yes, it's been a while). It seems pretty good, but I don't like the image uploader. The ajax is nice, but it won't insert the image code into the post. I end up with a blank, white window. Luckily the media library gives me a URL so I can paste it into the post manually. But it's an extra, unneeded step.