Articles: Customization

In keeping with Ellis Lab’s development philosophy, ExpressionEngine 2 is pretty bare bones. Fortunately, there are lots of great add-ons to make it easier to use.

ExpressionEngine is a powerful CMS, with a lot of options for configuration. Here are some best practices to streamline your development and make your installation more flexible.

Replacing the default ExpressionEngine logo on the login screen is easy.

ExpressionEngine 2 has been out since July.  Here’s a quick review of what’s going on.

By default, ExpressionEngine URLs are ugly, always prefixed by index.php.  With a little work, you can vanquish this unneccesary piece of your URLs.

If your server is happy with it, replacing index.php in your Expression Engine site URLs is quick and easy, and will make your URLs much prettier.

One of the best things about Expression Engine is the pieces you can add on do it.  If this CMS doesn’t do everthing you like, you can add specific functionality quite easily.  Let’s look at five must-have extensions.