Its Time to make a change continued…

Well I am well into my new tool of choice for building database driven sites and it would be true to say that I am VERY impressed with it’s capabilities, in fact I would go as far as to say that this ‘platform’
is —AWESOME— which is a word I don’t  believe I have used anywhere on this site, before now.

So why is this site building tool kit so great? Well for me, it combines the best of everything I have worked and believed in for some time. But rather than utilising a disconnected set of tools, Expression Engine delivers the whole kit & kaboodle and in one well structured and realatively easy to understand combination. There are some excellant training materials out there too (I’ll cover those in another post) and the forum is – well like forums should be. No BS, No Bitching, just helpful dudes and at all levels of ability too, which is great.

The link above is an affiliate link (just thought I would be clear on that) and I would appreciate you using it to find out more. The trip will be worth it and the base engine  (core) is actually free for personal non-commercial use, though do read the terms and conditions (as for any product).

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Getting back to the reasons behind the change,  I think Open Source platforms such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are great in and of themselves, but having used all three over the years (this blog is wordpress) I have to say that for me the Expression Engine power, versatility and availability of additional capabilities fits very well with —Everything— I need for my on-line endeavours.

Now, I realise that is quite a strong statement to make, but I have got to the point where I want to settle down…. with a single delivery platform and totally master it, albeit over time.

Sure I can hand code sites from the ground up to standards compliant xhtml/css2/3 but doing a quality job takes a huge chunk of my time, which is why I like Expression Engine so much. I get to do the hand coding bit when I want, yet have the power of embedding blogging capabilities and other cool database stuff, wherever and when ever I want. Of course the power goes way beyond what I have time to comment on here, but I hope you get the idea.

Give it a go (the free version is fine to start with) and let me know what you think.

See you in their forums (handle is ‘weightonman’ — long story….