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ExpressionEngine is a commercial content management system, written in PHP. Most ExpressionEngine questions will be better asked on the ExpressionEngine StackExchange, unless they involve development (such as developing extensions in PHP).

ExpressionEngine is a commercial content management system for websites. It is developed and sold by EllisLab and utilizes an open source PHP MVC framework called CodeIgniter (also created by EllisLab).

Most ExpressionEngine questions are better asked on ExpressionEngine StackExchange, unless they involve development (such as developing extensions in PHP).

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None reusable snippets?

I'm using snippets to break up long templates into more manageable chunks, is this bad practice and should I only use snippets for reusable code? Thanks Lee
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expressionengine won't display all entries

I'm trying to display a list of retailers on a client site. The filtered list (by State) displays properly, but the 'show all' list doesn't. Items that are missing from the 'show all' list are displaying in the filtered list, so I know it's not an…
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How to apply images conditionally using entries and categories?

Using version 2.5.3 of ExpressionEngine, I have a list of products displayed by category, but I need the premium products among this list being featured with a small star image. How do you call conditionally this little stars besides the {title}? At…
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What is the best way to integrate ExpressionEngine members with MailChimp?

I am developing a site that uses FreeMember to handle user sign-up, login and profile updating. We want to offer a way for users to sign up for the newsletter when creating an account as well as the option to (un)subscribe by updating their EE…
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What is best practice for working with Categories in ExpressinEngine?

I'm working on my first eCommerce site using the "store module". We have around 25 categories that each product can be categorized by. This is my first time working with so many categories. Most of the product selection area will be using one…
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How to reuse blocks of code and pass arguments to them in ExpressionEngine

Let's say I have an e-commerce site and I want to carry the way I show a product grid through numerous templates. Using the DRY principle, how would you reuse this code and potentially pass arguments into the block for some customization in…
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Ordering reverse related entries in ExpressionEngine

I've run into some problems with the sorting of some reverse related entries. There's just some limitations with EE and I'm looking for a quick solution. I have two channels: registrations and students. Students has a relationship field that links…
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Is it possible to get all post variables in ExpressionEngine, like you could in CodeIgniter?

In a controller in CI you could get all post variables by doing something like this: $data = $this->input->post(); In EE (built off of CI by the same people) the analogous syntax would be: $data = $this->EE->input->post(); The only issue is that…
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ExpressionEngine rendering JS code with { } brackets

Is there a way to force expression engine to NOT render items within curly brackets as EE code? The google chart tools uses javascript code that contains curly { } brackets, and naturally EE thinks it's a variable and tries to render it. Any way…
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Stash : Conditional Content

First off, a caveat ... I am brand new to Stash. I've heard a lot about it but this is my first time actually playing with it. I get the concept, but am having a hard time figuring this one thing out. I have a main "wrapper" file and everything…
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Redirect when last segment missing

I have a single entry url structure like: www.site.com/template_group/template_1/entry_id But I want it to be: www.site.com/template_group/template_1/entry_id/url_title. Entry_id would be the segment feeding exp:channel:entries. How can I redirect…
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ExpressionEngine Installation Issues: Database Connection Error on Localhost

Running into an odd issue with a getting a successful localhost install of ExpressionEngine 2.5.3. I am able to run the ExpressionEngine Installation and Update Wizard where server settings, database setting and admin account information is entered.…
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Preserving the case of a title in ExpressionEngine?

Under EE 1, I was able to hack the source to allow me to retain url titles with the exact case of the title. That is, I was able to keep it from forcing all url titles to be lower case. I need to replicate the same behaviour on EE 2, but I am not…
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Images not resizing in WYGWAM/Safecracker/Channel Images entry form

I have a blog that uses Channel Images to upload and manage images. The content area is a WYGWAM field. I have a few sizes set up in Channel Images to allow the user to adjust the layout inside their content (landscape left, landscape right,…
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How to generate a multi-level navigation bar with the ExpressionEngine's Structure add-on?

I am working with ExpressionEngine and the Structure add-on latest versions. I am looking for some help on generating a 4 items nav bar, where two items are in a different Structure level. My Structure rows look like this: Services…
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