Win Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6

Packt Publishing sent us several copies of Leonard’s Murphy’s Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6. Though it is not the first EE book, it is the first dedicated EE book from an established technology publisher!

Let’s get to the important part first. We’re giving away 2 copies of Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6. To enter all you have to do is post to the Discussion thread linked at the top of this post before Tuesday (September 23), 3pm Central. To win you have to be somewhere that a major shipping service in the US will ship to (UPS, FedEX, USPS). That should be most of you. Oh, Mark Bowen is ineligible to win since he is the book’s Technical Reviewer and already has a copy. Good luck!

If we weren’t super-busy with that thing we’re working on, we’d give it an expanded review. I’m also sick (its 24 hour fever season in Lincoln NE).

But here is the condensed version. The book is aimed at beginners but has enough extras to keep those with a couple of EE sites interested as well. If you’re already an EE guru, its a good collector’s item for your bookshelf that you can lend to interested friends or an opportunity to see how someone else approaches EE (everyone has their own flavor). While we could nitpick this and that, the bottom line is that its a solid book that delivers on its title’s promise. Leonard has the sample code and website available for download.

Note that Leonard is not a graphic designer (and doesn’t claim to be). That is clear in the book’s examples. If you are brand new to EE, check out the Showcase to see just what can be done with EE.

If you want expanded reviews, Jensa posted one on Flashgamer and simsa reviewed it for TXP Magazine.