Control vs Freedom December 18, 2009 at 6:31 am
I’m a rebel! There I said it. I hate being constricted in any shape or form. When someone tells me I have to do this or that, I immediately look for a way out. It doesn’t suit my nature to be told I have to do things a certain way. It makes no matter who it is or what it is about. I guess that’s why I like the freedom to build a website my own way in my own time. Of course it means I get kicked out of a lot of things. Even as a child, team sports were not for me. I query too much. I look for the answers and want to do it my way. I guess I was meant to be a leader not a follower. This is one of the things I really like about Expression Engine. It lets me build my way. WordPress tends to make me use their themes or none at all. And although that is fine for a start when you get adventurous and want to put more than they allow in, they don’t like it.
Let’s look at the differences.
There is a difference in how things work on Expression Engine. You get to decide which “channel” is which. It’s not immediately apparent to the user when start. You have to make your way over to the administration section of the website. Unless you do so it’s very similar in format to WordPress. Most users only see the sections called Edit and Publish and what would be plug-ins on WordPress but are called modules here. And here in lies the power of Expression Engine. Right now most of those modules are not yet available for Expression Engine 2 which is why many have not yet upgraded from Expression 1.6. There are a few available at present which make it possible to extend it with multiple files for an entry.
There are sorted types of fields you can use in a Channel which can be a bit confusing as they have similar names to each other like textbox, and textarea.
A section has been made available for groups of people to be able to get together.
Here you can go over the “New Entry” section where you can customize it by title with things like who the leader is and the meeting time. This means that meeting can be easily identified with the content.
My reasons for liking ExpressionEngine.
I can take control of what I want to do. That’s the rebel in me. There are different models available for Commercial Personal and Non Commercial work. This makes it affordable and gives you more modules and more choices. You have the choice to upgrade from a lower version to a higher which makes lives easier as you expand you web presence.
What’s a Kit.
This is similar to what you would find in Drupal. And although WordPress might be heading that way it’s not yet at that point. WordPress is great for anyone who just wants to set up one of there template packages. A rank beginner can do it with ease.
Where is ExpressionEngine Heading?
Unlike WordPress, it’s not easy to change a Theme yet on ExpressionEngine. It does look as if it is head in that direction though. With the functionality that has been added which allows you to HTML and CSS files you are now able to get them recognised and rendered. But where ExpressionEngine starts to really shine is when you enter into the realm of its capabilities in CCK.
New Theme (Changing Themes)
While you can change your look at the drop of a hat on WordPress unfortunately, here you have to do it on installation. This makes it very difficult to change the look here but hopefully they will make this easier in the future
What’s the Difference?
Well for a start WordPress is easier in some respects especially for bloggers and people who just want to try things out. PHP developers like it too.
Real designers however prefer ExpressionEngine because of its flexibility and the fact you can bend things to your will.
It’s all a matter of choice in the end.
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