Flipbox Studios

Flipbox Studios Makes the News

May 29, 2009 by Lauren Gray

I was recently contacted by Rapid Growth about my hands-on training through Idea Foundry. Check out the article, these guys are really onto something great! I strongly recommend their training. It was hands down the best classroom training experience I have attended (x's 2). Training in a vacation setting... genius! I can't wait for an advanced ExpressionEngine class to come around. Great job guys!

Oh and double bonus: I also just discovered Flipbox Studios and I made the Train-ee news... for making the news! HA. What an exciting week! Thanks Mike!

Thanks again to everyone who made the Southern Fried ExpressionEngine Training possible!

Flipbox Studios joins the ExpressionEngine Pro Network

February 27, 2009 by Nate Iler

I'm pleased to announce that Flipbox Studios has been accepted into the ExpressionEngine Pro Network.  ExpressionEngine (also referred to as EE) has played a large role in our success over the past year and in 2009 we decided to use EE as our primary CMS appliation. 

Many thanks to the EllisLab team and community members for making our EE experience taste so sweet.  If you aren't familiar with ExpressionEngine, take five and check them out.

THANK YOU

January 31, 2009 by Lauren Gray

Wow, what an amazing experience! I would like to include a picture of the whole Southern Fried ExpressionEngine class. It was all a pleasure to be a part of this group. I would like to point out that we have kept in touch after the class. Mike has created a Google Group for our EE class that allows us to work out an kinks or simply get feedback on sites we are working on. Remember guys, dynamic="off"

Here is an image of the three scholarship recipients. We even inadvertently sat next to each other during class before realizing each other was the scholarship winner.

I also would like to thank everyone who made it possible for me to attend the Southern Fried ExpressionEngine Class. Words can't explain how grateful I am to have been chosen for this scholarship. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Boyink with Train-ee, Leslie Camacho with EllisLab, the crew at Idea Foundry and the many sponsors including...

Airbag Industries

bGlobal Sourcing
Clear Fire Studios
EE Coder
EE Templates
Hambo Development
Lealea Design
Made by Fresh
OnWired
paramore | redd
Slim Kiwi
Yellowseed Design

Check out their sites, and make sure you thank them for giving back to the EE Community! Thanks Everyone!

Work Hard, Play Hard

January 23, 2009 by Lauren Gray

I have always been a fan of the saying, work hard, play hard. Maybe that is part of why I was able to enjoy San Antonio so much. After all, they do call it "Training in a Vacation Setting." Our class interaction didn't stop when the daily instruction ended. Mr and Mrs Boyink with Train-ee, along with the guys over at Idea Foundry had optional evening activities planned for the whole group. We were able to see some of San Antonio, and "Remember the Alamo." (It is sooo small!) Here are a couple of pictures of our walk down the Riverwalk and our visit to the Alamo. Thanks again to Mrs Boyink for the pictures. To see more Train-ee pictures visit the Train-ee Flickr Page.

It was good to see the guys with Collective Idea again! (I attended Ruby on Rails Training they instructed last year while employed with Hotcards.com.) 

EE In Action

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! ))

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.