Expression Engine
Incredible power and flexibility
Why do so many web professionals choose ExpressionEngine? Simple: It allows them to say yes to their clients and succeed on the web. ExpressionEngine doesn’t force you to work a certain way or impose limitations on your site design, structure, or content. Its flexibility allows you to build a website that not only fulfills your needs and creative vision today, but will grow and scale as your business needs change in the future.
They are very proud that some of the best websites in the world are powered by ExpressionEngine. It’s a testament to the trust that they’ve earned among so many web professionals and the power and flexibility of ExpressionEngine.
Commercial Product + Open Source = Perfection
Best of Both Worlds
ExpressionEngine is a commercial product built on an Open Source foundation, giving you the best of both worlds. As a commercial product, ExpressionEngine is supported by a team of committed developers and technical support specialists. With its Open Source foundation, ExpressionEngine’s codebase is 100% open, transparent, and extensible. For a decade we’ve operated on this effective business model. Our customer satisfaction and growth is a testament to its success.
Commercial Advantages
We pride ourselves on listening and responding quickly to our customers and providing world-class technical support. Because of that, we’ve built an incredibly loyal following among top web professionals, business users, and independent web publishers. Your purchase of ExpressionEngine directly funds our development and support team, so your satisfaction is our number one priority. You’ll never be left out in the cold trying to meet a tight deadline. We’re here for you!
Open Source Foundation
The core of ExpressionEngine is built on CodeIgniter, our Open Source PHP framework, used by hundreds of thousands of PHP developers worldwide. CodeIgniter has become the application framework of choice for many of the premiere PHP developers in the world. Why? Because CodeIgniter is fast, lightweight, and open. You simply get more done in less time. Don’t take our word for it, ask the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, who praised CodeIgniter for being fast and light.
The Smashing Book
The Smashing Book is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. The book shares technical tips and best practices on coding, usability and optimization and explores how to create successful user interfaces and apply marketing principles to increase conversion rates. It also shows how to get the most out of typography, color and branding so that you end up with intuitive and effective Web designs. And lastly, you will also get a peek behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine.
You can buy the Smashing Book right now. And in case you didn’t know, it’s available here exclusively. The book is available and can be shipped right away.
The book has 313 pages in all, full of practical knowledge for designers and Web developers. It contains 10 chapters and is printed in full color. The book is a paperback and is 8.27 × 5.5 inches (21 × 14 cm). It contains colorful illustrations created by designers from the Russia-based SoftFacade (Anton Zykin, Dmitry Tsozik, Anna Myagkova).
