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May 2008

FeedGrab and CSVGrab now multiple site compatible

May 15, 2008 - 11:37 AM

FeedGrab and CSVGrab have now been made compatible with EllisLab’s Multiple Site Manager expansion for ExpressionEngine.

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January 2007

Setting up an ExpressionEngine Opensearch plugin

Jan 29, 2007 - 07:24 AM

Providing Opensearch capability on your website allows your site’s search facility to accessed directly from FireFox’s or IE7’s search box.

This article describes how to add an Opensearch function to your Expression Engine site using EE’s built-in search templates.

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A simple ExpressionEngine search page

Jan 25, 2007 - 06:36 AM

Expression Engine provides a handy search module that provides an easy mechanism for adding a search facility to your site.

This first article implements a simple search box and results page.

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December 2006

CSVGrab ExpressionEngine plugin

Dec 18, 2006 - 01:10 PM

CSVGrab is a variation of one of my other plugins FeedGrab, and allows you to import data from a CSV file into a weblog.

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ExpressionEngine FeedGrab plugin tutorial

Dec 14, 2006 - 05:27 PM

This tutorial will guide you through setting up Expression Engine with the FeedGrab plugin to capture data from a magnolia data feed.

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October 2006

Akismet extension for ExpressionEngine

Oct 24, 2006 - 08:30 AM

After a couple of weeks testing I can fully recommend the anti-comment spam Akismet extension for Expression Engine.

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August 2006

FeedGrab ExpressionEngine plugin

Aug 29, 2006 - 09:03 AM

FeedGrab is a plugin for pMachine’s Expression Engine to provide it with the ability to import data from 3rd party web feeds (RSS or ATOM), such as flickr or delicious. 

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May 2006

Web Design: The Fan

May 30, 2006 - 10:37 AM

The Fan was a website designed in 2006 and awarded the ExpressionEngine Shootout runner-up prize (Core category) in a competition run by EllisLab, Inc.

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February 2006

The Fan - Design Notes

Feb 27, 2006 - 04:59 AM

“The Fan” is blog/webzine providing news, opinion and commentary on
(predominantly UK-based) football teams, competitions, players and managers.

The site provides stories in 2 formats: quick 1 or 2 paragraph news
items (shorts) and longer (generally more authored) articles.

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