Installation & Upgrading
Common questions about installing and upgrading ExpressionEngine
- How do I upgrade from an earlier version to the current version?
- My browser is trying to download the "install.php" script instead of showing it.
- Pages Module Conflict
- Preventing Apache from executing files with multiple extensions
ExpressionEngine Basics
General information on some of the "broad strokes" of using ExpressionEngine.
- Are there any tutorials?
- Can I submit entries from outside the Control Panel?
- Does EE support 'one-click theming'?
- Does EE support Blogger API, Metaweblog API, Atom API, etc.?
- How do categories and Category Groups work?
- How do entry fields and Field Groups work?
- How do I create a new weblog?
- How do I set up an entry status workflow?
- How do I set up the date and time for my site?
- How do you use Comment Moderation?
- Should I use categories or multiple weblogs?
- What are some XHTML / Validation basics?
- What does 'auto-XHTML' do exactly?
- What is a "Full Server Path"?
- What is a 'Single Entry' Page?
How do I find...
Entry ID's, Weblog ID's, License numbers--if you're trying to locate something, you'll find it here.
- My ExpressionEngine license number?
- The "Weblog ID" for one of my weblogs?
- The 'Entry ID' for one of my weblog entries?
- Times, Localization, and Entry Dates
Frequently Asked Questions
The most common Pre-Sales questions on licensing, ExpressionEngine, support, and related information.
- Affiliate links, how do they work?
- Are future add-on modules included with the software purchase?
- Are there any legal considerations for the affiliate program?
- Can I contact a sales representative directly?
- Can I email people my affiliate link?
- Can I get a refund if I ExpressionEngine doesn't work for me?
- Can I modify the ExpressionEngine source code?
- Can I purchase ExpressionEngine using PayPal?
- Can I put my affiliate link on multiple sites?
- Can I re-sell ExpressionEngine?
- Can I use ExpressionEngine to create a blogging service or MySpace type site?
- Can you install ExpressionEngine for me?
- Do I have to buy a new license every year?
- Do I have to formally register to become an ExpressionEngine developer?
- Do I have to pay EllisLab a commission if I sell modules I develop?
- Do I have to pay to become an ExpressionEngine developer?
- Do I need a PayPal account in order to be an affiliate?
- Do you give refunds on installations?
- Do you have educational or non-profit pricing?
- Does EllisLab get a commission from the Professionals Network?
- Does Installation Service include the Discussion Forum?
- Does it cost anything to become an affiliate?
- How can I determine if ExpressionEngine will meet my needs?
- How can I determine if my hosting provider meets ExpressionEngine's server requirements?
- How difficult is it to install ExpressionEngine?
- How do I contact a professional by phone?
- How do I determine if I need a Personal or Commercial license?
- How do I report an issue with a professional in the network?
- How much will this payment be?
- How will I get paid?
- I am a Professional, how do I join the network?
- I found a bad link or other issue on ExpressionEngine.com. How do I report it?
- If I purchase ExpressionEngine, how many copies of the software can I install?
- Is there a standard rate?
- Is there an ExpressionEngine Roadmap?
- PayPal is not available in the country where I live. Do you offer another payment method?
- What access do you require to install ExpressionEngine?
- What are the license restrictions for developers?
- What do I have to do in order to become an affiliate?
- What does the Installation Service include?
- What is the difference between a Plugin, a Module, and an Extension?
- What is the relationship between EllisLab and the Professionals Network?
- Where can I ask a question I have not found the answer to?
- Will I have access to the ExpressionEngine source code when I purchase it?
- Will you help configure a web server package like Apache or OS X Server?
- Will you help resolve a dispute with a professional in the network?
- Will you install ExpressionEngine on a Windows Server platform?
- Will you install php and/or mysql on my server?
- Will you install the image libraries or other extras beyond the basic EE requirements on my server?
Control Panel
Questions dealing with using the Control Panel: behavior troubles and how-tos.
- Can I change the length of sessions in the Control Panel?
- Emails sent from the Communicate Page appear to be improperly encoded
- I can't log into the Control Panel on my Windows-based server
- I modified my cookies and now I can't login to the Control Panel.
- My 'Admin > Plugin Manager' page is blank
- My categories don't appear as filter options in the 'Edit' tab
- My Control Panel appears to be unstyled / looks funny
- New members don't appear as options in the Publish "author" list
- Reset Password not working, need access!
- Setting changes aren't saved in the Control Panel
- The 'My Weblog' or 'My Site' link points to the wrong place
- Where is my Control Panel?
