[Tfug] Expressionengine

[Joshua Zeidner]

Keith,

  Why not use Drupal?

-jmz



On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Basically he wants to build a hierarchical website where he can add
> categories and content pages.  Pretty simple.  However sometime in the
> future he may want to do more.  So expandability is important.  I cannot
> tell you what that expansion might look like.  He will be using a third
> party like Mail Chimp to manage his subscribers and manage his mailing
> list.
>
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> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Thu, 2/16/12, Arthur Richards <awjrichards at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Arthur Richards <awjrichards at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Expressionengine
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:37 AM
>
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> It would help to know more about what your friend is planning to do with
> the website - eg hosting a blog, managing weekly newsletters, letting users
> log in to do various tasks, etc. There are many tools out there, picking
> the right one depends on the specifics of the job at hand.
>
> I used to do some development on ExpressionEngine a few years back - as a
> CMS/blog engine, it's perfectly adequate, if clunky, a little flaky, and
> IMHO not that well written. I recall the UI leaving much to be desired,
> particularly from an admin's point of view. Then again, it's been about 4
> years since I've worked on the project so much has likely changed.
>
> Best,
> Arthur
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:24 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> A friend is building a website for his water well ministry.  He is looking
> at possibly using Expressionengine.  I had not heard of it until a couple
> of weeks ago.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else may have used it and if so your opinion.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
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