I’m already quoted on the EngineHosting site, so if you’ve looked at their plans you already know I’m a big fan of Nevin and crew. 

But I just need to say it again—for ExpressionEngine-based projects or not, EngineHosting just rocks.  I’ve been a happy customer of theirs - for client sites, Boyink.com (and now Train-ee) - for a few years now and have had nothing but good experiences every time I’ve contacted them.  It’s so nice to be able to pitch projects and make a recommendation for hosting with 100% confidence that my clients will be happy with the service.

Lately I had an issue that was somewhat “outside of the box” and Nevin responded in a very generous manner.  I don’t know if he’s a drinking man but I am looking forward to buying him a beverage of his choice at the upcoming SXSW conference.

Thanks again EngineHosting!

What?

You’re working with ExpressionEngine and you’re not visiting the EE forums on a daily basis - gleaning tips and tricks to use in your project sites?

For shame.....

Yea - I know...there probably aren’t many of you coming here to Boyink.com and not also perusing the EE forums - but just in case I want to make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to Win a Building an EE Site Book via a giveaway sponsored by EllisLab.

Just post a reply in the associated forum thread to be entered into a drawing we’ll do over the weekend.  You can choose either the eBook (selling currently for $25) or the printed version ($29 + Shipping).

Good luck!

When I remembered to check the mail today I found this sitting all lonely in the garage—where the nice mailperson put it since it’s 50 degrees and raining here in W. MI. today:

All in all I’m pretty happy with the printed version of the Building an ExpressionEngine Site book from LuLu - even if the book cover came out a bit purple against the blue of the CD (even though I used the same source image for everything).

Inside the book looks great - the screenshots are all legible, and the print is easy to read with lots of whitespace for your notes and scribbles.

I know it’s self-publishing and vanity press and all of that...but it’s still dang cool to see a book with my name on it sitting on my desk!

Prefer print?  Or not so big on PayPal? 

The Building an ExpressionEngine Series - Small Business book is now available in print form via Lulu.com:
http://stores.lulu.com/train-ee

Make sure to purchase both the CD and book so you get the text versions of all the companion files mentioned in the book.

The CD also includes the EE Control Panel Overview screencast (viewable with a web browser setup with javascript and Flash).

I’m excited to finally be able to pull the sheet of Train-ee.com - a site where I intend to deliver eBooks, screencasts and other resources all designed with one thing in mind - to get the working web professional up to speed on ExpressionEngine as quickly as possible.

Why this, why now?

Simple - over the past 12-18 months I’ve seen a large increase in the number of contacts for ExpressionEngine work - not from end users, but from other developers and design firms.  The story is usually roughly the same - they have a project, EE looks like it’d be a great fit, but they don’t yet have the internal expertise to do the ExpressionEngine implementation.

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