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Angie Herrera
June 14, 2012
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EE Good Practices & Techniques
Slides from a presentation at our Meetup group, EE PDX, on 06/13/12.
Angie Herrera
June 14, 2012
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EE Best Practices & Techniques Good Angie Herrera // @angieherrera
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Base EE Install » Latest version » Essential add-ons »
No content » No channels, fields, etc.
File Structure
Master Config » Multi-environment setup » Local, dev, staging, production
» Avoid having to tweak config/db & path settings when deploying to different environments » Best to not use for MSM sites » By Erik Reagan / Focus Lab http://cl.ly/HMVC
Learn it. Use it. Love it. Git
Development Start Building! » Figure out content & URLs »
Settle on a naming convention » Figure out member groups
Development » Build, build, build » Don’t forget Git!!! »
Understand basic performance issues – Simple vs. Advanced Conditionals – Snippets vs. Embeds – Parsing order – Caching (ahem: CE Cache)
Upgrading EE
Upgrading EE » BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP » Upgrade locally FIRST
(be sure to have most current DB) » Upgrade add-ons before EE
Upgrading EE
Upgrading EE If it worked... If not...
My Essential EE Add-ons IfElse
My Essential EE Add-ons Switchee
My Essential EE Add-ons Snippet Sync
My Essential EE Add-ons CE Image
My Essential EE Add-ons Wygwam
My Essential EE Add-ons Matrix
My Essential EE Add-ons Custom System Messages
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