ExpressionEngine
From DreamHost
ExpressionEngine is a modular, flexible, feature-packed web publishing system that adapts to a broad range of needs.
ExpressionEngine at Dreamhost
ExpressionEngine runs fine at a Dreamhost hosting account. One thing to remember is that in order to use search engine friendly URLs you need to disable the "Run PHP as cgi option". Search Engine Friendly URLs are URLs like
www.example.com/index.php/theme/page
Apparently, such URLs are easier indexed by search engines than the default
www.example.com/index.php?/theme/page
The ExpressionEngine documentation has some more info about how URLs work in Expression Engine:
[ http://eedocs.pmachine.com/general/urls.html ExpressionEngine Documentation on URLs ]
Another nice feature of hosting ExpressionEngine at Dreamhost is that you can host unlimited websites from one ExpressionEngine installation. This is a good thing since the license fee of ExpressionEngine is hefty. You can install the ExpressionEngine CMS on one domain (in one directory), and by pointing the path.php in every domains root to this installation all domains can share the same system. Of course, every domain can still have its own unique templates and content. This is a part where ExpressionEngine really shines.
- [ http://eedocs.pmachine.com/installation/install_subdomains.html ExpressionEngine documentation on running multiple sites, domains or subdomains ]
Licenses
ExpressionEngine is available with three different licenses:
- Commercial License - this license is for companies, organizations and individuals who use Expression Engine with a commercial (for-profit) purpose
- Personal License - this license is for personal, non-commercial non-profit use only.
- Core License - the core license is for personal non-commercial and non-profit use only.
The commercial and the personal license come with technical support and all available modules, except the forum module. The core license comes with no technical support, and also a number of modules are missing, including (but not limited to) the moblog module, the photo gallery module and the mailinglist module.
