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New How-To Video: Removing index.php

Hello, you look nice today! We have a new “How-To” video just for you!

This one walks through the common task of removing index.php with the .htaccess file referenced in the user guide. Enjoy!

Remember, we have a variety of other “How-To” videos ranging from installing ExpressionEngine, to finding your server path. Check them all out on our Vimeo page.

#FRUP². April 6 Edition.

What do you get when someone takes off a Friday? The answer, a FRUP². You’ve had two whole wEEks to make something awesome with ExpressionEngine. And well, you did not disappoint.

One of the major components of the FRUP is the add-on section. To give even more meaning to this section, we’ll be denoting which add-ons are commercial with the ($) next to each add-on name. I’d include this new feature as part of the FRUP news, but then it’d be more of a FRUPception. Okay, back on topic,...

Building an ExpressionEngine Fieldtype

For my turn driving the EE blog, I thought I walk you through the creation of a new fieldtype.  Before we get started, I should probably give you a heads up about the approach I’m taking.  One of my professors once described an absolutely brilliant lecture he’d attended where a physicist was explaining some uber-high level ‘physicy’ stuff to an audience of laymen.  He did it by starting with the simplest of analogies.  Of course, the simplest of analogies was totally wrong.  But once...

The state of ExpressionEngine 2.5.0…

The ExpressionEngine 2.5.0 release has been moved from late March so that we can incorporate a first party solution for the “Euro cookie” law in 2.5.0 instead of having two releases within a very short time frame.

For those unfamiliar with the “Euro cookie” law, here’s a brief summary of the situation and why its important that an official first party solution is available.

As part of the European Parliament’s Directive 2009/136/EC, storing information on a user’s computer (through...

Pumped Up #FRUP. March 23 Edition.

It’s that time of the week again where we round up your ExpressionEngine news! Remember, you can add news to be featured in our #FRUPs by tagging it with #FRUP on Twitter, or adding it to this thread.

From EllisLab

• Have you ever wanted to write an add-on for ExpressionEngine? Have you ever wished there was a detailed guide navigating you every step of the way? Well, I suggest you read Wes Baker’s blog post entitled “Building a Plugin: Replacing Magpie”.

• Sam Wilson, our Experience...

Pass The Copypasta

The path of any creative career is characterized by many bends and twists. Often times these are meandering and gradual. But occasionally an epiphany changes the course of your career in the span of a breath.

The best framework is knowledge and practice.

  James A. Mathias (@jmathias)

Such a lightning bolt struck me a couple years ago—I asked James Mathias (quoted above) how many times he had redesigned his own site. Fifty one (at the time). All hand-coded.

Well smack me with a...

Building a Plugin: Replacing Magpie

Writing add-ons for ExpressionEngine isn’t terribly difficult once you know what you’re doing. However, before you know what you’re doing it can be a frustrating tangle of guess and check. I vividly remember writing my first plugin, and then my first extension, trying to wrap my head around how hooks work. Then I tried my hand at writing a Multiple Site Manager compatible extension and there was more confusion there.

I want to walk you through writing a plugin, the best first step...