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January 22, 2009 by Lauren Gray
Mike had a few exercises for us in the last days of class. I am excited to get home and really dig into this CMS on my own. There is so much to learn. Below is an image of a chunking exercise, which opened our eyes to the process of bringing the design into EE. Very useful!
Mike also organized a group exercise that he used several previous client site maps to create the ExpressionEngine architecture. Not to be confused with Information Architecture. This was a bit confusing for a designer's mind! Below are a couple of pictures of Nick (also a scholarship winner) and I doing some EE Architecture for a church website. This really made us understand all of the work put into the developer's proposal, before knowing if you will even get the job.
Here is a good one of Mike turning on the lightbulb for Nick... the famous "Ah-hah" moment caught on film! Mike Boyink wasn't lying, he really did "bring him the ExpressionEngine lightbulb moment." Although I think I was too focused to catch it myself.
Finally, I semi-understand what Nate is up to on his coding days!
Southern Fried ExpressionEngine
January 22, 2009 by Lauren Gray
Hello from Texas!
Just wanted to share some cool stuff happening here at The Inn on the Riverwalk. There couldn't have been a more perfect (or convenient) place to have the EE training while in San Antonio. The Inn is a quite and very private B&B. We wake up to the smell of breakfast, which is amazing! Our class eats a homemade breakfast and afterwards, we move some tables around and get to the good stuff! Thanks to Mrs Boyink, who we have nicknamed "Mom", I have some pictures of the EE class in action!
One really cool thing about Mike Boyink's class, he uses live examples of EE sites, built by him, to help us understand his instruction. He does an excellent job of explaining step by step, showing live examples, and then walking us through what he just taught so we are able to do it ourselves. Hands on learning! Below are a couple of images of Mike instructing the class. ((Notice the dominance of Macs! 
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The EE class also had an "Open Mike Night". This happened mid-week when our brains were on the verge of overload. We ate pizza as a group (Thanks Mr and Mrs Boyink!) and then had the opportunity to ask questions and pick the expert's brain.
Oh, and to put a cherry on top, it is warmer here in San Antonio, TX than anywhere else in the Nation this week!
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!
January 6, 2009 by Lauren Gray
I am proud to be the scholarship winner of the Train-ee Southern Fried ExpressionEngine Class that will be held later this month in San Antonio. I just received confirmation from Leslie Camacho over at ExpressionEngine. Thanks to Train-ee, the gang at ExpressionEngine, and all of the sponsors who made this possible! Updates to follow on the sponsors.
Project: Online Gift Certificate Purchase
December 8, 2008 by Nate Iler
With the Holiday shopping underway, Second Sole inquired about extending their website to provide gift certificate purchases. Since SecondSoleOhio.com is written using the Expression Engine CMS, a commerce module was availble and easy to integrate to their existing theme. Although the module is bare-bones, it provided enough features to accomplish the objective in a very simple manner.
The New Look of Flipbox Studios
November 24, 2008 by Nate Iler
It's taken longer than we expected, but we are almost done with the new Flipbox Studios. There are still a few tweaks that we need to make and we are in the process of updating the portfolio and converting some old weblog and resources entries to our new Expression Engine CMS but it should be polshed up soon. What do you think? We hope you enjoy it!
We’re Opening Our Toolbox
November 3, 2008 by Nate Iler
We've been designing and developing sites for a while now. We decided to put together a list of our trusted resources that keep us doing what we do best...be creative. So take a moment and check out our toolbox. We hope you enjoy our toolbox!
We’re Hosting With The Industry Leader: Rackspace
October 24, 2008 by Nate Iler
Slicehost meets Rackspace: The beloved Slicehost announced a few days ago their acquisition by Rackspace (Rackspace is expanding their Cloud offerings). It looks like we're not the only ones who see value and potential in Slicehost. This news means that all of our hosting is through Rackspace, the leader in hosting. Watch their videocast.
Interested in Slicehost? Use this link to reference us when selecting your slice!
The Search For Web Hosting
August 12, 2008 by Nate Iler
We don't believe in shortcuts and we may not be big, but we're working with some giants in the hosting industry to provide our clients the best service and performance without the giant price tag. Our Mosso cloud hosting addresses the needs of most clients and produces amaizing load times at a great price. Or custom and dynamic heavy clients can sleep well knowing that Slicehost tecnology is there when it counts. We think we made some solid hosting solutions to pass on to our clients that will knock the socks off the $9/month shared services.