I’m using ExpressEngine, anyone using it?
Thus far the blogs I have written for are using WordPress. When I started blogging over three years ago. I originally started with Blogger. I hated it, so limiting. I moved to the paid version of Typepad after one day with Blogger. I stayed with Typepad for six months. I grew tired of Typepad because I wanted to do more and Typepad didn’t give me the flexibility or the amount os storage that I craved.
I promptly snatched self-hosted WordPress and moved it to my website Vegan Momma. (Yes, the website Vegan Momma has been around longer than the blog.) I haven’t looked back. On a side not they turned five yesterday and through a party to the public. I would have been their if I lived in San Francisco.
Anyway the new technology website I write for uses ExpressEngine for its blogging platform. Logging into their admin panel yesterday was interesting. Everything was completely different from what I’m used to with WordPress. I saved my article in draft and pulled out the user’s manual. I had a question about the “categories” they are located in a different place. I made the updated and posted my first article with the new website. Well, I set it up to be posted.
The new website that I write for has an editor for each website. So all my articles must be approved before they are published. It’s different but that is ok. I eventually see myself working as a freelance editor for a tech or health related website so this will give me a good idea how things are done. I imagine in some ways it’s not that different from a management position. I’ve definitely had experience their.
I still need to figure out how to set up ExpressEngine with Mars Edit with it. I’m not sure if I can. These days I don’t log onto my actual blogging website to write my posts, all of my posts, including this one are done via an offline blog editor. My editor of choice is MarsEdit 2. It’s a Mac only application developed by Daniel Jalkut.
It’s not a free application, but it’s definitely worth the $30 I paid for it. The great news is you can try before you buy. You have 30 days to try out a fully functional copy of MarsEdit 2. People put a lot of time in these applications so why shouldn’t I pay for it? Also Daniel, is very helpful and has quickly answered the questions I’ve had about his application. I’ve been meaning to write a personal review about the application. I’ve been using it for several months, and my only regret is that I did not start using it as soon as it was released.
Has anyone used Express Engine with blogging? If so how do you like it?
on May 29th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
What is the advantage to using an off line blog editor? Do you know of one that words for a non-Mac, PC?
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on May 29th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hello Maria,
I surely do Window Live Writer is the one many of the freelance writers (who are on the Windows OS) use for the technology website that I write for. They seem to like it.
The main advantage is that you don’t have to log into the admin panel to write your post all of that is done offline through the blog editing platform. Windows Live Writer is free.
There are some offline editors, for the Mac that are free but I happen to prefer MarsEdit 2. The link for WindowsLive Writer is here. It also includes an instructional video http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
I looked at your website briefly I’ll be back when I have more time.
Also Thomas - Technical blogger has written several posts about Windows Live Writer he works for Microsoft. He hasn’t been posting on his blog for a few months. He is taking a break. You can check out his posts here tagged Windows Live Writer here http://scissormonkey.wordpress.com/?s=Windows+Live+Writer
I hope you have a sparkling day!
Blessings,
-Opal
on May 29th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Yes…I tried Express engine for my blog. But unable to progress as I am newbie to this stuff. Can you tell me is there any simple guide to use express engine?
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on May 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Ms. Relief,
Check out their documentation page it’s chock-full of information http://expressionengine.com/docs/
The company I write for sent me their own documentation and that has been a tremendous help.
on May 31st, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hi,
Thanks for your help!!! I am visiting the link provided to get handful of info on express engine…
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on June 3rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
You’ve made a pretty good choice there. As a hardened PHP programmer I would say that WP has some of the messiest and most bulky code of any open source I have seen. Expression engine is much more modular, but still has a way to go in my oppinion. I think there is a blog engine powered by ( http://www.symfony-project.org ). This would probably be the best blog engine from a code point of view.
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