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I normally use WordPress, Magento and got one simple project done in Joomla.
There is one client for which we are thinking of using EE for their static corporate website since the content will be updated on a regular basis by the client and so far EE looks promising.

Questions :
1. I understand EE2 used codeigniter which is awesome. What did EE1 use ? Custom framework ?
2. When will EE2 final be out for purchase ? (I’d rather wait for a codeigniter base than a custom one)
3. How easy is it to modify template files in EE2 ? WordPress easy or as tedious as Magento ? Magento was manageable but it took a long time. Any templating engine like Smarty ?
4. Can it work seamlessly on a webhost like WebFaction ? Including using the basic shared one for a site that’ll receive 10K unique visitors daily ?
5. Client has 2 requirements - corporate website of ~15 pages at http://www.mydomain.com and a product website (single product) at product.mydomain.com at ~5 pages. Thats almost like 2 different websites since the design is going to be totally different from each other. Can EE handle such a situation using a single instance of EE ? Or will it require separate installs ?

Thanks

Hi, amtec - welcome to the forums!

CodeIgniter was actually abstracted from EE 1 libraries; then EE 2 was rebuilt on CodeIgniter.

There is not an ETA on EE 2, however you might read The End (of Beta) is Near: What You Need To Know.

EE uses standard HTML and CSS for the site design, then you use EE tags where you want dynamic content. This means you have full control over the design of the site; EE assumes almost nothing about your site and outputs very little of its own HTML. 

You can also save templates as files and work in them in the editor of your choice.

Here are the minimum requirements for EE 1 and minimum requirements for EE 2.  You’ll want to make sure your host of choice meets or exceeds those requirements.

For your client, you might look at the Multiple Site Manager

You can also see these options to try out EE.

I normally use WordPress, Magento and got one simple project done in Joomla.
There is one client for which we are thinking of using EE for their static corporate website since the content will be updated on a regular basis by the client and so far EE looks promising.

Questions :
1. I understand EE2 used codeigniter which is awesome. What did EE1 use ? Custom framework ?
2. When will EE2 final be out for purchase ? (I’d rather wait for a codeigniter base than a custom one)
3. How easy is it to modify template files in EE2 ? WordPress easy or as tedious as Magento ? Magento was manageable but it took a long time. Any templating engine like Smarty ?
4. Can it work seamlessly on a webhost like WebFaction ? Including using the basic shared one for a site that’ll receive 10K unique visitors daily ?
5. Client has 2 requirements - corporate website of ~15 pages at http://www.mydomain.com and a product website (single product) at product.mydomain.com at ~5 pages. Thats almost like 2 different websites since the design is going to be totally different from each other. Can EE handle such a situation using a single instance of EE ? Or will it require separate installs ?

Thanks

Vis-a-vis #3:  It ain’t Wordpress, that’s for sure.  The “templating engine” more or less just works as though you are writing all the code from scratch, the big difference being that you use the EE code tags instead of straight-up html code tags.  I don’t know about 2.0, but there’s no smarty templating in 1.69.  I’ve found passing variables almost more trouble than it’s worth (so has Boyink, per his tutorials, which have been lifesavers for me), and I also find using the templating system “inside” of EE to be problematic because the editor lacks so many features—well, any features, really—of today’s text editors like NoteTab.  If you work in a plain text editor (like Notepad) now, it will feel normal to you.  You’ll probably end up doing what I do; editing outside of EE, then cut-and-paste into EE, hit “view” and then edit outside again, cut-and-paste again, etc. 

As near as I know, EE itself shouldn’t have any trouble with the domain name issue, but I don’t know what the licensing situation requires. 

HTH.

Further to what Hitch said, you can save templates as files to edit in the HTML editor of your choice.  In EE 2 this functionality has been greatly enhanced as well.