EE: Its All About CMS

Now a days in modern era of web, we are highly dependable on Content Management System(CMS) which really gives us a way to maintain and display the information in a systematic manner. Here in Bangladesh, we are very much dependable on CMS like Joomla, Mamboo or like Drupal in some cases. But there are so many Content Management Systems along with these which can make the web more interactive and useful. I am working with such a CMS from last one year and so. This is Expression Engine which is a Smarty base CMS.

Now the question is why Expression Engine as we've already got CMS like Joomla? Well then i would say, if you want your website to be more customizable friendly and a simple and easily manageable admin, then you should go for EE. I have heared from many developer about using Joomla. In our country the CMS technology is not that much vast. We may use 2/3 CMS for our websites. But to look for something better would be a productive way of development. I am not saying Joomla or any other CMS is bad. I cant criticize any other CMS. But i must compare among them to find out the best. Technology is changing day by day so we cant stick to the same thing throughout our development life cycle. Sometimes i heared from some of my friends that Joomla has some customization issues. I myself never used Joomla before so i am not 100% sure on that.



Lets talk about a bit of EE. Expression Engine is a product of Ellislab Inc. located in USA. They have a huge business with EE and also Code Igniter(You may have heared about this too!). In fact, Code Igniter and Expression Engine are developed by the same company. Like Joomla or any other CMS, EE also have open source modeules, Extensions and plugins. But the functionality of EE admin is very user friendly that it can be easily manageable by anyone who have a little idea about a CMS. There are weblogs by which you can manage your entries of your website along with the help of Custom weblog fields. There are some other features which helps you to enrich your site with more information.

The EE installation is also very easy. They have two versions of EE, one is commercial or license version and another is core or free version. The latest version so far is EE 1.6.3. They are going to launch EE 2.0 by the end of this summer which will be more powerful and interactive.

There is a Blog for EE where the experts and developers of EE share their views and latest updates. Also you will find EE forums from where you can get any kind of help. There are also a wiki of EE from where you can get help regarding different modules, plugins and extensions. Any developer can develop modules to work with EE as it is a open source CMS.

For personal use you can download the free version and the license version is for your professional use.

I bet that this single piece of CMS is very useful for anyone who wants to create a website in a short period of time and with more effectively and efficiently.

If you find this article helpful, then i prefer you to visit EE site:http://www.expressionengine.com

Please reply me if you have any query regarding EE ir anythings and also your views and reviews on it.

Thanks