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Converting Subtraction to EE

This one is from this past Summer, but I want to highlight it in case you haven’t come across it.

One of my favorite types of projects with ExpressionEngine is taking an existing website and moving it to EE without changing anything on the front-end. It’s a challenge to make the front-end of the site exactly the same while completely taking the rug out from under the back-end and replacing it with EE. I did that with my personal blog last year and Adam Khan did it with the very popular blog Subtraction (published by Khoi Vinh, Design Director at NYTimes.com).

Adam goes into a lot of detail about the challenges he faced and the solutions he used. It’s worth a read because his approach and solutions may help you with your next EE project.

Posted on Jan 12, 2009 by Ryan Irelan

Filed Under: EE in the Wild