# ExpressionEngine

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795 "2008-05-30T22:21:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![shane\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795/1 "2008-05-30T22:21:41Z")

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> **[ExpressionEngine—Welcome Home to the Best CMS](https://expressionengine.com/)**
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> ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to easily manage their web site. Publish Your Universe!

Anybody had any experience with it?

I’ve been thinking about looking into it lately, thought I’d check and see if you guys had any thoughts…

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**Author:** ![shane\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795/2 "2008-06-02T03:27:13Z")

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Sad. I hate learning things on my own…

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**Author:** ![lorren\_biffin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/lorren_biffin/32/2726_2.png) [@lorren\_biffin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorren_biffin)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795/3 "2008-06-02T04:29:16Z")

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Yea, I’ve got a little bit of experience with it. I’d say go for it. If you’re looking for a wide support base then you’re probably better off with a different CMS, but the good news is that recently it became CodeIgniter dependant. That means that if you can learn [CodeIgniter (very easy to learn with [URL=“http://codeigniter.com/user\_guide/”]GREAT documentation), then you can extend ExpressionEngine just as easily (they’re both [URL=“http://ellislab.com/”]EllisLab](http://codeigniter.com/) products).

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**Author:** ![shane\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expressionengine/261795/4 "2008-06-02T15:34:25Z")

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Cool, I’ll give it a shot… I’m not as worried about the user base if it’s well-documented and well-built.

I’m just about to build some sites using WordPress, and I’ve been looking into some other CMS’s. The open-source free ones are of course enticing, but they seem to all have some annoying drawbacks. I’m not worried about paying a couple hundred for a good one if it saves me a lot of time and puts out a better site.