Can’t say that I totally agree with you. It doesn’t get any more flexible than wordpress. You can bend the system as much as you like. You got a really nice website and your design work is terrific.
on July 31, 2010
Thanks for your comment, Jacob! I do agree with you about designing for WP. WP is very flexible in terms of layout and design. I do like this flexibility in WP.
Not to say that I don’t like WP, but my main issue with WP was the ability to do something like my portfolio where I have multiple projects, and each project has a different number of images. In WP, I was stumped on how to accomplish this by going to just one (1) entry (project) and edit/add images, arrange them in any order, and also edit/add other portfolio information. Also, using EE’s “if statements” was much easier to understand and didn’t require knowledge of PHP. I used “if statements” in my portfolio as well as all over the rest of the website.
I really do admire and like WP. I even want to use it again because of the clean, easy-to-understand interface. I guess EE was just better suited to the uses I needed for my website.
Thanks! I appreciate your comment! You have a great site also! 
on July 31, 2010
muy bien!
on August 07, 2010
Well now that you mentioned it, I should try out Expression Engine. I am not acquainted with it much. Will try soon.
on August 09, 2010
Wordpress is a horrible CMS. I consider it the PHP-Nuke of today — good for insta-sites but not much else. The Pods plugin (http://podscms.org) makes it work like EE, but it’s not very advanced yet.
Unfortunately EE don’t have a free trial of 2.0, so I can’t recommend them anymore.
on August 09, 2010
Having developed sites in both WP and ExpressionEngine, if you think nothing is more flexible than WP, you haven’t tried ExpressionEngine. Yes, WP has some great features and works just fine for the average brochureware site or blog, but it’s far more difficult to truly customize. It’s far more time consuming to create a TRULY custom site with WP-it’s much faster and easier to start with a theme and customize it, but then you’re forcing the site content to fit the CMS, instead of developing the CMS to fit the content. Yes, EE costs $299 per license, but I’ve found that the time saved with the ease of developing with EE more than makes up for that cost. In addition, using conditionals, nested categories, image resizing, and many, many more features makes EE far, far more powerful and flexible as a CMS.
on August 09, 2010
@Kurt
I tried the Pods Plugin, but it was so complicated! It felt clunky and was difficult to learn how to use. If WP is going to survive as a CMS, the core will have to be re-written so it is focused more as a CMS than a blogging platform.
Thanks for your comment!
on August 09, 2010
@Matt Meeks
“I’ve found that the time saved with the ease of developing with EE more than makes up for that cost.”
I agree with this statement. Since using EE, I have spent more time learning EE’s capabilities and code than and less time trying to research or figure out work-arounds in WP.
Thanks for your comment!
on August 09, 2010
@Jal Desai
Yes, definitely check out EE! There used to be a free version to “try before you buy”, but that disappeared with the new 2.0 upgrade.
I found a thread on the EE forum site that states that EE gives a 100% money-back guarantee, not a free trial anymore. Here’s the thread:
http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/160664/
Thanks for your comment!
on August 09, 2010
You can also buy the developer license for your own site for a lot less than the commercial license. You can only buy one for that price, but it will at least reduce your cost for the initial purchase.
Also, if you’re designing more of a brochureware site with just a few pages but still want to let your clients update their own information, check out mojomotor.com. It’s “ExpressionEngine Junior”, built by Ellis Labs and if your client wants to scale their site up in the future, it’s fully compatible with EE.
on August 09, 2010
@Matt Meeks
Thanks for the helpful tip, Matt. That’s a great way to get started with EE. Plus, EE’s support is world-class (very fast!).
on August 09, 2010
