more site room with ExpressionEngine multi site manager

The saga of breaking ties with my first love, textpattern and moving to my new love expression engine. Seriously, it is that dramatic! You know, for me at least.

I only recently declared that I would not consider moving from textpattern and at the time, I had given some thought to leaving textpattern, but decided against it. I love the control panel, I know that it’s not for everyone, but I completely appreciate the simplicity of it.

I also love how easily I could create new blogs, customize my RSS feeds, and use textile, but I can also do all of these things with expression engine as well, and truth be told, I can do it better! Still, it’s sad.

The main reason that I decided to make the move was the new version of expression engine, with an awesome “multi-site” feature, which allows users to run multiple sites on the same install. I have to say, I am so completely in love with ExpressionEngine 1.6, it is a work of art!

So far, I have imported my motherhood blog articles, thanks to ee community support and Lisa Wess! I have to import my food blog posts still, and then work on the design, and figure out how to setup the domain. I will be also moving this blog, so that all my 3 core web properties would be managed from the same control panel. I think this will save me a lot of time.

I’ll give more details of the move once it is completed.