Happy Cog Spills the Beans on Their Latest EE Site

You might not know this, but some well-known agencies use ExpressionEngine to power their client sites. Perhaps one of the best known among what I call the “standards aware” group of web designers and developers is Happy Cog (Philadelphia).

In a recent ExpressionEngine showcase, Happy Cog’s President Greg Hoy talks about their work on the Housing Works website. The article is rich with technical information and an insiders look into how the site was built. One bit that stood out for me is the useful add-on developed (by prolific add-on developer and Happy Cog EE Expert Mark Huot) for the project:

To further allow for client side customization, Happy Cog developed a “Snippet” extension which allows an administrator to dynamically include sub-templates in an ExpressionEngine entry. This allows authors a simple intuitive way to call dynamic content right into the body of a static entry.

Let’s hope one day this add-on finds it way to the EE forums so we can all use it.