Keynote given at the European ExpressionEngine & CodeIgniter conference (http://eeci2009.com).
You can see a video of the keynote on Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/7260725
3. The Journey to 2.0
It started 9 years ago with Nancy Sinatra...
4. The Journey to 2.0
It started 9 years ago with Nancy Sinatra...
Rick needed to build a website, not a blog
5. The Journey to 2.0
It started 9 years ago with Nancy Sinatra...
Rick needed to build a website, not a blog
Enable creativity by staying out of the way
6. The Journey to 2.0
It started 9 years ago with Nancy Sinatra...
Rick needed to build a website, not a blog
Enable creativity by staying out of the way
Make as little assumptions as possible
7.
8. Community Driven
We sold it as a blogging tool.
You used it as a CMS.
Quickly outgrew its “blog tool” roots.
First glimpse at what the community would
become.
22. The Trend
These web sites are really custom web
applications.
They bridge with other solutions.
23. The Trend
These web sites are really custom web
applications.
They bridge with other solutions.
Tight integration is becoming a necessity.
24. The Trend
These web sites are really custom web
applications.
They bridge with other solutions.
Tight integration is becoming a necessity.
EE 1.x is used as a framework.
25. The Future
A web professional’s success will be the ability
to deliver websites that are web applications
customized to specific client needs.
The line between website and web application
is disappearing.
27. EE 2.0: The Foundation
ExpressionEngine the best commercial CMS
Proven in the market.
102,000+ Members registered.
CodeIgniter is a highly praised framework.
Rasmus Lerdorf, creator the PHP
programming language, prefers CodeIgniter
“because it is faster, lighter and the least like a
framework.”
30. EE 2.0: Features!!!
• Features still important!
• 50+ new features/improvements
• Brand new UI
• File Manager
• Image Editor
• Emphasis on control
31. EE 2.1
• EE 1.0 to EE 1.6.8 implemented hundreds of
new features and updates based on
community feature requests.
• Return to a normal EllisLab dev cycle
• Performance, Security, Stability review
37. The Freelancer
Freelancer $99
Specifically for a small web agency’s
professional website (5 people or less)
Client work requires Non-commercial or
Commercial license
38. The Transition
• EE 1.6.8 will be available as a download for
all EE 2.0 purchases. You can use one or the
other on a single license, but not both.
• Upgrade from 1.6.8 to 2.0 for free in the
above scenario.
• More details will be available closer to
release.
43. See EE 2.0
• Look for Derek, Leslie, or John Henry in the
Lounge, we’ll give you a tour.
• Exclusive look at EE 2.0 from EE Insider,
(http://eeinsider.com) starting Monday.
• More information throughout November
- Welcome to EECI
- Thank you to...
- Whoooz Webmedia: Adrian, Janneke, Louise, & Robert
- Sponsors: Mailchimp, EngineHosting, Erskine
- Speakers: I’m looking forward to seeing how you push the limits
- Everyone here. May this be the first of many.
- Rick build a CMS from the very beginning. He build a site for Nancy, not a blog.
- He wanted a balance of flexibility and control
- He wanted something that stayed out of the way
- He didn’t want the tool to make assumptions about what he wanted to create
- Rick build a CMS from the very beginning. He build a site for Nancy, not a blog.
- He wanted a balance of flexibility and control
- He wanted something that stayed out of the way
- He didn’t want the tool to make assumptions about what he wanted to create
- Rick build a CMS from the very beginning. He build a site for Nancy, not a blog.
- He wanted a balance of flexibility and control
- He wanted something that stayed out of the way
- He didn’t want the tool to make assumptions about what he wanted to create
- Rick build a CMS from the very beginning. He build a site for Nancy, not a blog.
- He wanted a balance of flexibility and control
- He wanted something that stayed out of the way
- He didn’t want the tool to make assumptions about what he wanted to create
How we got started
Can’t install pM Pro 1.0 anymore because it requires php3.
The hype was all about blogs, but the innovators build websites faster, more efficiently, and competed at new levels.
My story as business case because it describes a large number of our community
Pushing Boundaries
This is what our community does; guides development
Community went beyond blogging quickly
Led directly to ExpressionEngine
Stats on improvements, features, implemented feature requests
Setting the stage for 2.0
Talk about the success of the last 3-4 years
Majority of EE sites use only the default features.
But the core community expands what’s possible everyday.
Majority of EE sites use only the default features.
But the core community expands what’s possible everyday.
Majority of EE sites use only the default features.
But the core community expands what’s possible everyday.
Majority of EE sites use only the default features.
But the core community expands what’s possible everyday.
Embraced by the well known.
Used by everybody.
Affordable.
Commercial, but embraces open source. CI is open source, leveraging jQuery
Best of both worlds, brought together.
Talk about the specific goals of 2.0.
Control specifically in:
Installation
Templates
Presentation
Pitch DA’s presentation on feature development, EE 2 new feature demo
Leopard to Snow Leopard
Around 55% of all new customers in 2009 were by freelancers. At least that’s what the survey indicates.