ExpressionEngine 2 for Beginners
From Install to Launch in Just Three Short Weeks
Learn ExpressionEngine, one of the most robust and powerful CMS available today. We'll take you from installation, building templates, and setting up custom fields to more advanced techniques including using dynamic entries relationships, setting up powerful workflow and SEO foundation, and integrating jQuery applications and social media plug-ins.
After the intensive 3-week course, you'll have the know-how and confidence to create a fully dynamic website "from install to launch".
At 2 hours x 6 sessions, the entire course weighs at full 12 hours of professional ExpressionEngine instruction.
Our Comprehensive Curriculum
- Class requirements and helpful tools
- Required skill sets in building EE sites
- XHTML vs. CSS vs. EE
- Advantages of EE sites and case studies
- How to install EE and server setup
- Understanding EE control panel
- Understanding EE templates
- Recommended setup for channels, categories, fields, and more
- Managing images, videos, audios, and other files
- How to setup optimal template structures
- Basic and advanced EE tags
- Optimal CSS/XHTML to EE templates conversion workflow
- Using embedded templates and passing variables
- Building contact, search, RSS feeds, mailing list, and other functionalities
- Essential EE add-ons
- Using .htaccess and SEO setup
- Working with jQuery and EE entries
- Next steps and resources
Each session is jam-packed with detailed demos and practical real-world tips.
About the Classes
- Twice-a-week live e-Learning classes
- Live Q&A sessions: ask questions on the spot and receive immediate answers
- Reliable GotoTraining live streaming
- Wealth of tips and techniques from an EE Pro Network veteran
- Small, personal, friendly, and collaborative class setting
- Downloadable videos of recorded sessions for unlimited reviews
Each student will work with a pre-installed “Sandbox” ExpressionEngine setup to practice & review each lesson.
You couldn’t ask for more as a turbo-driven boost to reaching a professional level in Expression Engine. I was left reeling but the class recordings are great revision material and will keep me going for months to come. It was a lovely surprise that the Webinars were so warm and supportive. The best value course I’ve ever taken – lots of work but totally enjoyable. Looking forward to another Creat-ee class. Thanks again - see you in the follow-up/next level class!
Learn from a Veteran Pro Network Member & Official Community Partner
Jae has been a member of the highly selective Pro Network for the past 7 years. He found Creat-ee.com, recently selected as an Official Community Partner of ExpressionEngine.
Jae is also a 14 year+ veteran in interactive design, building some of the largest sites in the world for Fortune 500 companies as well as for small business, startups, and non-profit organizations. Jae also proudly served as a full-time professor in graphic and interactive design at Alfred University in beautiful Upstate New York.
Also checkout the Tutorial section for free ExpressionEngine webinars.
This is clearly the best training investment I have ever made! I have employed other training programs from books to screencasts, but Creat-ee's training program is the best by a mile. Not only do you learn the essentials, but Jae incorporates techniques that would take months/years to uncover on your own. He created true "aha" moments with Expression Engine 2.0 training.
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A big thanks to Andrew at BrandNewBox, Tom at EEHarbor, Yuri at intoEEtive, and our latest sponsor Brian at BoldMinded for sponsoring the promotions!
You couldn’t ask for more as a turbo-driven boost to reaching a professional level in Expression Engine. I was left reeling but the class recordings are great revision material and will keep me going for months to come. It was a lovely surprise that the Webinars were so warm and supportive. The best value course I’ve ever taken – lots of work but totally enjoyable. Looking forward to another Creat-ee class. Thanks again - see you in the follow-up/next level class!
The Reviews are In!
We are ever so grateful for these kind words from our alums, who come from as far as the UK, France, Netherlands, Australia, and Hong Kong. Thank you very much!
Missed a class? Catch up with our fully recorded video of each session.
Great class, once again. I really enjoyed & learned a great deal that I will be putting to the test. It was extremely informative and thanks for the videos, I constantly refer back to them for support.
Jae is extremely knowledgeable and very generous with sharing real-life industry tips and his best of practice techniques. I really benefited from being able to ask Jae a direct question and have him patiently help me through my learning process. Overall, with the time and money I saved by getting up to speed with ExpressionEngine quickly, these courses proved to give me a great return on my investment.
Great job on the class tonight. I almost feel like I got my money's worth from this session alone with the knowledge I will take into future projects!
Hi Rebecca,
Yes it is - I’ll explain the differences between 1.6, but we’ll work with the latest version (currently 2.1).
Jae
Great, thanks! I’m pretty sure I’ll be attending!
If I still have 1.x, and wont be upgrading to 2.x until after this session, will this be worthwhile to attend? Dont want to run before I walk.
when will this class be taught again?
@dorries Dorrie, I had sent you a separate email, but the next class will be starting on October 5th. Thanks!
@Brian Brian, regarding taking the class without upgrading to 2.x, I have to say that most if not all of what we teach still applies to 1.x, as the concepts really did stay same with the upgrade.
However, I do point out any differences between 1.x and 2.x whenever necessary as well. Thanks!
Quick question: Who will be teaching this class?
Will the class go into writing modules? If so, to what level?
@Mario I’ll be teaching the class (Jae). For more background about me, please take a look at the About page here: http://www.creat-ee.com/about/more/about_the_instructor. Thanks!
@Rob This class is for someone new to EE, and we cover more on setting up the control panel and writing templates, and do not cover writing custom modules. We are planning on advance classes in the future however, so stay tuned!
Quick question JAE, when will the class be offered in 2011? I’ve attended your free webinar twice now and I getting ready to make the switch to EE. I host most of my websites in MediaTemple (MT). Any information would be appreciated on what system requirements we’d have prior to starting the seminar. Thanks.
@Mario The EE class is offered starting 1st Tuesday of every month. Re: system requirements, just a decent web connection for the webinars, and an HTML editor (Coda, Dreamweaver, or even Notepad++).
I’m as newb as they get ... have never built a site before, and don’t know any html.
Will I be able to take this course?
Hi Catherine,
We have had students who’ve never done web design before, or in the process of learning EE at the same time as learning CSS/XHTML.
If you have the time to review each lesson, the feedback we got from those “absolute” beginner students have been very positive.
You also get a full recording of each lesson, so you can review them as many times as you’d like in between classes, and of course bring those questions back to the next class(es) as well.
BTW, we give you a complete XHTML coded practice site, so previous HTML knowledge is not required!
Very excited to get away from our Flash site and create something modern and efficient.
Will I need to purchase and download a particular version of expression engine prior to this course?
Hi Caroline,
No, you don’t need to purchase a copy of EE. We set you up with a practice site so you can follow along with each lesson.
I think you’ll be in for a treat, going from Flash-only site(s) to a fully standards-compliant, flexible, and easy to update sites on EE!
Jae
Thanks, do you suggest any reading prior to taking the course? I’m currently trying to do a crash course in basic html on w3schools.com…
Hi Caroline,
I don’t think so - many of our students have taken the Beginner’s course w/o any prior knowledge of EE.
It’s great that you’re getting a lesson on basic HTML. It’ll definite help during the EE class!
Hi Jae,
I attended your free Webinar yesterday and am very interested in changing my career. I think this is the next class for me. Is there a terminology site for CMS in general and an explanation of roles and responsibilities that distinguishes a developer from a content provider?
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Is this taught using EE 2.1?