EETemplates.com

I said I would post some larger images of the override.css that I have been toying with so people could make out some of the details. Just to be clear this is not as robust an overhaul as the override that Leevi Graham has posted. But I like it.

If you are interested in testing this out a bit just Email Me

Pictures on the comments page. Make sure to leave a comment and let me know what you would like to see changed.

For a long time now I have struggled with removing index.php from my EE websites. I have used a mix bag of the include/exclude method and add-ons that deal with making the include/exclude method easier.

This is just a quick blog post to relay some info I just learned. I am in the process of upgrading Show-ee from 1.6.8 to 1.7 and then to 2.1.4b. As part of that site we used to use FieldFrame from Pixel & Tonic. Specifically we were using the CheckBox Group fields for the checkboxes that tell what add-ons a developer used. Well as part of the process I upgraded from 1.6.8 to 1.7 but neglected to upgrade all of the add-ons before moving to 2.1.4.

This is the second installment in our Creating installable templates tutorials for ExpressionEngine. In this post we are going to talk about the actual package that needs to be delivered to the end user and all of the associated files. Plus we even have a bonus of some useful code for you.

A year ago I was perusing the user guide and wiki over on ExpressionEngine’s website for any information regarding creating your own installable templates. At that time there were none. At I just did a quick search for some of the files involved like theme_preference.php and default_content.php and the information available is still minimal.

Yeay! We’ve relaunched EETemplates.com! The biggest change is that we are now using ExpressionEngine 2 as the foundation for the site and loving it! Nothing really complex going on behind the scenes as EE does a great job of handling sites like this without the need of any add-ons. The only one we are using is FreeForm.

If you are looking for the templates they are still available. I will be releasing another blog template this week after I package it up. I am removing the demos as it was becoming a bear keeping them up to date and locking them down so spammers couldn’t use them as their play place.

If you are interested in blogging about how you use ExpressionEngine just contact me and we’ll make it happen. I am looking for add-on reviews, tutorials, code tid-bits, new add-on previews and news.

I am making some changes here at eetemplates.com. over the course of the last 2 years I have tried to figure out a way to implement templates into the CMS that I love (ExpressionEngine) thinking that there are others out there that would value having a resource where they could download a template and pick it apart to learn EE faster (we all know there is a learning curve). I know back in the day when I was doing more WordPress and Joomla development that is one of the ways I learned how those CMSs worked. Unfortunately the market for templates for ExpressionEngine is not mature enough yet to justify the time in creating templates and packaging them up. I think fundamentally this is because EE is meant to be extremely flexible and the websites that the users of EE are developing are a testimony to this. I think there will be a need in the future but for now I am going to switch the focus of this site for a time.

It’s been awhile since I have done anything for you all so I made all of the templates FREE.

I am kicking around the idea of changing the focus of this site to deal more with snippets of code for ExpressionEngine rather than selling templates. I just have not had the time to focus on them like I should. So until further notice all of the templates are free. I hope it helps some of you.