Item: ExpressionEngine
Rating: 9
Author: Rodrigo Passos

Overall Satisfaction with ExpressionEngine

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Here at Dative we build custom website solutions that will fit the needs of our clients both from front-end / back-end stand points. ExpressionEngine's biggest strength is the ability to add dynamic content tags into custom HTML markups. That's sounds trivial, but it allows our designs to be created unrestrained, while still being able to deliver fast page loads in a dynamic fashion.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Flexible Templating
Caching
Custom Content Types

Cons

Underlying framework based on codeigniter, could move to a more modern framework
Could make use of Composer
Better testing for add-ons.

Return on Investment

Having freedom to design means greater flexibility, but also means longer turn arounds.
Content is modeled around client's needs. Therefore training becomes about their content, not about the tool.

Alternatives Considered

We've spent sometime reviewing WordPress, but we found that the it didn't have the same flexibility that ExpressingEngine offered. We also reviewed other promising CMS products that have similar template features, like CraftCMS and Statamic. Both looked great but weren't mature enough yet. Maybe in a few years they will be there.

Likelihood to Recommend

ExpressEngine is well suited for simple, one page websites. We used it when we engage in small projects where the client only really needs what we call a "mini-site", that would post a form to a third-party form service. It is also used in cases, where there is very little content management, where we can just have a static website built with a uri router.

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ExpressionEngine: The BIG Reliable.

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