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Adventures in Updating an ExpressionEngine Plugin from 1.6.8 to 2.0

01.21.10 by Jacob Russell

You’re developing a site in ExpressionEngine 2.0 and need a plugin that only has a 1.6.8 version. You could wait for the developer to update it, which could take months and might never happen. On the other hand if you’re willing to get your hands dirty you can try updating it yourself. We’ll tell you how, and it’s not as hard as you think!

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Spotlight: Brandon Kelly - Navigant Consulting

01.19.10 by Jacob Russell

This week we spotlight add-on developer Brandon Kelly and Navigant Consulting, a site he developed using ExpressionEngine.

Our “Spotlight” series of articles gives designers, developers, add-on creators, and just generally great members of the ExpressionEngine community a chance to talk about how they have used EE and its add-ons in their work.

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Give Your Client More Control by Utilizing a Single-Entry Structural Channel

11.09.09 by Ryan Masuga

Make use of a “structural” weblog/channel that contains only one entry, where each custom field controls some aspect of the site. Then give your users easy access to these controls by linking directly to the entry from a link at the top of your control panel.

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Organizing an ExpressionEngine Add-On Collection

09.15.09 by Ryan Masuga

Organizing ExpressionEngine add-ons used to be straightforward, but with the proliferation of EE developers hosting their code socially, new questions are raised about maintenance, support, and versions. Cloning and forking and tags, oh my!

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Version Control for ExpressionEngine Using Git (Part 1)

08.24.09 by Ryan Masuga

ExpressionEngine and version control has always been a topic of interest to EE developers, but versioning an EE site can be tricky. This series of articles covers the basics of getting an EE site up and running under the Git version control system. In Part 1 I cover installing Git and setting up a local environment.

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Using ExpressionEngine’s Built-In HTTP Authentication to Restrict Access During Development

03.20.09 by Ryan Masuga

You can restrict access to an ExpressionEngine site under development with template access restrictions by User Group. But what if you need to test logged-in and logged-out status, and different member levels? We show you how to easily restrict your dev area and still test member-related conditionals on your templates with a Dev User Group and EE’s HTTP Authentication.

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Creating a Custom Fieldtype for ExpressionEngine With FieldFrame

03.12.09 by Ryan Masuga

FieldFrame is a “framework for rapid development of Fieldtype extensions” for ExpressionEngine. We decided to see exactly what that means by creating a new jQuery Color Picker custom field extension based on FieldFrame, and explain how it was done.

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Modify Solspace’s Tag Module To Show a Clickable List of Links

02.23.09 by Ryan Masuga

Solspace’s Tag Module has an incredibly large, unused area below the tag entry field. See how to turn that area into a clickable list of links.

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Show Your Custom Field Formatting List Who’s Boss

02.02.09 by Tim Kelty

A quick and painless hack makes it easy to select alternative formatting styles like Textile or Markdown for custom fields, and saves many repetitive steps.

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On Releasing and Distributing Add-Ons for ExpressionEngine

01.27.09 by Ryan Masuga

What is the best way to distribute add-ons for ExpressionEngine? Devot:ee takes a look at the currently available avenues and asks the rhetorical question, “Could this be better?”

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