ExpressionEngine Community Forums Copyright (c) 2008 ExpressionEngine tag:expressionengine.com,2008:07:08 Plans for no index.php and template group for EE 2.0? tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84568 2008-07-08T23:48:33Z WTHIGO? This may be answered somewhere else, but… Does anyone know if they plan to remove the index.php and template group from the EE urls automatically in 2.0?

The method I am talking about is discussed here:

http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/

]]> Javascript dropdown menu issue tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84447 2008-07-07T21:33:49Z 2008-07-08T01:56:34Z Natty P I have a client who has a static site that I am upgrading to EE.  There is a menu system running on external javascript files which I have uploaded on the root.  I can access them fine in the index file but whenever I try to add the menu javascript to other templates ie. about us, contact us and so on it will not appear.  I know why it’s not working but I cannot find a solution to deal with this.  I need to point back to the root somehow, it is quite possible that I have overlooked something and I am blind.

<scr!pt language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript" src="HM_Loader.js"></scr!pt>

Above is fine in index file but not in other templates.

please help me

Cheers

]]> Setting up navigation in EE tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84534 2008-07-08T14:44:55Z deronsizemore I’ve always just developed my own sites using EE and for all intents and purposes, the only dynamic aspect to my navigation menus is the active state of the button which I do using conditionals. I usually just have a template which holds the navigation html which I embed into the various templates of the site and when the navigation needs updated, I just update the embed template file.

I’m wondering though, what are some other ways you’re developing a dynamic navigation? I’ve read Boyink’s tutorial where he outlines how to do a dynamic navigation bar based on a weblog (or multiple weblogs) and I like it but I wasn’t real sure how to do both dynamic links along with static links like a contact page (that may link to a separate template not a weblog entry).

Any other great techniques out there that you all like to use when creating a navigation structure that easy for the client to update so that they do not have to get in and get their hands dirty with the html templates?

]]> Good Hosting Providers tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.82492 2008-06-16T10:33:48Z billb3 Hello,

I’m new to EE, but planning to purchase and implement soon. Can anyone recommend a good hosting provider with fair pricing? I have head good things about enginehosting.com, but their pricing is quite high. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

--Bill

]]> MSM Setup - first site developed must be the default? tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84552 2008-07-08T20:15:48Z alix Here’s my situation: I have three domains that I need to run using a CMS. I already developed one of these--the main domain for my web hosting account--in Drupal. Two other add-on domains for that account, for which I want to use a CMS, are currently undeveloped. My plan is that eventually, everything will run on EE.

Toward that end, I recently purchased my EE + MSM license. My original thought was that first I’d get my feet wet developing a site for one of the undeveloped add-on domains, before going through the process of converting the Drupal site to EE.

However, after looking at the documentation, I’m wondering if:

A. I need to convert the main site first, because that will have to be the default site, or
B. I can install EE without MSM for now, develop one of the add-on domains, and then later add MSM and define the main domain as the default. (In my head, that doesn’t seem like it will work, attractive as the idea is.)

I appreciate your advice. Thank you!

Alix

]]> Performing user cleanup? tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84383 2008-07-07T10:50:39Z deronsizemore Since launching my new member site a few weeks ago I’ve received all kinds of member signups. Most of these members are still in “Pending” status. I’m wondering how long you allow a member to be “pending” before you delete them from the system? Some of them are easily spotted as spam, but some are not.

]]> Search the ExpressionEngine User Guide with Safari &amp; Inquisitor tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84504 2008-07-08T09:34:02Z stinhambo For all those Safari users that would like to search the ExpressionEngine User Guide from the browser search bar, help is at hand!

]]> Categories tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84498 2008-07-08T08:38:35Z spen Hi
I am working on the news section of my web site where i have created 2 categories
news_releases
press_releases.
I have assigned some news webblogs to each of these categories. When you click on the news link on the web site navigation you are directed to the news template displaying the latest news weblog as the main news story and then a list of news weblogs titles on the right side.
http://corvil.pmhclients.com/index.php/news/category/news_releases/

This all works fine. Here is my code for displaying the category news weblog titles on the right

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="news" orderby="news_date" sort="asc"}
<li><a class="current" class="last" href="{url_title_path=news}">{news_title}</a></li>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

My problem occurs when you click on one of the news weblogs titles on the right. here is the url when clicked.

http://corvil.pmhclients.com/index.php/news/credit_suisse/

I lose the list of articles on the right as it does not know what the category is now as it is not part pf the url.

Can anybody help me with this?

Thanks

]]> Why Expression Engine? tag:expressionengine.com,2007:forums/viewthread/.59428 2007-08-26T01:37:50Z 2008-07-08T03:06:01Z Carlo Hey, I’ve been registered for some time now but I never really got into finding out what makes Expression Engine so different. I read the complete feature list and it looks pretty amazing.. but what makes it a better choice than other really flexible systems such as Wordpress or Movable Type. I’ve been using Movable Type for some time now cause of how flexible it is with it’s templating system, it’s archive mapping and really simple interface. So my question is.. how would EE make my site better?

I’ve been reading through the documentation and I’m still have trouble understanding the whole template paradigm for archives (index.php/template-group/template). For the moment being I think that isn’t too flexible considering MT lets me create my own archive mapping. For example I can set it to save my archives to BLOG-NAME/CATEGORY/YEAR/MONTH/ENTRY-BASE-NAME.php or simpley BLOG-NAME/ENTRY-BASENAME/index.php. Personally I want to have full control of how/where the archives are saved (or in the case of a dynamic system I want to have control of the URL it displays.. just cause i’m picky and perfeccionist). So.. anyone please help.. how can I make EE my own?

]]> EE and &quot;Addthis&quot; Social Bookmarking tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.84530 2008-07-08T14:22:35Z earph Does anyone have any experience using “Addthis” social bookmarking with EE?  I’m getting an 414 error.

414 Request URI too long

Has anyone run into this problem, and if so, what was the solution?

Thanks!

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