- Why do I have to re-login to the Control Panel if I'm logged in to the site?
Customization
Make ExpressionEngine your own. Customize features and give yourself additional control.
- Can I change the size or features of the Bookmarklet window?
- Can I change what is considered 'Safe HTML'?
- Can I restrict content to certain Member Groups?
- How can I make a category selection/monthly archive drop-down menu?
- How can I reduce the number of database queries that EE uses?
- How do I change where search results point?
- How do I hide pagination if there's only one page of results?
- How do I make a Blogroll?
- I want a different design for my site / I don't want to use one of the default themes
- Times, Localization, and Entry Dates
Members & Groups
"Members only" content, working with member groups, member templates, and member privileges.
- Can I restrict content to certain Member Groups?
- How can I make the Member List show a specific Group?
- How do I assign a member to a particular Member Group?
- How do I change a member's Member Group?
- New members don't appear as options in the Publish "author" list
Templates
Help with CSS, design, displaying entries, using PHP, RSS and Atom feeds, tags, variables, and conditionals.
- Alternative Syntax for User Global Variables
- Background images on my default theme only appear on the main page
- Can EE display future entries?
- Can I completely remove the "index.php" from my URL structure?
- Can I display how many times an entry has been "hit"?
- Can I import entries from Blogger?
- Can I make comments by an article's author look different?
- CAPTCHA images aren't appearing
- Content from my "extended" (or newly created) field doesn't appear on the page
- Creating links from URLs stored in a custom field
- Does EE support 'one-click theming'?
- Does EE support Blogger API, Metaweblog API, Atom API, etc.?
- Embedded Templates not using my assigned variables
- Error indicates gallery template is a reserved word
- Expand/collapse or show more or less of an entry with a click
- Feedvalidator: Your feed appears to be encoded as 'utf-8', but your server is reporting 'US-ASCII'
- How can I make entries from multiple weblogs point to the right Template?
- How can I use HTML to format my RSS feed?
- How do I export entries from EE?
- How do I hide pagination if there's only one page of results?
- How do I link to a 'more' page?
- How do I set up RSS Autodiscovery?
- How do I use the entry title or other information in my page <title>?
- How does comment notification work?
- How to use multiple weblog entries tags in a Template
- I don't use Trackbacks. How do I remove them?
- I want a different design for my site / I don't want to use one of the default themes
- I want entries in subcategories to only appear in the selected category
- I want to move entries to a new weblog
- Images are not showing in templates other than index
- Is there a list of Global Variables for use in the forum?
- Javascript parse error "syntax error, unexpected T_STRING"
- My entry field content is surrounded by paragraph (<p>) tags
- My PHP functions cannot reference global PHP variables
- My site displays without CSS / My stylesheet isn't working
- My weblog tag contents are changing on different pages
- On what Template are permalinks displayed?
- PHP tags and EE tags aren't parsed in my stylesheet
- RSS templates output blank pages
- Strange characters are appearing in comment text
- Tables inside entries
- Tags within Advanced Conditionals
- The entry author is appearing instead of the name of the commenter
- Troubleshooting Conditionals
- Unable to receive your comment at this time
- What are RSS feeds? What are they for?
- What do the different formatting options do?
- What's the difference between "input" and "output" for PHP parsing?
- Where can I get new Themes/Designs?
Modules
Assistance with ExpressionEngine Modules: Discussion Forum, Referrer, Blacklist, etc.
- Are the additional sites for the Multiple Site License a one-time cost?
- Are there Volume Discounts for the Multiple Site Manager sites?
- Can I purchase Personal Sites for a Commercial Licensed Multiple Site Manager?
- Can I resell Sites to other people (3rd parties)?
- Can I submit entries from outside the Control Panel?
- Can I turn off referrer tracking?
- Do I need multiple forum licenses for use with the Multiple Site Manager?
- Error indicates gallery template is a reserved word
- Getting a forum subdomain to work on cPanel
- How can I run the Discussion Forums from a subdomain, such as forums.example.com?
- How do I download the Blacklist and what happens with mine?
- Is there a list of Global Variables for use in the forum?
- Troubleshooting MSM Login Issues
- Weblog searches and case sensitivity
Technical Issues
Error message explained, helpful site maintenance tips, and troubleshooting problems.
