Selling tickets with CartThrob by Jamie Pittock

13 May 2012 in Building Sites

Jamie Pittock posted a new article, Selling tickets with CartThrob, on jamiepittock.com. From the article:

On a project I’m currently working on people are able to purchase tickets for events directly from the website. We’re already using CartThrob to sell merchandise (and subscriptions actually – yes it’s a soon-to-be-released feature) and although we looked into moreEvents it’s not an option this time due to our use of Solspace Calendar. So we needed to figure out how to sell event tickets using CartThrob only. It was actually surprisingly simple.

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Follow Jamie Pittock on Twitter: @jamiepittock

Where are volume discounts for ExpressionEngine add-ons? by Timo Häkkinen

07 May 2012 in Building Sites

Timo Häkkinen posted a new article, Where are volume discounts for ExpressionEngine add-ons?, on http://timohakkinen.com. From the article:

Having used ExpressionEngine for over four years, I have seen the add-on market explode. In the past few years more and more developers have started charging for their work, and rightfully so. If there’s one thing I would love to see, it’s add-on developers offering volume discounts.

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Avoiding CAPTCHA With ExpressionEngine

14 February 2012 in Tutorials by Eric Lamb

spam, snapcha, captcha

Optimizing load time with the Disable Parameter by Ryan White

01 May 2012 in Building Sites

Ryan White posted a new article, Optimizing load time with the Disable Parameter, on venveo.com. From the article:

When you load a page on your site, Expression Engine will see your {exp:channel:entries} tags and fetch a load of information regarding your entries like categories, custom fields, member data, etc. But what if you don’t need to show your categories or custom fields for example? You can tell Expression Engine to only grab the information you need, which can save you a bit of load time.

Check out the article: Optimizing load time with the Disable Parameter

Replacing Snippets with Low Variables by Jamie Pittock

16 April 2012 in Building Sites

Jamie Pittock posted a new article, Replacing Snippets with Low Variables, on jamiepittock.com. From the article:

ExpressionEngine’s User Defined Global Variables have always been handy for storing small bits of static code or content and displaying in our templates. With EE2 EllisLab introduced Snippets as a way of reusing dynamic chunks of template code…Let’s run through an example of where you might use a Snippet, and then talk about how using a Low Variable instead can solve a major issue.

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A Better Way to FTP Your ExpressionEngine Site: Use Zip Files

17 December 2011 in Tutorials by Ryan Battles

php, database, ftp

The ExpressionEngine Side of the New Viget.com: Part 1 by Trevor Davis

16 April 2012 in The Story Behind the Site

Trevor Davis posted a new article, The ExpressionEngine Side of the New Viget.com: Part 1, on viget.com. From the article:

Before I started at Viget, I remember thoroughly enjoying the articles by Doug about building Viget.com in EE. That was really some of my first exposure to EE, and from there I’ve come to love it. My hope is that I can recreate some of Doug’s magic and talk through how I built the current iteration of the Viget site in EE. I know, it’s gonna be hard to do. This post is going to be broken into multiple posts, but buckle up, this is gonna be a long one.

Check out the article: The ExpressionEngine Side of the New Viget.com: Part 1

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A Comparison of WYSIWYG Editors for ExpressionEngine by James Buckley

16 April 2012 in Building Sites

James Buckley posted a new article, A Comparison of WYSIWYG Editors for ExpressionEngine, on EE Insider. From the article:

The state of add-ons in ExpressionEngine is an embarrassment of riches. Since the launch of Devot-ee, EE users now have thousands of add-ons to browse through. As new add-ons appear which duplicate the functionality of already existing add-ons, deciding which one is the right fit for your project has become more and more complicated.

Check out the article: A Comparison of WYSIWYG Editors for ExpressionEngine

Follow James Buckley on Twitter: @jamesbuckley