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.

Testing out WordPressMU.

So I’m playing around with the multi-blog version of WordPress to see how it works out. I had installed just a single copy of the stand-alone WordPress first and that worked just fine, but I’m a little worried about WordPressMU. Not because it’s not working, but because I can’t find where it put the database . . . → Read More: Testing out WordPressMU.

SEB entries will now be twittered.

I finally got around to setting up the ExpressionEngine LG Twitter extension by Leevi Graham. This means it should automatically tweet my twitter account with any new entries I publish. It also puts a nifty little Twitter box at the bottom of every control panel page so I can tweet at a whim while working . . . → Read More: SEB entries will now be twittered.

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 Defensio anti-spam system.

Justin Crawford of HOP Studios has created a new anti-comment spam module combo for ExpressionEngine that makes use of the Defensio service and we’re giving it a go here at SEB. It’s similar to Akismet in most respects, but gives a little more control over how comments are handled. So for the moment I’ve disabled . . . → Read More: Testing out Defensio anti-spam system.

SEB is beta testing the Tag 2.0 module.

Just upgraded the installation of the Tag module from 1.16 to 2.0 beta this evening. One of the big changes is that there is no longer a need for a custom field for tag input as there is now a Tag tab along the top of the entry editing screen which you can click on . . . → Read More: SEB is beta testing the Tag 2.0 module.

SEB now running on ExpressionEngine 1.6 and Forum Module 2.0.

Just a quick note to let folks know I’ve upgraded our installation of ExpressionEngine to the latest and greatest version along with the forum module, which few people ever use. For those folks who are interested the full change log for this version can be read here. Most of the changes are under the hood . . . → Read More: SEB now running on ExpressionEngine 1.6 and Forum Module 2.0.

SEB members can now edit their comments after submission.

ExpressionEngine coder extraordinaire Paul Burdick has answered some long standing feature requests with a nifty new plugin that allows members to edit their comments after they’ve already submitted them. This plugin is called, oddly enough, Edit Comments and it does its magic using AJAX to keep things simple.

I’ve already added it to the templates . . . → Read More: SEB members can now edit their comments after submission.

Comment pagination is back. Sidebar link should still work.

Elwed dropped me an email with a solution to the comment links in the sidebar when using paginated comments problem so I’m trying it out. This means that the comments pages are once again limited to 25 per page to help speed up page rendering on the bigger threads. The sidebar recent comment list should . . . → Read More: Comment pagination is back. Sidebar link should still work.

pMachine changes name to EllisLab and launches a shiny new site design.

The company that make ExpressionEngine,  the blogging package I use to run the various blogs including SEB, have changed their name from pMachine Inc. to EllisLab:

Six years ago we released our first product, a web publishing program called pMachine. At the time it seemed logical to call the company pMachine as well since our . . . → Read More: pMachine changes name to EllisLab and launches a shiny new site design.