- 'eval()'d code' error in core.functions.php
- 'No suitable nodes available'
- A problem was encountered while attempting to upload your file
- Allowed memory size of xxxxxxx bytes exhausted
- Alternative Syntax for User Global Variables
- Background images on my default theme only appear on the main page
- Call to undefined function: imagettftext()
- Can't open file: 'exp_online_users.MYI'
- Can't save a Template containing the EE Tag
- CAPTCHA images aren't appearing
- Category names with spaces are not working in my URLs
- Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server
- Comments page is completely blank
- Content from my "extended" (or newly created) field doesn't appear on the page
- Emails sent from the Communicate Page appear to be improperly encoded
- Emails sent via EE are not reaching their destination
- Embedded Templates not using my assigned variables
- Feedvalidator: Your feed appears to be encoded as 'utf-8', but your server is reporting 'US-ASCII'
- Help! All my entry content is displayed as '####'!
- How can I reduce the number of database queries that EE uses?
- How do I change the name of my 'system' directory?
- How do I move EE to another server?
- How do I move my EE directory?
- I can't log into the Control Panel on my Windows-based server
- I changed my weblog "short name" and things don't show up on my site!
- I changed the default field formatting, but the entries are the same
- I created a custom field but can't type content in it
- I enabled CAPTCHAs and now I get blank pages
- I modified my cookies and now I can't login to the Control Panel.
- I posted an entry, but it isn't appearing in my list on the site
- Images are not showing in templates other than index
- Javascript parse error "syntax error, unexpected T_STRING"
- Main page content appears on every page/I get 404s except on the main page/'No Input File Specified'
- Migrating from MySQL 4.1.x to 4.0.x
- My 'Admin > Plugin Manager' page is blank
- My Control Panel appears to be unstyled / looks funny
- My entry field content is surrounded by paragraph (<p>) tags
- My Trackbacks aren't being sent
- My weblog tag contents are changing on different pages
- MYSQL 5 and error: Unable to perform the SQL queries needed to install this program.
- MySQL Error 1030: Got error 28
- Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in xxxxxx
- Ordering batch uploads for the gallery
- PHP tags and EE tags aren't parsed in my stylesheet
- Query: SELECT * FROM exp_member_groups WHERE group_id = '3'
- Reset Password not working, need access!
- Setting changes aren't saved in the Control Panel
- Special characters aren't showing up correctly
- Stand-Alone Entry Forms aren't converting high ASCII characters
- Strange characters are appearing in comment text
- Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource
- Times, Localization, and Entry Dates
- Troubleshooting Conditionals
- Unable to delete the following file: 02126d8a1bb5ba2ea17b3d242c596477
- Unable to receive your comment at this time
- Using Internet Explorer, pages load as blank or have no style but work after refreshing/reloading
- Visiting my site results in a blank page.
- Warning: Cannot modify header information
- Warning: fread(): Length parameter must be greater than 0...
- What are some XHTML / Validation basics?
- When I try to import my Moveable Type file, it says that it successfully imported 0 entries
- You are not authorized to perform this action
Miscellaneous
Issues that don't necessarily relate directly to ExpressionEngine, but that can affect it or are very helpful in using it.
- Alternative Syntax for User Global Variables
- Can I import entries from Blogger?
- Category names with spaces are not working in my URLs
- Does the Magpie Plugin support HTTP authenticated feeds?
- How do you "set permissions" on files and directories?
- I'm new to PHP and MySQL, can you tell me a little about them?
- Preventing Apache from executing files with multiple extensions
- What are 'Trackbacks'?
- What is a "Full Server Path"?
- When I try to import my Moveable Type file, it says that it successfully imported 0 entries
Comments
Help with displaying comments in your templates, and some nifty suggestions.
- Can I make comments by an article's author look different?
- CAPTCHA images aren't appearing
- How does comment notification work?
- Strange characters are appearing in comment text
- The entry author is appearing instead of the name of the commenter
- Unable to receive your comment at this time
CSS & Design
Topics involving theming and general design.
- Background images on my default theme only appear on the main page
- Does EE support 'one-click theming'?
- I want a different design for my site / I don't want to use one of the default themes
- My site displays without CSS / My stylesheet isn't working
- Where can I get new Themes/Designs?
Embedding
Working with sub-templates and embedded variables.
Entries
Displaying, tracking, and manipulating entry output in your templates.
- Can EE display future entries?
- Can I display how many times an entry has been "hit"?
- Can I import entries from Blogger?
- Content from my "extended" (or newly created) field doesn't appear on the page
- Creating links from URLs stored in a custom field
- Expand/collapse or show more or less of an entry with a click
- How can I make entries from multiple weblogs point to the right Template?
- How do I export entries from EE?
- How do I link to a 'more' page?
