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ExpressionEngine Workflow Noah Stokes

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This is a raptor.

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What do you mean by distributed?

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What are some of the pitfalls of running EE distributed?

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Git - The Secret Sauce

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The Setup

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EE in a Repo

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Read Me 1. Create a database for the project 2. Import the contents of import-me.sql to the database 3. Modify the database credentials in sys/expressionengine/ config/database.php 4. Modify the configuration in sys/expressionengine/config/ config.php 5. Access the EE admin at http:///admin.php using: ! ! Username: admin ! ! Password: admin 6. Go to Deeploy Helper and adjust necessary EE settings 7. Dominate life!

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Setup Your Paths $config['theme_folder_path'] = $config['tmpl_file_basepath'] = Setup a symlink to Projects dir

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Create an $env

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env.php

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admin.php & index.php

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config.php

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database.php

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index.sample.php config.sample.php database.sample.php Sample Files

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.gitignore

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Save Templates As Files

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Work Flow

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HTML First

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Clone the Repo

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Setup a Database

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Setup MAMP

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Remove .git files

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Create a New Repository

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Make a Commit

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Integrate Our Templates

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Example: /press/ /press/article/article-url-title

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Example: /press/ /press/article-url-title

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Example: {if segment_2 == ‘’} Press index goes here {if:else} Press article goes here, (where segment_2 is the url_title parameter for the entries call) {/if}

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Commit, Commit, Commit

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The first rule of databases is: everything is in the database once

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EE Map + Channel - Custom Fields [ Field Type ] * Categories -------------------------------------------------------- + Home - Title Black [ Text Input ] - Title White [ Text Input } - Slideshow [ Matrix (Image, URL) ] - Handpicked Local Services [ Playa from Providers ] - From the Blog [ Playa from Blog ] - Special Offer [ Playa from Providers ]

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Channels

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Custom Fields

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Categories, Snippets, Variables

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{cat_id:category_name}

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Staging

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Production

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Issues

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Database Migrations Site Manager

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Add Ons

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Benefits

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Questions?

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Noah Stokes @motherfuton Thank You!