ExpressionEngine ScreencastsExpressionEngine Screencasts and Video Tutorials - Learn how to build a website from beginning to end with Expression Engine.

Learn from Ryan Irelan's vast experience in developing robust websites with ExpressionEngine in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-digest format.

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What's Covered

  • Installing ExpressionEngine
  • Expert Tips on Site Configuration
  • Basics of Templating
  • Reusing Code with Embeds
  • Managing & Displaying Categories
  • Forms and Comments
  • Building an RSS Feed in ExpressionEngine
  • Adding Static Pages
  • Related and Reverse Related Entries
  • Enabling and Controlling Member-Only Content
  • Managing and Publishing a Podcast with EE
  • Adding a Site Search

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What They're Saying About the EE Screencasts

"You've successfully revealed the Man behind the EE curtain. Thanks!"

Luke Dorny, Butter Label

"I've learned more about EE in that hour and a half than I have in the last month of playing around with my local install."

Brad Dielman

"As a complete newbie to EE, but an experienced C/Java/PHP programmer, I found these extremely valuable, well paced, well priced, and well done."

Larry Lewis, SAS Institute Inc.

About Your Host

Ryan Irelan headshotRyan Irelan is a web developer, author and sometimes consultant. He's the co-author of The Business Podcasting Book (Focal Press, 2007) and the Senior Web Developer at Airbag Industries, an Internet consultancy firm. Ryan has helped build, customize and deploy more than two dozen ExpressionEngine sites.

News & Updates

Developing an EE Site Locally

Aug 05, 2008

While building the site for the EE Screencasts "Building a Dynamic Website with ExpressionEngine" series, I didn't use a remote server. Instead, I developed the site on my local computer. The reason I did it this way was because it's an easier way to work; I can work offline and the pages load faster, which is helpful when I'm recording the EE training videos.

I know I'm not the only one who develops ExpressionEngine sites on the local computer first, but I'm also certain there are many people who do not and would like to learn more. If you're one of those people, this ExpressionEngine tutorial is for you.

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What They're Saying About the EE Screencasts

Jul 21, 2008

I've received a lot of feedback since launching the EE video tutorials almost two months ago. Thank you to everyone for writing emails and posting to the EE Forums and the PragProg forums. Also a big thanks to the many people who wrote about the screencasts on their blogs and websites.

I want to share some of what people have been saying about the EE Screencasts:

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Getting Help and Giving Feedback

Jul 18, 2008

If you are thinking about purchasing the EE video tutorials or have already and need some help with them or have feedback, I want to direct you to the PragProg Forums where there is a forum dedicated to discussions about the EE Screencasts.

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The Tools I Use - TextMate EE Bundle and Color Theme

Jul 17, 2008

Earlier this week, Eric posted to the PragProg EE Screencast forum asking about how I get the EE tags to be color coded in TextMate in the ExpressionEngine training videos. I realized that I never explicitly mentioned this and want for those who use Macs and TextMate, it might make it easier to follow along with the screencasts if our code matches colors.

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About the EE Screencast Series and What's Next

Jul 15, 2008

Yesterday, we released Episode 10 of the EE Screencast series, which completed the series. Throughout the 10 episodes there are nearly 5 hours of personal EE training that walk you through how to build a complete EE site from beginning to end.

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