- How to use multiple weblog entries tags in a Template
- I want entries in subcategories to only appear in the selected category
- I want to move entries to a new weblog
- My entry field content is surrounded by paragraph (<p>) tags
- My weblog tag contents are changing on different pages
- On what Template are permalinks displayed?
- Tables inside entries
- What do the different formatting options do?
Other
Alternative syntax, conditionals, and other general Template topics
- Alternative Syntax for User Global Variables
- Error indicates gallery template is a reserved word
- How do I hide pagination if there's only one page of results?
- How do I use the entry title or other information in my page <title>?
- I don't use Trackbacks. How do I remove them?
- Images are not showing in templates other than index
- Javascript parse error "syntax error, unexpected T_STRING"
- Tags within Advanced Conditionals
- Troubleshooting Conditionals
PHP
PHP parsing in templates, and assistance with using PHP with ExpressionEngine
- My PHP functions cannot reference global PHP variables
- PHP tags and EE tags aren't parsed in my stylesheet
- What's the difference between "input" and "output" for PHP parsing?
RSS, Atom, and Feeds
Feed and XML support, formatting, outputting, and autodiscovery
- Does EE support Blogger API, Metaweblog API, Atom API, etc.?
- Feedvalidator: Your feed appears to be encoded as 'utf-8', but your server is reporting 'US-ASCII'
- How can I use HTML to format my RSS feed?
- How do I set up RSS Autodiscovery?
- RSS templates output blank pages
- What are RSS feeds? What are they for?
URLs
How URLs work in ExpressionEngine, and how to control the URLs your site generates
- Can I completely remove the "index.php" from my URL structure?
- Creating links from URLs stored in a custom field
Blacklist
Discussion Forum
- Do I need multiple forum licenses for use with the Multiple Site Manager?
- Getting a forum subdomain to work on cPanel
- How can I run the Discussion Forums from a subdomain, such as forums.example.com?
- Is there a list of Global Variables for use in the forum?
Moblog
Multiple Site Manager
- Are the additional sites for the Multiple Site License a one-time cost?
- Are there Volume Discounts for the Multiple Site Manager sites?
- Can I purchase Personal Sites for a Commercial Licensed Multiple Site Manager?
- Can I resell Sites to other people (3rd parties)?
- Do I need multiple forum licenses for use with the Multiple Site Manager?
- Troubleshooting MSM Login Issues
Photo Gallery
Referrer
Search
Error Messages
- 'eval()'d code' error in core.functions.php
- 'No suitable nodes available'
- A problem was encountered while attempting to upload your file
- Allowed memory size of xxxxxxx bytes exhausted
- Call to undefined function: imagettftext()
- Can't open file: 'exp_online_users.MYI'
- Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server
- Feedvalidator: Your feed appears to be encoded as 'utf-8', but your server is reporting 'US-ASCII'
- MYSQL 5 and error: Unable to perform the SQL queries needed to install this program.
- MySQL Error 1030: Got error 28
- Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in xxxxxx
- Query: SELECT * FROM exp_member_groups WHERE group_id = '3'
- Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource
- Unable to delete the following file: 02126d8a1bb5ba2ea17b3d242c596477
- Unable to receive your comment at this time
- Warning: Cannot modify header information
- Warning: fread(): Length parameter must be greater than 0...
- You are not authorized to perform this action
Site Maintenance
- How can I reduce the number of database queries that EE uses?
- How do I change the name of my 'system' directory?
- How do I move EE to another server?
- How do I move my EE directory?
- Migrating from MySQL 4.1.x to 4.0.x
Troubleshooting
- Background images on my default theme only appear on the main page
- Can't save a Template containing the EE Tag
- CAPTCHA images aren't appearing
- Category names with spaces are not working in my URLs
- Comments page is completely blank
- Content from my "extended" (or newly created) field doesn't appear on the page
- Emails sent from the Communicate Page appear to be improperly encoded
- Emails sent via EE are not reaching their destination
- Embedded Templates not using my assigned variables
- Help! All my entry content is displayed as '####'!
- I can't log into the Control Panel on my Windows-based server
- I changed my weblog "short name" and things don't show up on my site!
- I changed the default field formatting, but the entries are the same
- I created a custom field but can't type content in it
- I enabled CAPTCHAs and now I get blank pages
- I modified my cookies and now I can't login to the Control Panel.
