Moving from ExpressionEngine to WordPress in 64 easy steps.

I’ve had a lot of requests for a post on how I moved my ExpressionEngine blogs over to WordPress so here it, finally, is. And, no, it doesn’t really take 64 steps.

The problem with moving from EE to WordPress is that while WP has an impressive selection of importing tools for various platforms built . . . → Read More: Moving from ExpressionEngine to WordPress in 64 easy steps.

Defensio Combo anti-spam module now available for ExpressionEngine.

The guys at Hop Studios have just released version 1.0 of their Defensio Combo module for EE. We’ve been testing it for awhile here at SEB and I’m happy to say that I like it better than Akismet. It makes use of the Defensio Anti-Spam service which not only learns from spam and flags it . . . → Read More: Defensio Combo anti-spam module now available for ExpressionEngine.

Testing out Bad Behavior 2 extension for EE.

Paul Burdick, super amazing programmer and CTO of pMachine makers of ExpressionEngine, has just released an extension for EE that allows us to make use of the much ballyhooed Bad Behavior 2 anti-comment/trackback spam system that was originally developed for WordPress. So, being the popular target of spammers that we tend to be I figured . . . → Read More: Testing out Bad Behavior 2 extension for EE.

pMachine announces the ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shoot Out.

Now this is pretty cool. The guys at pMachine who produce the script we use to run SEB and the other blogs I host are holding a contest to find out the cool ways people are using ExpressionEngine:

Do you have an ExpressionEngine website that you think is pretty cool?  Enter your website in the . . . → Read More: pMachine announces the ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shoot Out.

ExpressionEngine 1.4 released along with a new free version.

The folks at pMachine.com have just released the latest version of ExpressionEngine and announced that they are now providing a free version of EE called ExpressionEngine Core for folks that want to take advantage of EE as a platform for their personal sites, but don’t need the full power provided by the personal license:

Back . . . → Read More: ExpressionEngine 1.4 released along with a new free version.

Some cool new features coming in ExpressionEngine 1.4.

Saw this blurb on the pMachine forums from Rick talking about some of the cool new goodies we can expect in the 1.4 release of ExpressionEngine:

Here are a few items we’ve already finished.  There’s more on the way, but I think we’ll keep some things secret.

* Added the ability to have Extensions.  One . . . → Read More: Some cool new features coming in ExpressionEngine 1.4.

Paul Burdick, CTO of ExpressionEngine, goes video.

This was an interesting idea. Paul Burdick, one of the folks who puts together ExpressionEngine, sat down and did up a small 3 minute video entry on his blog where he talks about what’s coming up in the development process. Among other things will be a new template for the forum module to show what’s . . . → Read More: Paul Burdick, CTO of ExpressionEngine, goes video.

How to use w.bloggar with ExpressionEngine 1.3.x.

I promised John Hoke that I would explain how I got w.bloggar working with ExpressionEngine so here’s that promised entry. The truth is that with the release of version 1.3 which includes the new Metaweblog API it’s a pretty easy thing to do.

Install the Metaweblog API module into ExpressionEngine if you haven’t already done . . . → Read More: How to use w.bloggar with ExpressionEngine 1.3.x.

ExpressionEngine 1.3.1 is now available.

This point release was set loose on 29th and I forgot to mention it then so I’m doing it now. Also released is version 1.1 of the forum module for those of you who picked that option up. This release is mainly a bug fix, but there are some cool new features as well such . . . → Read More: ExpressionEngine 1.3.1 is now available.

ExpressionEngine 1.3 is about to enter beta.

And it looks like it’s going to bring a lot of goodies with it. Rick and the crew just migrated the pMachine website over to ExpressionEngine 1.3 Beta in preparation. It was still running under their pMachine software previously because that had a forum functionality that EE didn’t… until now. The new forum module for . . . → Read More: ExpressionEngine 1.3 is about to enter beta.