Questions tagged [expressionengine]

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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serving content from sub domain

Just ramping up a new, fairly large & file rich, site with expressionengine and a recent article by metaq touched on cdn and was wondering how one would go about setting it up. We wouldn't be looking to hook up with amazon and the like, purely 1 or…
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Expression Engine: Removing Members From Mailing List

I'm sure there's a way to do this, but I haven't been able to find it: I have a site with an email newsletter signup form (uses EE's Mailing List module), as well as member registration. If a user signs up for emails, and then later becomes a…
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Synchronize Templates with Search and Replace

When I do search and replace text in my Expressionengine templates, using the "Tools > Data > Search and Replace" it doesn't synch with the files. Has anyone else had this? I guess not a big problem as can easily do a search and replace in the files…
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?ACT not working anymore after upgrade from ExpressionEngine 2.2.1 to ExpressionEngine 2.5.3

I am completely stuck as to why my EE install after the upgrade to EE 2.5.3 suddenly does not allow for some standard ?ACT eg search (?ACT=2), sending off a contact form or logout (?ACT=10) from the front end. Actions get redirected to the…
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What is the difference between include tags and embed tags in expressionengine?

The discussion forum module for expression engine uses {include:file} tags in its templates like in forum_themes/developer/forum_index/main_forum_list.html: {include:table_heading} {include:table_rows} {include:table_footer} I've searched for the…
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Anchor tag stripped from URL on form submit

Freeform version: 4.07 ExpressionEngine v2.5.3 - Build Date: 20120911 I have a freeform form inside a jQuery tab. When the form is submitted with erros, the anchor for that tab is stripped from the URL. This takes me back to the first tab and not…
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How can I manipulate a form / inputs to be ignored when a form is submitted

I'm using ExpressionEngine and SafeCracker along with Ajax (plugin: jquery.form.js - http://jquery.malsup.com/form/). Best I can tell, SafeCracker will only allow for updating a single entry at a time. However, the UI / UX necessitates that a list…
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How to use ExpressionEngine form validation class in module to repopulate form in template?

Is it possible to display errors and repopulate fields on a form that is hard coded into a template? So far I’ve only figured out how to display the errors in a module’s view, but not a template. Based on the logic of ExpressionEngine, I’m guessing…
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Has anyone ever created a shopping cart on the Expression Engine?

Well I'm building a site for a client on the Expression Engine CMS and just wondering if anyone had any experience building a shopping cart on it, either custom or via a plug in.
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Displaying entries per category in ExpressionEngine

So, I've searched, and found a few posts that kinda get me what I want, but it still doesn't quite work. This post especially seemed closest to what I was trying to achieve, and I built my code off of it:…
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Unix timestamp to .net DateTime

I must be doing an obvious mistake but I can't figure it out. I am importing a date stored in a mysql database (it is stored by the ExpressionEngine CMS). It is a unix timestamp, i.e. seconds since 1/1/1970 00:00. So I'm doing something like…
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Replacement for the old Acronym module in EE?

Are there any add-ons out there for EE 2 that can replace the old EE 1 Acronym module? It allowed you to build a database of acronyms that you could actually replace with anything, including linked text. So I was using it on a section of my site…
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Overring the map zoom level in Google Maps for ExpressionEngine

I'm using ExpressionEngine 2.5.3 and Google Maps for ExpressionEngine 3.0.190 (aka 3.1 beta) with the following code: {exp:gmap:init id="map1" class="gmap" scrollwheel="false" style="width:930px;height:500px" clusterStyles="{url:…
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ExpressionEngine on MediaTemple - removing index.php results in "no input file specified"

I have an MT site with the standard ExpressionEngine htaccess code to remove index.php and the home page works, and all other pages work if I put index.php in the URL. Without it, I get "no output file specified". It works on my local and non-MT…
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Config override for 'Name of your site' in control panel

In the control panel, there's a setting in Admin > General Configuration for 'Name of your site.' The value entered here appears in the top right hand corner of the control panel. Is there a config override to set this value, to save having to type…
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