- I posted an entry, but it isn't appearing in my list on the site
- Images are not showing in templates other than index
- Javascript parse error "syntax error, unexpected T_STRING"
- Main page content appears on every page/I get 404s except on the main page/'No Input File Specified'
- Migrating from MySQL 4.1.x to 4.0.x
- My 'Admin > Plugin Manager' page is blank
- My Control Panel appears to be unstyled / looks funny
- My entry field content is surrounded by paragraph (<p>) tags
- My Trackbacks aren't being sent
- My weblog tag contents are changing on different pages
- Ordering batch uploads for the gallery
- PHP tags and EE tags aren't parsed in my stylesheet
- Reset Password not working, need access!
- Setting changes aren't saved in the Control Panel
- Special characters aren't showing up correctly
- Stand-Alone Entry Forms aren't converting high ASCII characters
- Strange characters are appearing in comment text
- Times, Localization, and Entry Dates
- Troubleshooting Conditionals
- Using Internet Explorer, pages load as blank or have no style but work after refreshing/reloading
- Visiting my site results in a blank page.
- What are some XHTML / Validation basics?
- When I try to import my Moveable Type file, it says that it successfully imported 0 entries
Affiliate Program
- Affiliate links, how do they work?
- Are there any legal considerations for the affiliate program?
- Can I email people my affiliate link?
- Can I put my affiliate link on multiple sites?
- Do I need a PayPal account in order to be an affiliate?
- Does it cost anything to become an affiliate?
- How much will this payment be?
- How will I get paid?
- PayPal is not available in the country where I live. Do you offer another payment method?
- What do I have to do in order to become an affiliate?
Sales
Help determine if EE is right for you.
- Are future add-on modules included with the software purchase?
- Can I contact a sales representative directly?
- Can I get a refund if I ExpressionEngine doesn't work for me?
- Can I modify the ExpressionEngine source code?
- Can I purchase ExpressionEngine using PayPal?
- Can I re-sell ExpressionEngine?
- Can I use ExpressionEngine to create a blogging service or MySpace type site?
- Can you install ExpressionEngine for me?
- Do I have to buy a new license every year?
- Do you have educational or non-profit pricing?
- How can I determine if ExpressionEngine will meet my needs?
- How can I determine if my hosting provider meets ExpressionEngine's server requirements?
- How do I determine if I need a Personal or Commercial license?
- If I purchase ExpressionEngine, how many copies of the software can I install?
- Where can I ask a question I have not found the answer to?
- Will I have access to the ExpressionEngine source code when I purchase it?
License
Everything you need to know about ExpressionEngine's license.
- Can I use ExpressionEngine to create a blogging service or MySpace type site?
- Do I have to buy a new license every year?
- How do I determine if I need a Personal or Commercial license?
- If I purchase ExpressionEngine, how many copies of the software can I install?
ExpressionEngine
Common non-technical questions about ExpressionEngine.
- Can I modify the ExpressionEngine source code?
- How can I determine if my hosting provider meets ExpressionEngine's server requirements?
- How difficult is it to install ExpressionEngine?
- Is there an ExpressionEngine Roadmap?
- Will I have access to the ExpressionEngine source code when I purchase it?
Installation Service
Common questions regarding the optional installation service.
- Can you install ExpressionEngine for me?
- Do you give refunds on installations?
- Does Installation Service include the Discussion Forum?
- What access do you require to install ExpressionEngine?
- What does the Installation Service include?
- Will you help configure a web server package like Apache or OS X Server?
- Will you install ExpressionEngine on a Windows Server platform?
- Will you install php and/or mysql on my server?
- Will you install the image libraries or other extras beyond the basic EE requirements on my server?
Professionals Network
Working with the people on the Professionals Network
- Does EllisLab get a commission from the Professionals Network?
- How do I contact a professional by phone?
- How do I report an issue with a professional in the network?
- I am a Professional, how do I join the network?
- Is there a standard rate?
- What is the relationship between EllisLab and the Professionals Network?
- Will you help resolve a dispute with a professional in the network?
Developers
Common questions about developing add-ons for ExpressionEngine
- Do I have to formally register to become an ExpressionEngine developer?
- Do I have to pay EllisLab a commission if I sell modules I develop?
- Do I have to pay to become an ExpressionEngine developer?
- What are the license restrictions for developers?
- What is the difference between a Plugin, a Module, and an Extension?
ExpressionEngine.com
Information about the ExpressionEngine.com website.
Common Questions
- How do I move EE to another server?
- I want a different design for my site / I don’t want to use one of the default themes
- Are there any tutorials?
- Main page content appears on every page/I get 404s except on the main page/’No Input File Specified’
- How do you “set permissions” on files and directories?
